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JMReep

  1. My new hobby: creating book cover posters. I've put some of this week's creations on display at my blog. jmreep.com/juvenilia/
  2. A typical day in my life as a teacher (and why I have so little time to read, write, or blog from September to May). http://bit.ly/c2uQdV
  3. Lessons from Victor Martinez. http://www.jmreep.com/juvenilia/
  4. Radio hits are the province of major labels, but Arcade Fire, recording for an indie label, retains artistic control.http://bit.ly/97AaXn
  5. Looking into the mirror of my own self-publishing. http://www.jmreep.com/juvenilia/
  6. There are exactly 129,864,880 books in the world. http://mashable.com/2010/08/06/number-of-books-in-the-world/
  7. "Lessons from Horatio Alger." http://www.jmreep.com/juvenilia/
  8. Fully immersive MC Escher world. http://www.360cities.net/image/tribute-to-escher#167.20,-57.18,102.4
  9. A cool project: "Waiting for Godot in New Orleans." http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2010/godotbook/home.html
  10. Apparently, I write like James Joyce, Stephen King, and Dan Brown, depending on which chapter of mine you're reading. http://bit.ly/c2uQdV
  11. Which famous author do you write like? Find out here. http://iwl.me/
  12. Finished reading The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie last night. Reading a Horatio Alger story now.
  13. Some thoughts (and videos) about the legendary band My Bloody Valentine. http://www.jmreep.com/juvenilia/
  14. As a child, the toystore was my favorite place; as a teen, the record store; in college, the bookstore; now as a teacher, it's Office Depot.
  15. Want to be published? You have to buy a copy first. http://www.good.is/post/why-don-t-more-writers-buy-books/
  16. "Fatal Fame," a new short story by Mark McKenzie, is out now. http://www.jmreep.com/juvenilia/?p=1302
  17. Some lessons I've learned from Anne Frank. http://www.jmreep.com/juvenilia/
  18. Finished reading Diary of a Young Girl. Next up: return to Asimov with I, Robot.
  19. Ebooks take longer to read than print, study says. http://bit.ly/bhTw9O
  20. From my apt balcony I just watched a fireworks show courtesy of a nearby amusement park. For once I'm glad my apt faces west.