Monthly Archives: March 2009

Review: Bella True Tips for Guys site

I had a chance to look over a site I’ve been to before again recently, and I found it to be much improved since my last visit. Now, I don’t make a habit of looking for diamond hoop earrings for my wife, because right now, we can’t afford it. But I do like to browse …

March 25, 2009 – 10:25 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Rants and asides | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

All the memory you’ll ever need

Sometimes I like to think about an exchange I had with my uncle Kenny many years ago. A draftsman and engineer, he fell in love with the Commodore Amiga 128. The computer, had twice the RAM of the Commodore 64k, a whopping 128K. And he had just added on a new accessory, a 16MB external …

March 25, 2009 – 10:13 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Appealing to market needs

Like purchasing discount blinds instead of the ones you really wanted, sometimes as a writing you have to give someone what they are looking for, instead of what turns you on, to secure a sale. Fortunately, some agents and editors are willing to let you know what they are looking for. For example, there is …

March 23, 2009 – 1:18 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Tips on getting published | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The worst day writing…

Well, I am truly back underway with my mystery novel, THIRTY MINUTES OR LESS. I’ve rewritten the first lost chapter and re-imagined it so thoroughly that instead of three ultra-short chapters, I’ve combined those aspects of the short into one somewhat longer, but still not too long, chapter. This sort of re-imagining is exactly what …

March 5, 2009 – 1:46 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)