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Do not underestimate the power of Korean barbecue

So Tuesday night, the back of my mouth where the naval cavity meets the throat began to feel itchy. I could tell I was coming down with something. My roommate diagnosed it as a sinus infection and prescribed, among other things, some super spicy Korean barbecue. If you’ve ever gone to Cup-Bop in Provo and… Continue reading Do not underestimate the power of Korean barbecue

Is there a “summer slump” in book sales?

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been crunching the data from my last seven years of indie publishing, and it’s yielded some very interesting information. Here’s another graph that I managed to pull out: This graph shows all of the monthly averages for royalties earned and units sold, across all my books, from… Continue reading Is there a “summer slump” in book sales?

Further thoughts on the Florida school shooting

The Broward County sheriff needs to resign or be fired immediately, and should also stand trial for criminal negligence. There’s something rotten in the state of Florida, and it all points back to this man. CNN has completely lost all credibility. As far as I’m concerned, they rank slightly above Alex Jones and slightly below… Continue reading Further thoughts on the Florida school shooting

Color Revolutions and Collusion News Network

For most of 2012, I lived in Georgia, a former Soviet Republic of the USSR. I came to know the people, the culture, and the politics of that part of the world first-hand. In particular, I was there for the 2012 elections, a watershed moment for modern Georgian politics. A little bit of background. Georgia… Continue reading Color Revolutions and Collusion News Network

Black Panther

Pay no attention to the people trying to make this movie all about race or politics or whatever. They’re all just agenda-driven media whores trying desperately to hijack whatever’s popular at the moment in order to remain culturally relevant. This movie has nothing to do with any of them. I really enjoyed Black Panther. Good… Continue reading Black Panther

How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

This is the book that invented the self-help genre, and for good reason. It was written more than 80 years ago and still stands as the definitive work on the subject. Unless you live in a cabin in the mountains where you never interact with other people, this book really is as important and life-changing… Continue reading How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Why writing every day may still be the best advice

A week ago, I blogged about how writing every day may not be the best advice. I pointed out how following that advice had helped me when I was first starting out, but it had also hurt me later on. I pointed out how sometimes it’s better to work smarter than harder. After all, why… Continue reading Why writing every day may still be the best advice

Why writing every day may not be the best advice

When I started writing back in college, the prevailing advice was to write every day. And to be fair, at the time, that was very good advice. I was just getting started on my writing career and had a lot of learning to do. My writing improved by leaps and bounds as I strived to… Continue reading Why writing every day may not be the best advice