No need to recap the conversation that has been had.  It started with Chris Miller stating that the Amazon Rush would no longer be as effective as it had been.  It continued when I stated that it wasn’t dead, but it isn’t what a lot of people thought it was.  The comments of both posts [...]

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The original question lies here.
For something to be dead, first it has to be unsuccessful.  But who is defining success?  The Amazon Run sells books.  But who is buying them?
A discussion with my good friend Scott Breakall convinced me of something intrinsic to the debate: the “Podcast Novelist” audience is not monolithic.  There are many [...]

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I’m really getting tired of this stupid WGA Strike.  Not because I’m missing out on shows I like.  I’m not.  It’s the NFL Playoffs, and I don’t need TV shows until February.  Really, I won’t need TV at all.  I can go spend time with my kids, or write stuff of my own.  In fact, [...]

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Nightwish.
http://www.nightwish.com
Did you kinda sorta liked the image Evanescence evoked, but laugh at the obvious comercialization of Gothic imagery and pseudo-hard rock sound?  We Americans suffer greatly from a very poor music scene.  Nightwish blows them away. 
The natives of Finland have been going since 1997.  They began with an operatic Mezzo-Soprano lead singer, lending them a [...]

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From the Washington Times…
If I read this story right, both China and Iran are seriously in for a wake up call.  China is playing both sides of the fence, arming Iraq directly through their new government, and arming insurgents through their Iranian allies.  The idea of Iranian supply is probably not directly China’s fault, but I guarantee [...]

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Bush approval rating: 34%
Congress approval rating: 17%
Do the fracking math.

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