Hi all,

Haven’t been around in a while, but writing and other duties have kept me very busy.  The first three chapters of Mandate are now posted for free reading at www.jackriston.com, under the New Projects tab.  I suppose I should say that all the existing chapters are posted, as there are only the three, although 4 and 5 are under construction and many of the others, yes…including the ending chapter…are pretty well mapped out.

I just finished reading a brilliant post on copyblogger.com. The article is aimed at bloggers but holds just as true for all writers.

The article title is Steal This Trick: The #1 Secret of Confident Bloggers and is well worth the read. By the way, whenever I send you to a blog post it is in your best interests to not just read the post but the conversation which follows – the comments.