It's fast becoming a tradition around here to reflect a bit on the previous year both as a writer and a blogger. Previous bouts of reflection spilled out of me in 2010 and 2009. But, here we are now, in 2012, so let's dig in.

In terms of blogging, my posting decreased dramatically. In 2010, I wrote 159 posts. In 2011, only 48. This reflects an attempt to refocus myself on my novel writing and my self-promotion as an indie author. I'm not giving up blogging; I find there are important topics that, as an author, I need to know. Topics such as the growing alignment of paperback and eBook prices&n... [More]

My most popular posts written in 2011:

1. Pricing: eBooks vs Paperbacks
2. Contribute
3. The Five Elements - 12. The Four Elements
4. Free Kindles for Everyone!
5. An introspective on Borders' liquidation
6. The Five Elements - 21. The Fifth Element
7. The Five Elements - 18. Amongst the Clouds
8. How to ruin your writing career in 1 easy step
9. Book Review: Honour of the Grave by Robin Laws
10. Classic Reread: Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles

Something our former CEO often said as he was announcing the latest round of executive and organizational changes is that in order to stay ahead of the competition you have to change. If you have to change, you're better off doing it from a position of strength rather than when your back is against the wall.

I'm making some changes of my own, and I'm making them from a position of strength.

First off, I'm changing employers. As a general rule I don't discuss details about who I work for; no reason to change that policy now. Suffice to say I'm going from a mediocre situation to a brighter, more challenging one.

The second change is a reducti... [More]

Seems like about once a year I get the urge to give the web site/blog a face-lift. The last time I'd made any significant changes was back in October 2009. Now, here's the latest look:

The above is more or less the same as this next one. The newest look adds some embellishments that match the newest cover for The Five Elements.

Just for nostalgia reasons, here are the previous screenshots I took showing the older looks:

This goes way back to the original look I used when I first started this blog using my name as the domain:

We can even go one further back to when I was hosting my blog on blogspot.com:

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