My Audiobook Voice
The Problem As part of the upcoming 1st Revised Edition release of Hell on $5 A Day, I’ve been creating an audiobook version that will...
New Mailing List!
Announcement As I’ll be adding a number of external sites on which I place content, I decided to create a mailing list that goes “beyond...
First Revised Edition Cover Art
When the first revised edition and the audiobook appear, they will get a new cover. That is all. What do you think?...
Launch Planning
The launch date for the 1st Revised edition of Hell on $5 A Day is January 19, 2026. On this day, I’ll be launching the...
An Ode to Hyman Gurman
This morning, an old line of poetry came into my head. It was from an assignment I had to do after my 7th grade class...
I’ll Love It When A Plan Comes Together (Business of Art)
This is hopefully the first of a series of posts about the behind the scenes of turning Bulmash Media into a rewarding third act that...
Updates + NaNoWriMo
It’s NaNoWriMo…. national novel writing month. So I’ve set some goals. Record the remaining 30 chapters of Hell on $5 A Day Add 30,000 words...
“Giant” – A D&D-Inspired Boast Track
This was a fun composition, working on the rhymes and rhythms, then finding the right tone for it with Suno. It’s just supposed to be...
Mirroring a folder in Windows
Summary: Here’s how to use Windows RoboCopy and Windows Task Scheduler to mirror a folder’s contents to another folder. In my case, it’s keeping exact...
Novel Update: Still using AI, but differently (more ethically?)
Audio Book: Four Chapters and Counting If you’ve followed this blog, you know I’ve been exploring ways to use AI to make an audiobook of...
Regarding Oversensitivity
This will be short (ish). I’m doing a bit of rejiggering on some historical math in my next novel and noticed I was using BC...
Novel and Other Stuff Updates
I’m using AI for my audio book I’ve had some health and logistics issues in getting the audiobook I wanted to do done. Mostly it’s...
Writing Tools: Using Scrivener on Linux
Yesterday, I decided to move Sodom All Over Again from Microsoft Word to Scrivener. It wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. I’ve used Scrivener...
“Save the Trees near Mark’s House” – Song
Inspired by “Burn the Earth”, I remembered that I wrote a “social awareness” song back in college. Now this is actually satirical. The novel is...
All online video is now suspect
After almost falling for a video of African men building a wooden full-scale jumbo jet replica, it's time to talk about the dangers (and benefits)...
“Burn the Earth” – A Protest Song
This is the last song I plan to put out for a bit as the songs have been more of a hobby and I’m focusing...
The Rational Copyright Pledge
Today I announce my “Rational Copyright Pledge” regarding works to which I own the copyright. I encourage other creators to do the same. A Brief...
Progress on my novels
Warning: Possible Spoilers As some of you know, I’ve been working on the sequel to Hell on $5 A Day, which has gone from a...
“Come Take Me” – An Anthem About Living
Our first song this week is “Come Take Me”. The added commentary is a bit long, so it’ll follow the video this time. It’s a...
Dance Badly – A fun tune
Closing out the week, we have “Dance Badly.” Years ago, in the parking lot behind a Los Angeles comedy club, some comics and I were...