Dead Tree Books, eBook, Self Publishing, Writing

DRM is for Suckers

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

I recently read a diatribe by an author about how great and wonderful DRM is.  And how it saved the music industry. And how they believe they “added something unique to the market, and I believe I deserve to be paid for my work.” And how ebooks are in decline.  And how “a lack of DRM decimated the music industry.”

Geez.  Some people.

So let’s set the record straight:

“Lack of DRM” had absolutely NOTHING to do with the changes to the music industry.  In fact, having DRM wasn’t even thought of when uncompressed, unencrypted music was being sold for years and years and years in the form of CDs.

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Warbirds

Planes of Fame Hosting Test Pilots Event September 7th

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s living history event for July is Test Pilots, featuring the N9MB Flying Wing, P-59 Airacomet, and the SR-71 cockpit.

From the Planes of Fame Museum’s website:

Open to the public, Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) presents its monthly Living History Event. The topic for the August 3 event is ‘Test Pilots’, featuring the N9MB Flying Wing, P-59 Airacomet, and the SR-71 cockpit. A speaker panel of distinguished aviation experts, historians and veterans is featured, followed by a question & answer period and flight demonstration when possible. The N9MB will be on display and perform a flight demonstration. At 12:00 noon, the Membership Sponsored raffle flight will occur.

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Dead Tree Books, eBook, Screenwriting, Self Publishing, Writing

Advice for Writers – Duct Tape

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The question was recently asked on a NaNoWriMo Facebook page, “Those of you with children, when do you squeeze in time to write?”

The correct answer?  Two words: Duct Tape. Your children will appreciate it later when you’ve earned enough in royalties to pay for their therapy.

Wildfire

Congress Fire Smoldered over the Winter in Giant Sequoia Tree

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The National Park Service is reporting that on July 5, 2013, a smoldering fire was discovered in the crown of a giant sequoia tree along the Congress Trail in Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest. This fire is a hold-over from the Circle Meadow Prescribed Fire, conducted in the summer of 2012.

An unusual combination of conditions enabled this fire to smolder through the winter and re-surface as the weather became warmer and drier. The severe drought conditions of the past winter created the dry environment that allowed this fire to continue to burn undetected within the giant sequoia.

The smoldering giant sequoia continues to intermittently emit smoke along the upper portions of its trunk and from the very top of the tree. A few branches have fallen from the tree. The Congress Trail is closed between the House and Senate groups of trees until conditions are safe for visitors. Over 95 percent of the Congress Trail remains open, and visitors can still see the trees that make this trail so popular, including the House and Senate groups of trees, the President Tree and the McKinley Tree.

Warbirds

Planes of Fame Hosting Whistling Death – Solomon Islands Event August 3rd

Posted on by Shawn E. Bell

The Planes of Fame Air Museum’s living history event for August is Whistling Death – Solomon Islands, featuring the Vought F4U Corsair.

From the Planes of Fame Museum’s website:

Open to the public, Planes of Fame Air Museum (Chino, CA) presents its monthly Living History Event. The topic for the August 3 event is ‘Whistling Death – Solomon Islands’, featuring the Vought F4U Corsair. A speaker panel of distinguished aviation experts, historians and veterans is featured, followed by a question & answer period and flight demonstration when possible. The F4U Corsair will be on display and perform a flight demonstration. At 12:00 noon, the Membership Sponsored raffle flight will occur.

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