Monthly Archives: January 2010

Florida!

We’re in Florida for the next ten days or so. When we left Falls Church, Virginia, it was 17 degrees and when we pulled into our driveway in Martin County, Florida, it was 75 degrees. I’d call that a nice … Continue reading

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New Release Dates

I just heard that Red Rose Publishing will be releasing two more of my books in the near future. Bondage Fantasies is an Erotic Anthology of bdsm tales will show up on May 27th. Cambio is the next release in … Continue reading

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NeatNetNews

Like everyone who ever spends time surfing the net, I run into things that are really neat and I want to share with my friends. So, I’m going to start adding posts like this one. From now on, when you … Continue reading

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The Price of Experience

My wife is not a computer geek. Neither is she an engineer, mechanic nor captain of industry. She is however, highly skilled at several crafts that leave me in awe. Her day job is in a fabric and craft store. … Continue reading

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The Backstory

I read some interesting comments on “The Other Side” blog and a couple of friends asked me related questions in the last few days. This looks like a good time to share some more of my creation process. The Other … Continue reading

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Finally on Twitter

Well, despite my misgivings, I’m finally on Twitter. You can tweet me here: http://twitter.com/MasterStevens

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On the Edge by Ilona Andrews

I like it when an author can surprise me. The other day, I was poking about the genre fiction section of my local Borders store and saw handful of paperbacks by an author I hadn’t read before. After perusing the … Continue reading

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Secret Treaty in DC

This is an important article from Boing Boing. It goes against every democratic principle to hold secret negotiations on major legal issues and yet that is what is happening right under our noses. From the article: ACTA is an unprecedented … Continue reading

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How to Create a Trailer – Part 4

Disseminate So far, we’ve gathered a handful of separate files consisting of audio, video and/or still images. Then, we edited each of them using the appropriate programs. Finally, we assembled them into our grand production and exported the collection as … Continue reading

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How to Create a Trailer – Part 3

Assemble and Edit In the first two parts of this tutorial, I’ve tried to show you some of the basic tools and steps to making the raw material for your video. In big-screen movie parlance, the entire process is broken … Continue reading

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