The Future of Media – Dowager Shadow

The Dowager Shadow Promotional Site

I’m writing a novel. But it won’t be Tor, Orion, or Bantam Press publishing my work; it’ll be me. Chris Brogan just dropped a perfect opportunity for me to hold myself to account here. You see, I’ve missed my deadline for having the promotional site for the book up. It was supposed to be finished [...]

Resetting Expectations

In the last week, I’ve read articles in a half dozen places about setting and managing expectations. As I haven’t said much in a while about what this blog is for, why I write, or how I try to make the blog accessible to everyone, I thought it might be time for some expectation setting [...]

On Self-Censorship (Or Why We Need Diverse Stories)

Many of us who work in media – whether as publishers, producers, marketers, or evangelists – create stories around the work that we do. It’s our job to create tales to interest people, to gather attention and, in most cases, sales or contracts. As creating media becomes easier, businesses – and business owners and employees [...]