We try to spread the word about the charity by doing fun little stunts to catch people's attention. Like when Hank Green did a music video for us.

It doesn't eat meat." I said. "It's a herbivore. It's like a big cow." Denna looked at me and started to laugh. Not hysterical laughter, but the helpless laughter of someone who's just heard something so funny they can't help but bubble over with it. She put her hands over her mouth and shook with it, the only sound was a low huffing that escaped through her fingers. There was another flash of blue fire from below. Denna froze midlaugh, then took her hands away from her mouth. She looked at me, her eyes wide, and spoke softly with a slight quaver in her voice, "Mooooo.

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't mean you know anything about marketing. Or layout. Or editing. Or publicity. Or selling your books for foreign markets.Everyone can point to a few examples of people that have done very well for themselves self-publishing. But honestly, those folks are lucky as lottery winners.

Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.

Just because I tread heavily on propriety's toes doesn't mean I can't play the game when it's of use to me.

It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.

It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.