Admittedly there were a few prospectors who struck it rich in the California Gold Rush of 1849. Most of the people who really got rich weren't out there shoveling rocks 18 hours a day or panning in frozen streams. They were selling the pans, the picks, and shovels (often at exorbitant prices) to the idiots who were. I often feel the... Continue Reading →
Work-In-Progress Wednesday – An Excerpt from Silt
Silt, my latest Orion the Hunter story takes place immediately following The Empty Blade (currently with my editor, and due out around the first of the year). The Empty Blade is a pivotal story for Orion, and some of the life changes seen in that story are evident in this opening. The brisk wind caught... Continue Reading →
Integrity is a Spectrum
One of the themes I work with in my Orion the Hunter stories is that integrity is a spectrum. The left end is pure altruism, the right pure narcissism. Most of us float near the middle of the spectrum on most days, some a bit to the left or right. Neither saint nor completely self-centered. We... Continue Reading →
The Guardian has a great article on words to use and not to use to make your engagements with others more successful. Certainly, if you are in the business of selling (which we all are at one time or another) the value of this advice is obvious, but I can see how it would also be... Continue Reading →
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