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THE PURSUIT OF COOL: Moving Toward Release

Here’s what I have been up to lately. My focus has been on various tasks related to release of my novel, The Pursuit of Cool, and getting ready for The Launch. First, I had the great fortune to find graphic … Continue reading

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My Latest Published Short Story: “WE WERE GODS,” in Issue #4 of Twelve Stories

I am super glad this story has been published. Now you can read it! It has been around, in one form or another, for many years. In its current and cosmically final form, it is a short short of  1,100 … Continue reading

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Connected Thoughts About Kurt Cobain and Nevermind and The Folly of Sports Cars

Music has been incredibly important in my life. A huge source of joy. It showed me how to deal with the world, showed me a path, and gave me some answers. My novel, The Pursuit of Cool, has a protagonist … Continue reading

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Letters From The J. Crew Dude, Part 2

When we first started dating, my wife met this guy in a bar (the extended story is in Part 1). She didn’t believe he was a model, then later spotted him in the J. Crew catalog. I was inspired to … Continue reading

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Don’t Be Evil: Instead, Join Me on Google+!

Sergey Brin and Larry Page, those former Stanford roomies and Google founders, just don’t know when to stop. Their latest is Google+, a new social networking platform. Apparently still motivated by the unofficial Google corporate slogan, “Don’t Be Evil,” they … Continue reading

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Letters From the J. Crew Dude, Part 1

Before grunge and Kurt Cobain, back in the eighties and nineties, I bought stuff from J. Crew. I’ll admit, I have worn my share of navy harlequin polos and sage cotton twill trousers. I loved the pretense of the catalogs: the clambakes … Continue reading

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Boy George Said It Best: “I’ll Tumblr For Ya.” Robb Skidmore Now on Tumblr.

I am excited to announce I have expanded onto the Tumblr blogging platform. The 3rd most popular hosting site, behind WordPress and Blogger, it is a super easy platform (some call it micro-blogging) with a reputation of having young, hip … Continue reading

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Adventures in ePublishing: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, It Will Be Kindled

It can be tough to embrace change, and things are changing so fast in publishing it’s hard to keep up. Facing my writing table are three Skandia bookcases chock full of books, the fruit of years of store browsing, used … Continue reading

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THE SURFER now available as ebook on Amazon, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble

THE SURFER, an ebook novella, available on Amazon.com in Kindle version $0.99 (Read this ebook on your home computer! Just purchase, then as your delivery method, designate to download a free Kindle reader to your Mac or PC. Your ebook will be downloaded and … Continue reading

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Voting Results: THE SURFER eBook Jacket Selection Poll

First, thanks to all those who participated. The TMiK Board of Electors worked many late evenings to compile the results of the eBook Jacket Selection Poll.  And the winner is…#4, with 29% of the vote! 1. Jacket#4      29% 2. … Continue reading

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