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Portrait of a serious man in Renaissance attire and hat.
16 Mar

Reformation and Counter-Reformation–Traditional Publishing and Indie Publishing

Publishing
Martin Luther by Martin Cranach I am a Germanophile. My...
A weathered tree trunk carved into a humanoid figure outdoors.
25 Feb

Robert Olen Butler and A Small Hotel

Publishing
Robert Olen Butler (A Small Hotel) I mean being a...
A subway platform with a deceptive advertisement reading 'Hang on... I think it might be a trap.'
27 Jan

Sense of Deception

Publishing
I write about deception not to train the reader in...
Spirit Falls book cover with woman's portrait
26 Jan

Spirit Falls in Russian

Publishing
Sergei has sent me the first chapters of his Russian...
Two faces merging, one overlapping the other in a surreal style.
27 Oct

Misdirection

Denial and Deception / Principals of Deception
You don't have to fool all of the people all...
A t-shirt with a provocative political statement and Che Guevara's image.
04 Oct

Denial – hide the truth

Denial and Deception
I add two caveats before I go on. Though I...
Soviet-era illustration with a happy family reading Pravda and a worried yellow figure.
18 Sep

All deception is based on truth

Denial and Deception
A first rule of deception is truth. All deception works...
Two faces merging, one overlapping the other in a surreal style.
08 Sep

Pricipals of deception, or “Rules in a knife fight”

Active Measures / Denial and Deception
You are traversing a large and dark room.  Dim bulbs...
A subway platform with a deceptive advertisement reading 'Hang on... I think it might be a trap.'
25 Jun

This Web Log is about…

Publishing
The purpose of this website is to make sense of...
A logo with the text 'Liar's Path' and footsteps crossing a red circular line.
12 Mar

Towards the next novel

Publishing
March 15, 2011And on reading War and Peace (Tolstoi), On...

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