Archive for July, 2008
Posted on July 30, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
“I Am Legend” and Those Awful, Incredulous Atheists
Credulity, it seems, is the quintessential American virtue. Value is found not in closely examining claims to discover their relationship to truth but, instead, by expressing a willingness to abandon inquiry in favor of hope. Would claim X, if true, make the world a better place? If so, we should act as if it is [...]
Posted on July 28, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
Obama’s Prayer and the Problem of Religious Leaders
The act of prying Obama’s written prayer from the Western Wall in Jerusalem and handing it off to an Israeli journalist was unquestionably an invasion of privacy. Forget the condemnation of the act as sacrilegious and as an affront to the relationship between a man and his god. Those criticisms only make sense, of course, if that [...]
Posted on July 23, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
6 Tips on Promoting Serial Novels
Tips and lessons from the author’s experience writing and promoting an online serial novel.
Posted on July 20, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
Karaoke Quintessence Preview
My next serial novel, KARAOKE QUINTESSENCE, should launch within the next three weeks. I’ve put together a preview of it on its new home. Check it out, bookmark it, and get ready for something completely different from THE HOLE.
Posted on July 20, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
Thoughts on “The Dark Knight”
Thoughts after seeing it: Excellent. Terrific movie (though not the #1 best movie of all time, as it currently sits on IMDB). The Joker was perfect. Different, but fantastically scary in his own way, and easily now in that top pantheon of movie villains along with Hannibal Lecter and Darth Vader. My favorite moment was [...]
Posted on July 17, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
The Hole: Part 80
“Jesus,” Elliot said.
“What are they doing?” Evajean said.
The salt lake spread out in front of them, its surface golden in the morning light. They stood on a raised stretch of highway running parallel to shore. Under them was the hard packed dirt of the Utah desert, the wind kicking it into clouds of dust. Elliot [...]
Posted on July 14, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
Four tips on writing a serial novel
For a new writer, the problem is getting noticed. The amount of new fiction released each month, whether in book stores or blogs, is huge. Most of it is from people readers have never heard of and most of it is, sadly, terrible. For the new writer, then, the guy or gal toiling away over [...]
Posted on July 10, 2008 - by Aaron Ross Powell
What I learned from writing a novel
Five things I learned while writing my first novel that I wish I’d known before I started.
