A primer on how we got here.
Marketing Books
Some useful tips from Frank J. Fleming.
[Lying] is a pretty tried and true method you can adapt to any situation. For instance, I tried to get someone to buy Hellbender and he was like, “Wait. Is that a science fiction comedy? I only read true crime books.”
So I said, “That’s what it is. True crime. Maybe the truest crime ever. And extra crimey.”
And then when he bought it and flipped through it and was like, “This looks like it was written by a chimp pounding at a keyboard!” I was all, “No refunds!”
Lying is great. You can also use it to make whatever you’re selling sound better than it is, though I don’t need that for Hellbender, since it has already won five Nobel prizes in literature and is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the greatest novel ever.
As an ever-struggling author, I’ll have to try some of these.
Training Rats
… to drive tiny cars.
In the interest of science, and at the risk of sounding racist, it seems like they should do it with Asian rats for comparison.
Universities
Oh, Canada
An analysis of the election mess, and corresponding bleak prospects.
The Mexican Military
A drug cartel just defeated it in battle.
The situation south of the border is more serious than Washington seems to act.
Middle America
Will the Democrats blow it again?
All signs point to “yes,” and that’s a good thing.
The Latest NASA Corruption
Brian Wang is unimpressed with the new cost-plus gift to Boeing.
More thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
Elijah Cummings
Politician dies, Trump acts with respect and decency, “journalist” goes nuts.
Going Off The Air
I’m flying to DC this afternoon for eight days of space stuff, culminating with a brief talk on space property rights at the International Astronautical Conference a week from tomorrow. I’ll have my laptop, but not sure how much time I’ll have to post. But be good in comments.