Category Archives: books
Why Do You Have Ads on Your Site?
The most unprofessional thing a job applicant or anyone showing off their work can have on their website are ads. It is absolutely devastating to see fine writing or photography mixed in with ads that talk about emptying your bowels … Continue reading
More Examples of Wikipedia Entries
Update: I’ve now decided to continue to post pictures to Wikimedia Commons but I will not be adding them to any relevant page on Wikipedia as a rule. Wikipedia does not want to be a photo gallery and I understand … Continue reading
Posted in books, editing writing, Google Tips, non-fiction writing, organizing writing, Photography, rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips
Tagged contributions, copyright release, inverted pyramid of knowledge, wikimedia, Wikipedia, world wide encyclopedia
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We Are All Locked in The Greenhouse
This sign used to hang in one of the many greenhouses on the U.C. Davis campus. I like its chatty, humorous tone, something rarely seen when needing help. It also reminds me of Kafka’s The Castle, in which a driven … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, editing writing, fiction, organizing writing, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged German, internet archive, Kafka, Max Brod, Muirs, novel, shocked books, The Castle, translators, writing
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American Heritage is Alive Online and Ongoing
More great history from American Heritage, a lay publication written for decades by famous, notable historians. I never got into this title but I did have three articles published in their sister magazine, Invention & Technology. Which is still going, … Continue reading
Beyond Books
Something from my rockhounding site, https://southwestrockhounding.com (external link) Click twice to blow up the photo. It was recently recommended on FB that I read some field guides to rock and mineral ID. This was in response to some specific observations … Continue reading
Posted in books, non-fiction writing, Photography, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized
Tagged collections, geiger counters, geology, lab work, mineral ID, minerals, prospecting, rocks, stones, testing, uv lamps
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Sotheby’s Introduces Art Better Than Your Old Professor
Art isn’t boring but that’s how its usually presented. More people could be brought in if their introduction was moving, colorful, and captivating. Soetheby’s does this with their videos. I know nothing about Fernard Léger or his work which appears … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged art, art introductions, art lectures, fernery leger, France, post-modernism, soethebys, videos, world war 1
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A Book Contract Example
This is the contract a national guidebook publisher uses who has over 100 titles in print. It’s the contract I signed with the publisher with whom I am no longer doing business with (internal link) The publisher originally offered me … Continue reading
DHL, Serial Disorder and T.S. Eliot
DHL I am using DHL to ship for the first time and getting odd results. They charge a premium price but the service isn’t premium. To hurry up a mineral identification I had my local shipping store send a tiny … Continue reading
Posted in books, editing writing, Poetry, revising writing, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others, Writing tips
Tagged Conrad, Dante, dhl, eliot, Kurtz, Poetry, serial disorder, The Inferno, translations, ts eliot
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From My Book: Places to Visit and Collect in The Southwest
November 7, 2019 The latest version of this file will always be at my rockhounding site: https://southwestrockhounding.com/sw-travel-list/ Here’s the latest version of my Places to Visit or Collect in the Southwest: SW_Places_To_Visit_Or_Collect_10A_ I do have a … Continue reading
Book Contract Cancelled
Yesterday was the worst day of my writing career. I was trying to get my book contract cancelled since I no longer trusted the people who lied to me over 14 months. It took eight hours of angry, bitter, inflamed … Continue reading
Posted in books, non-fiction writing, organizing writing, Uncategorized
Tagged book writing, cancelling a book contract, Churchill, lies, nihilism, optimism, positive, truth
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