Friday Links

May 18, 2012 · 0 comments

I’m still here.  Just writer’s blocked and crazy busy.

Here’s a video about Kamchatka:


Links:

  1. Please learn to write
  2.  The book of my enemy has been remaindered
  3. Stephen Fry on the art of swearing
  4. Spy pictures from the Prague police (the actual pictures)
  5. building early music instruments
  6. The question of Israeli citizenship
  7. What are the most intellectually stimulating websites?

 

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My favorite Hipstergram pictures

May 10, 2012

Now that even us Hunchback of Notre Dame peons can access Instagram (I’m @veekaybee), all I do is sit in my belfry hunched over my phone and look at the pretty pictures from around the world. Sometimes I take some, but mostly there’s something about seeing everyday life in far away places that is the billion-dollar appeal of Instagram for me. Of course, this is all a huge bubble and we’re going to hell in a handbasket, because, really, who buys hipster ...

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I basically just paid myself eight cents an hour to learn that I don’t need an MBA

May 9, 2012

It’s been a month-ish since I’ve released my ebook. (direct link to Amazon/Pulley here) I’ve spent over 100 hours writing seven and a half drafts, and thirty hours creating a cover.  I’ve gone through six WordPress templates before I finally found the perfect one to market it.  I spent days researching the best way to distribute my book,  formatting dozens of files for Amazon and EPUB, and reading lots of travel books to better understand the market.  I’ve sacrificed my dignity ...

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Friday Links

May 4, 2012

“The culture of Wall Street is pervasive and contagious. While there are Wall Street employees who are able to ignore it, or block it out, I was not one of them. I drank the Kool Aid. I’m out of it now. But I’d like to tell you what it was like. “ “Name a style of music you dislike and it’s up to fans of said style to find artists that could change your opinion.“ Driving school teacher (and a ...

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A book review that is also a plea for mercy

May 2, 2012

Writing a book (I wrote a book,  you might have heard something about it?)  has made me very sensitive to criticizing other writers. Because it’s hard, and it takes guts to expose yourself to the entire world. But, by God, I cannot allow the praise of Discovery of Witches to go on. I cannot allow any more innocents to fall prey to this book. I read this book a couple of months ago and I’ve been trying not to write this review ...

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