First off, let me just say that baby showers are awesome. You get lots of free baby stuff. Yeah, it’s not stuff for you or your partner, but if you’re lucky it might involve beer. Or free snacks. So if your partner is one of those people who doesn’t want to impose, or is too… Continue reading
The simplest way to prepare your book for Kindle — while staying in control of formatting. Markdown is magic, and enables writers everywhere to do their work free from the distractions of bloated word processors. Going from Markdown to publishing on Kindle (aka Kindle Direct Publishing or KDP) can be a bit daunting if you’ve… Continue reading
New Year’s resolutions are for chumps. Most New Year’s resolutions are bound to fail. We just aren’t that good at discipline and self-control. And yet we still have a strongly held belief that willpower is something you can actually will into being. Believe that, and you’ll remain a statistic … and become yet another human… Continue reading
(You may also read this on Medium.) I HAVE BEEN HAUNTED by ghosts since I was a young boy. When I was four, my family lived in the south of England. Our house — a historic structure some 100 years old — was haunted by an old woman. My mom dubbed her the “White Lady” because she would see… Continue reading
Here are some examples of Pandoc switches and CSS which I use in my ebooks. epub CSS file p { margin-bottom: 0; } /* remove the space between line breaks */ p + p { text-indent: 1.3em; margin-top: 0; } /* indent each new line, except when it is after a heading or hr tag… Continue reading
Google has 65 million suggestions on how to wake up early. I’m going to save you some time. It’s simple, really: Set a goal for the morning Set an alarm Get out of bed Complete your goal. But wait, you say — that’s not easy?! I never said it was easy. I said it was… Continue reading
Stephen King recommends that you read and write 4-6 hours a day. If you cannot find the time, you should always be able to find at least 1 hour (even if you have to hijack your lunch hour). If for some reason you can’t find even one damn hour — at which point I question… Continue reading
A morning routine is the key to many things, including discipline, focus, and health. Here’s mine. Prep for the morning. I want my morning routine to go smooth and by the numbers. Here are things I like to prep: My preferred caffeine delivery system. If this is coffee, I prep the pot the night before,… Continue reading
2017 wasn’t the year when my President was a man (or woman) worthy of respect. It wasn’t the year when nuclear war was the least of my worries. It wasn’t the year that my country increased its standing in the world. It wasn’t the year that white supremacists ran and hid in fear. It… Continue reading
It’s always a good time to start saving for your kiddo’s education expenses, as they are sure to be massive. While you could just sock your money away in a typical savings or investment account, there are a few types of accounts specifically designed for kiddos, which can give you a nice tax advantage. Let’s… Continue reading