The folks running the London 2012 Olympics are Fascist Ninnies!

N.B.: The following is a bit of a political post, spurred on by the previous actions of the London Olympics folks and this post by Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing. I mean, really, folks--learn how the internet works and, moreover, respect your customers--that is, your fellow humans.

Hey, 2012 Olympics Schultzstaffel! I'm linking to you RIGHT HERE! You suck and your policies suck and you should feel bad!

Note: I hope the individual athletes do well. I love swimming & gymnastics. But the committee and all those in charge can sod right off.

P.S. Now in September, I can say, sadly, I only got to see water polo. It wasn't a very good summer.

Gatsby Vocabulary Fun

Was Daisy Gatsby's goal or gaol?

Things you don't learn until after publication

That the "good" review outlets want the book before publication and sent by the publisher.

That no one really cares about your book like you do.

That getting friends to like a book on Amazon or tweet about it is like pulling teeth or herding cats.

That one sale on Amazon can jump you up 500,000 spots in their sales rankings.

That anyone might read your book and love it.

That the work is never over.

If you want to help, apart from buying a book, you can head over to my twitter and retweet something about the book or just talk about it with the hashtag #withroughgods. Or you can write about it on your blog or facebook. Thanks!