• May 11, 2024 – APL Bookfest

    10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Greater Austin Book Festival | Central Library | 710 W. César Chávez St. | Austin, TX 78701

  • April 27, 2024 – Reverie Books

    11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Reverie Books | 5330 Menchaca Rd Ste D | 512-368-4455 | Austin TX 78745

  • Backpacking in Norway

    Backpacking in Norway

    Naturally, I had to make things just a little more complicated than packing our bags and showing up at the airport. A week before leaving, I checked my passport, and saw it had been expired for almost a year. The situation was no mystery to the people in the Passport Agency at Houston, who dealt…

  • 2023 New Book Releases this Year

    2023 New Book Releases this Year

    These have been the 2023 new book releases this year so far. I am always writing, always working to put out new and quality material. Each book gets better and better. I have learned important lessons along the way. All of my books are currently on Kindle Unlimited. For the rest of my backlog, click…

  • Stages of human irrelevancy

    Stages of human irrelevancy

    The way I see it going 1) Human comes up with the idea, execution, and use. 2) Human creates AI. 3) Human comes up with idea, asks AI to execute it. 4) Human asks AI for ideas. 5) Human asks AI what he should ask it. 6) AI rules the world. These fears always come…

  • How to stay productive with not enough sleep

    This is what works for me to stay productive when I haven’t had enough sleep. Everyone is different, and has a different level of energy and sleep requirements. For some people, pumping caffeine works. But the goal is to move as close to the ideal circadian rhythm as possible; i.e. wake up at or before…

  • Dean Wesley Smith’s approach

    I just found this out this morning. Dean Wesley Smith’s approach to writing. What he says aligns very well to my own thinking. If you need awards and acclaims in order to listen to someone, he has written 200+ books, NYT bestseller and all the awards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypG4iuJ9_ck Write into the dark. Start writing without really…

  • How to sell

    How to sell

    “These are the strategies to get more sales,” says one online guru while promoting his wifi business. “Five easy things to increase traffic to your site,” says another. There are all kinds of flavors of the same thing. It boils down to “I will teach you how to sell.” Or “Learn how to make money.”…

  • Within the Confines of The Universe

    Read the first episode of my series Within the Confines of The Universe on Kindle Vella now!

  • How to Meditate properly

    How to Meditate properly

    How to meditate properly is a question most beginners interested in the practice might wonder. I used to wonder this myself, and I got neck deep in apps like Headspace, Calm, and Insight Timer, or guided meditation videos, and audio files. Although these might help in the beginning to get into the rhythm of the…