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New Pandemic on the Horizon.

July 18, 2018 By Joe Winston

FROM THE OFFICE OF: U.S. Senator Joe Winston (R-KY)To be disbursed with immediate urgency.WASHINGTON, D.C. This just in. Scientists have recently discovered that TDS, a common virus that has been dormant in roughly fifty percent of the U.S. population, now has various mutations, most of which there is no known cure. This is what is known at this time.-The original strain was mysteriously triggered and emerged from a dormant state on or about the same date, November 8, 2016. Initial … [Read more...] about New Pandemic on the Horizon.

Filed Under: Satire

How I Published Two Books on the Same Day

May 26, 2018 By burt@burtwalker.com

Here's how I did it. I worked my ass off for a year and a half and I had a lot of help. That I got everything together and submitted them on the same day was a total coincidence.  So there.  The rest of this article is about those two books.  Sorry if I didn't offer any inspirational secrets. If I can't toot my own horn on my own blog, then it's not safe to do so anywhere, right?  Yesterday, I submitted two new books for publication. One is fiction, my second novel. The other is … [Read more...] about How I Published Two Books on the Same Day

Filed Under: Books, Personal

Using Brand Names in Fiction

March 27, 2018 By burt@burtwalker.com

I went down a rabbit hole and now I'm climbing out.One of my editors recently warned be against using brand names in my current manuscript, including the names of social media brands. Kudos to her for doing so. That's part of her job, but it got me to thinking. If I can't safely use the name of Facebook, Twitter, or Youtube without fear of some kind of action being taken against me, why is it that this is only a fear in the realm of fiction. I realize the likelihood of this happening to me … [Read more...] about Using Brand Names in Fiction

Filed Under: Books, Public Policy

An Open Letter to MeWe, Minds.com, Gab.ai, Steemit, and the Rest of Your Ilk

March 9, 2018 By burt@burtwalker.com

Dear Social Media Entrepreneurs,There is a large and growing presence among the Facebook community that deeply wishes for a platform that doesn't shove it's agendas down our throats. While your alternative platforms may be superior in many ways, what we from the Facebook community really want is another Facebook, without their stupid rules.  Essentially, we want an agnostic Facebook. What we don't want is to take the time to learn an entirely new platform. We have short attention spans. … [Read more...] about An Open Letter to MeWe, Minds.com, Gab.ai, Steemit, and the Rest of Your Ilk

Filed Under: Startups

What’s Wrong With You? A Review of ’12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Life’

February 27, 2018 By burt@burtwalker.com

What's Wrong With You? Psychologically, I mean.Come on. You're dying to know, right? If you're brave enough to be psycho-analyzed and review the results, then there's no better way than to read 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. If you're intellectually honest and you want to really dig in to that noggin of yours, now's your chance -- especially if you fall anywhere to right of Karl Marx on the spectrum of social, economic, and political theory. If you fall on the left of that, there's … [Read more...] about What’s Wrong With You? A Review of ’12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Life’

Filed Under: Books

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