Oh, god. It gets better.
30-Sep-04
He’s not the only one selling his book on eBay — this one comes with complete rant on the Publishing Industry Conspiracy!
Something great about John
30-Sep-04
I got home last night and told him about the latest bit of Drama At Work (it’s highly amusing– the kind of thing that, on the surface, makes no sense, and when you scratch a little deeper, you realize it REALLY makes no sense). Anyway, his instantaneous reaction to being told “we were told today that they want us to do X” was “No, I don’t think so.” He’s not even a tech writer, yet he understands the most basic thing about professional writing: don’t lose control of your documentation.
I love him.
Oh, yes. It’s out of hand.
30-Sep-04
Buy my manuscript for $150,000 on eBay!*
[Not *my* ms, silly-- or couldn't you tell that the crayon-written cover page was Not Written By Me? Or the rambling, nonsensical description? Or the offer to have someone buy this unfinished manuscript and publish it under their own, far more reputable, name?]
September 2004: Book Reviews
30-Sep-04
This is an archive of my shorter book reviews and notes, which historically have been posted over at the 50 Book Challenge on LiveJournal, but which I’m starting to move over here. I’m posting them with altered date-stamps, but they might show up in my LiveJournal cross-post anyway. Bear with me, please.
Note: Many of these books also have full reviews available in the book review podcast (RSS).