...which is why I've avoided it for so long. There's challenge and fun in composing something only 140 characters long, and for someone who started out as a poet, working line by line, sentence by sentence, the tweet is a dangerous and seductive thing. At least for...
I get asked, often, to take a look at videotape from various combat athletes. For one reason or another I might not be able to go to them or they to me, or it's just easier for both parties to look at video and then confer via phone or e-mail. I thought it might be...
Here's an Old Guy showing the Young Guns how it's done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TuNSB9jkpyQ My friends all know my love of post-apocalyptic and dystopian fiction; this gem by the astonishing duo of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is...
...of Jimmy John Wylde and his merry band of miscreants and do-gooding gunfighters. The chapter is available here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/309900 The chapters are, and will remain, only available on Smashwords. They are available in every electronic...
Today while organizing a long-locked storage locker (ala STORAGE WARS) I discovered several boxes of hardback first edition copies of NO OTHER OPTION, BROTHERS IN ARMS, and WARRIORS IN THE SHADOWS. I have a case or two of NO OTHER OPTION, only about 3-4 copies of...
Yes, to all of those who have written me recently, I am working on the next book. And redoing this blog. And doing some dispatches from the field for www.ResilientCommunities.com. And other...stuff. Which is taking more time right now. Stay tuned for more Johnny...
I have a lot of scars. Over one hundred on my body, and who knows how many others on my psyche, LOL. But there's one scar, an X on the palm of my right hand, that's all about friendship. I have a friend who, when I was young, was like an older brother to me. Not a...
A LOOK BACK ON A YEAR OF E-PUBLISHINGIt was a year ago that I dove into the world of e-publishing with the release of WITH A VENGEANCE. Despite all the errors that resulted from my stubborn insistence on doing pretty much everything myself, WAV went on to sell...
...I've been busily embracing the New Publishing Paradigm and merrily cranking out e-books. These covers are by the Divine Goddess herself, Madeira James of www.xuni.com, and they've contributed mightily to my growing sales. Thanks, Madeira, for all your...