Articles from the SomeplacElse Blog
I’ve “scene” it a hundred times. The soldiers gather anxiously for mail call and when the looks of dejection appear on their faces, a drill sergeant shouts “Ya gotta writem to getem!” It’s the same thing with Social Networking and Publicity. So, we’re going to do this...
This week San Diego will host some 125,000 people attending, Comic Con 2008. No one seems to mind that the politically correct term is now Graphic Novel. But then Graphic Con does not connote the real sense of whimsy that surrounds this event. On the other hand this...
Several months ago, I signed books at the Fountain Hills Book Festival in Arizona. I arrived about a half hour before the event began and witnessed dozens of people already forming a line in anticpation of Joe Gargiola's arrival. So it came as no surprise to me that...
Five of my six Grandkids now proudly proclaim that they can tell time.(the sixth just turned one, we'll cut him some slack). I then inquire "What do you tell it?" To which they turn to their parents and say, "Grampa's doing it again". Yes, Grampa is doing what Grampa...
Last week I had the privilege of speaking to some folks about...well...about being different I guess you could say. The talk borrowed it's title from the 1965 rock hit by The Who, "talkin bout my generation". We had some fun with the absurd idea that Baby Boomers act...
There is great value in letting go of life's ever growing list of things to do and allowing new thoughts and fresh laughter into your head and heart. I thank you for your patience while I cleared my mind and occupied my time following the lead of my Grand children at...
So the lucky winner of an ElseWear polo correctly completed Curly's classic tale of working as a pilot in the bakery: He would pile the bread here, pile it there, but one day he got tired of the dough and decided to go on the loaf. I on the other hand, made some...
What are ya gonna do now? I'm goin ta Disneyworld! Sorry folks I'm visiting The mouse this week. We're talkin pilot...you know pile it here, pile it there until you get tired of the dough and... First person to complete Curly's classic Bakery tale gets a free...
In my family of 5 we almost alwyas have five points of view. A perfect example of this was displayed after last weeks 2 hour "Lost" season finale. My son doesn't just watch the show, he studies it and always declares the pure genius of the writers. My youngest...
Last week I gave a short presentation to the Arizona Book Publishers Association. They had asked me to give a Voice Of Experience talk on 3D ebooks as a warm up to the main event Dr. Pamela Goodfellow's "Leap to the Next Level" presentation. She was to cover the...
We are no longer sold out! I managed to get 25 more books into inventory, the SomeplacElse Store is back online at Amazon and still more paperbacks are on the way! Have at it all you who had been Considering, but wanted to wait for the special deal from SomeplacElse....
Thank you all for the tremendous response to the Cinco De Mayo Promotion! I had stocked what I thought were sufficient books to cover sales for the first 3 weeks, but you folks exceeded my expectations. Rest assured there are more books coming and our SomeplacElse...