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Fort Worth — Jubilee Theatre's latest music revue It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, full of fine voices and backed by a smoking hot quartet, is an especially gutsy, emotion-packed expression of a genre this company does well. There are rhythms, words, and visions here—beautiful, brutal, funny and deep-down sexy—that won't let go of you for a while, and that's as it should be.
We meet in a shabby Chicago blues bar (Rodney Dobbs' detailed set design, down to the Jax beer sign and the cracked plaster, gets it right), with neighborhood folks coming in for a night of music. Time seems irrelevant: the view out the bar window screams 1970s, but the clothes are vintage '30s and '40s wear (costumes by Amy Poe). But with a sudden downbeat, we're somewhere else altogether. A centuries-old African chant, call and response, rings out in a language we don't know…but it's not hard to read the emotions of a people stolen from their world to be enslaved in another.
It Ain't Nothing But the Blues, directed by TCU professor Robert Michael James and based on an original idea by the late singer/actor Ron Taylor (with book/lyrics/music by Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Taylor and Dan Wheetman—by way of Robert Johnson, W.C. Handy, Trixie Smith, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and many other talents), made a splash on Broadway during the 1999-2000 season. It takes us from the earliest roots of American blues in the world of enslaved Africans, to the many branches of its spread into American culture.
Centuries ago, African song mixed with country dance music, church hymns and field work "hollers." Out of that blending came blues styles named for the Mississippi Delta, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City and ultimately Chicago—the electrified end of the river road that led north from the former slave states. There's a blues strain in Texas swing blues, in cool California jazz blues, in gospel, rhythm 'n blues, and in rock 'n roll both in the U.S. and across the water, where British boys of the 1960s fell hard into the muddy waters of American blues.
The cadence of African chant is still heard in "Blood Done Signed My Name," a modern song heartbreakingly sung by Darren McElroy and Brittany Jackson — and deepened by Van Williams' well-chosen, sometimes devastating photo projections showing the life of slaves who worked from "can't see to can't see." Gordon Pope literally hammers home the point with the chain-gang chant "Raise 'Em Up Higher," a heart-pounding, heavily rhythmic lament of men at the infamous Parchman prison farm in Mississippi. And Contessah Irene adds new layers of feeling with a resonant "Danger Woman," telling the story of African-American women who fear the white men who "keep hangin' around."
Though we think of "the blues" as an endless song of sadness, Jubilee's cast makes us remember that blues music can sound every note of human life, from despair to joy. There's anger, mourning and protest—but life and happiness break through even in the hardest times.
Jimmy Crump takes a funny turn in songs aimed at the ladies, both in "Black Woman," a take on the "pretty woman, walk my way" tune that turns up over and over, and in the cajoling "Come On in My Kitchen." Wallace Atkins leads "T for Texas" (there are better examples of Texas blues) but it's just loopy enough to make us laugh. The ladies come back strong, with Contessah blazing in "My Man Rocks Me" and Brittany powerful and sassy, sitting on the piano for a soaring rendition of the classic man-stealing song "St. Louis Blues." Melinda Wood Allen touches on the spread of blues into "Anglo" music in "My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains" — and hilariously chucks her good-girl image for a strutting "Now I'm Gonna Be Bad."
Gordon is terrific in Robert Wood Johnson's hell-fiery "Cross Road Blues" — and that song is the perfect last word before Brittany pushes back with the passionately religious lyric of "I know I've Been Changed." Devil at the crossroads, meet the gospel of Jesus. Jimmy follows with the "do better" words of "Children, Your Line is Draggin'" — and the whole company (which also includes ensemble players Nyeshia Hollins and Crystal Williams) hopes the whole world will "Catch on Fire" with a passion for the Lord.
It's intermission—a perfect time to say something about the band.
A quartet of musicians fill a sizeable corner of the onstage space, led by music director/conductor Steven A. Taylor on piano, with Darrin Kobetich on guitar, Ray Flippen Sr. on bass and Demetrique Henderson on drums. They're so good that after a few songs, something odd may happen: you'll get distracted by the band. They're that spectacular, shifting from one blues style to another with total ease, adding distinctive, sometimes intricate riffs that make good songs better, and the great ones blow us away.
The show's second half has different costumes (jewel tones and sparkle) and a great lineup of songs, but a more scattershot feel — maybe because the blues came to inform so much of our music it's hard to pick and choose. Highlights include the familiar — Jimmy and Gordon with a swinging "Sweet Home Chicago," Darren's sizzling "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man," Contessah's soul-baring "I Put a Spell on You" and Melinda's Nashville-bluesy "Walking After Midnight" — with some real surprises: Contessah's bye-bye wave to a playing-around man, "Someone Else is Steppin' In," along with the ladies ensemble in a lively take-charge dance number, "Wang Dang Doodle" (just one of many places where director James' background as a choreographer shines through). The outer edges of the blues world are well represented by Wallace and Gordon's "Goodnight, Irene" and Melinda's softly soul-baring "Fever."
We can't give away too much of the show's final moments. It's enough to say that one devastating and unique blues song stops our hearts and gives Brittany a last chance to shine in Nikki Deshea Smith's gleaming, smoky lights. But the next song begins to build a sense of community and hope — and the company swings finally into a reprise of the great blues anthem, "Let the Good Times Roll." From bitterness and death to life, connection--and dancing.
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The Academy of American Poets features a new poem on its website every day during April.
Cherry Tomatoes by Sandra Beasley Little bastards of vine. Little demons by the pint. Red eggs that never hatch, just collapse and rot. When my mom told me to gather their grubby bodies into my skirt, I'd cry. You and your father, she'd chide--
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I'm looking inside me, discovering who I really am and the person I ultimately want to be when I grow up! As I said before, 2020 will be all about my journey to learning and discovering how to live my very best life. So, self-discovery is the mode I'm in.
Self-discovery is an amazing process that we all should embark on, to become a better person for ourselves and for our family and friends. It's really about just looking inside of you to discover who you really are as a person. Growing those aspects you like and eliminating the ones you do not. Here are a few tips that can help you start a journey to self-discovery of your own.
1. Practice being quiet and becoming mindful by paying attention to yourself and your surroundings without focusing on your past or the future. Freeing yourself from the noise that surrounds you all day, every day and be intentionally quite for at least 10 or 15 minutes each day. Some people pray, meditate or just sit and be quite. You'll be amazed how truly relaxed you can feel after just 15 minutes of quite time.
2. Ask yourself these questions, Who am I? What brings me joy? What am I afraid of? What do I want to accomplish? Be honest with yourself. Asking yourself questions is an effective way to hone in on who you are and what you really want.
3. Journaling your thoughts is a great way to reflect on where you are in life and focus on where you may want to go in the future. A couple of writing prompts to get you started are: Make a list of 30 things that make you smile; If you could talk to your teenage self, write what you would like to say; What do you love about life; List 30 things you are grateful for.
4. Practice self-care. Take time from your busy schedule to do things that make you happy and feel good.
5. Surround yourself with supportive people who encourage your journey to self-discovery. To grow into the best possible version of yourself, cling to those who support and eliminate those who bring you strife.
These are 5 tips that can help you start on a journey to self-discovery.
Now it's your turn,
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PA 20.00.56 bug renaming files inside a .pa archive.
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scenario : started explorer shell 'compress xxxx to .pa'. / interrupted the process (forced) and started 'compress xxxx to .zip'.
result : Impossible to delete the created .temp and partial .pa file…
Checked MS Task manager : no trace of PA.
Started PA and closed : still same result…
Conflict due to forced interrupt caused by user or no foreseen prog scenario by PA ?
remark : through PA Dashboard the interruption caused no problems. Stopped the cancelling (does it works?) and forced with task manager the exit of PA and the files can be deleted.
hmmmm, tried it here and cancelling the PA file creation cancels it immediately and the PA archive that was being created disappears(properly)
Tried it on a larger file as well and same behavior happened.
How large is the file you are compressing and are you using version .92?
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@mili One detail I forgot : I also interrupted the Cancel process of PA !!
As nothing seems to happen in cancel process (only speed decrease), I closed the process using the "X" MS standard.
(on .92 - x86 :-( .
(76 mb - 58% completed - after cancel proc > 4 minutes, closed by X process)
The compress happens at a logical speed for my x86 but the Cancel beats all time records, reason why I forced it to stop… can you simulate this on your x86 machine ?
hey, thanks for the details! Just tried this on an x86 machine.
Compressing 2 files, together at 365mbs, into a PA format, click Cancel at 60% of compression and then click NO at confirmation screen and the progress window disappears in a few seconds and the PA file is deleted immediately. And this is a rather slow x86 machne.
Is there Anti Virus software that could be slowing it down and/or throwing the "File in use" error?
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@mili aaah, I simulated your simulation. Indeed with a compress interrupt of 'FILES' no problem. Everything disappears indeed after a few seconds.
But can you select a FOLDER (containing subfolders) : curious about your results then…
@pirrbe if you cancel via task manager, then file could stay locked, depending on luck… because you forced quit PA.exe, it can not release the file. I assume there is no powerarc.exe left in task manager? Then restart would "solve" the issue.
Mili will try reproducing the folder cancel issue.


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3. A. A. Franco, M. L. Doublet, and W. G. Bessler, Editors, "Physical multiscale modeling and numerical simulation of electrochemical devices for energy conversion and storage," Springer, London (2016).
2. W. G. Bessler, "Multi-scale modelling of solid oxide fuel cells," in: Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: From Materials to System Modeling, M. Ni and T. S. Zhao, Editors, RSC Energy and Environment Series No. 7 (Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK), 219-246 (2013).
1. S. B. Adler and W. G. Bessler, "Elementary kinetic modeling of SOFC electrode reactions," in: Handbook of Fuel Cells - Fundamentals, Technology and Applications, Vol. 5, W. Vielstich, H. Yokokawa, and H.A. Gasteiger, Editors (John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK), 441-462 (2009).


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Sydney Cafe Racers founder Mark Hawwa..
I remember he walked into our shop asking if there were any groups/persons who got together and went for decent rides on a regular basis. I said i don't really have the time to get out and socialise because of work and family commitments so i'm not going to be any help on this matter. I could see he was slightly frustrated as he explained that most groups do once a year event rides and it just wasn't enough. Mark then said i'm going to try and start a group and see if anyone is interested. I thought the idea was good and i told him to go for it.
To Marks' surprise Sydney Cafe Racers first outing attracted a crowd of around 30 riders. All reports were good and it looks like it's going to get bigger. For those interested in getting involved click here: http://www.sydneycaferacers.com/info/
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I spent the last week figuring out and floating through the resolutions I came up with at the end of last year. Resolutions are kind of a funny thing for me as I like a good challenge. While some folks make resolutions on a whim, I usually spend most of December thinking about what I would like to become in the next year. How can I get better as a human on this planet?
Some to the resolutions were hard like riding my mountain bike for 100 miles around a volcano (also dumb, but a great challenge). Some are for the better, like not going to fast food restaurants for a year (2018's challenge). Sometimes I fail, but most of the time I look at them like challenges in a game needing to be beaten.
OK so enough typing and on to things that I think will make me a better human in 2019 AKA my New Year's Resolutions.
Journal Everyday
Before this year my journalling consisted of me putting ideas down in notebooks I received as swag from IT conferences from IT vendors. While it works, I really wanted to go deeper. I tried bullet journalling a while ago and felt like it was too much of a bother to form a habit, but the ideas are sound. So this year my daily journaling will consist of bullet points, with shapes focusing a few items [note: shapes made with a Mac, so you may not be able to see them]:
> Thoughts
○ Thankfulness
- Resolutions
□ Workout results, thoughts
△ un-assigned yet, but will come up with something as I journal more
So far this week has been pretty good for the journal, and I've noticed that thoughts stay consistent for a few days and my mind is much calmer.
Exercise Everyday #NoRestDays
As many of the readers know I workout a lot more than the average IT guy. After going through Cancer in 2006 and beating it I realized that the next time it comes [if and when] I want to be fully ready. I was lucky in that I was younger and rode my bike a lot back then, but it still was amazingly hard to beat. As I get older I noticed my healing times are taking longer and longer as my body slows down.
This resolution is to combat the Friday rest day that turns into a "rest weekend" that is blowing up my gains from the previous four days of lifting or cardio. So this year, the plan is to do a minimum of 15 minutes of exercise, no matter what, everyday. This could be going for a hike, running, cycling, or even the "15 minute push-up, squat, plank challenge" we do at work. The idea is to just get out there, as 15 minutes usually turns into more for me and gets me off the couch.
Find a new career position internally or externally
This one I've contemplated whether or not to post this on the blog, but I figure it is one of the resolutions I am tracking, so why the heck not.
While I enjoy where I work, I've been in the current position for about four years and feel that I am ready to find a new challenge. I found that last year my getting certified as a Blockchain developer only enhanced my love for the Ethereum community and would like to explore that a bit deeper.
Launch a business
I've had this yearning for years to start something of my own again. One of the challenges I face daily in my thinking is how do I build something that provides value for others in that they are willing to pay for it on a consistent basis? I can engineer systems, program apps, heck even understand how Blockchains work, but I always seem to fail at cashing in on the ideas. My friends and family always say I should just start it, so this year I am.
Take my Mom to Ireland
One of the things my Mom and I have been researching is our ancestry and find it incredibly enjoyable to know where we are from. Most of the trails lead to Ireland, so this year we are going to go. Hopefully we can track down some distant relatives, but mainly it will be a fun excuse to go back to Europe.
Restrict my coffee intake to one 8oz cup per day
The hardest resolution on the list!
I love my morning coffee, a little too much. So, this year instead of being the "all day" coffee drinker, I will be cutting my intake back drastically. So far as we are a week into the New Year, I am finding that one 8oz cup will work just right. I've tried cutting it out completely, but always ended up going back to more.
The reasoning is to drop my sugar intake and acid build up. This one will probably have the most impact on my year, so I look forward to seeing how the challenge works out. Anyone bet I lose a bunch of weight, just by going from 32oz to 8oz?
Drink 2 bottles of water a day
I use to drink a lot of water in Colorado, but got away from it being here in damp Oregon. Since I will be cutting the coffee intake, I will be replacing it with water. This will hopefully see some side benefits in my workouts, and general life.
Ride the Banks to Vernonia trail out and back
This one is probably the easiest on the list as I already rode it in my 100 mile bike race training in 2012. I wanted to ride this trail again as I really enjoyed the beauty of the Oregon countryside and forests.
There you have it, a bunch of resolutions on the wall ready to be completed.
What are your resolutions? Give me a shout on Twitter, or Linkedin and lets chat about making 2019 a great year.
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Operation Hernia Team Inaugurates Hernia Centre in Eruwa, Nigeria December 2012
We arrived at Eruwa on Saturday 1st December. There were seven members from Madrid hospitals (anaesthetists: Francisco Duran and Miguel Lopez Vizcayno, surgeons: JA Pascual Montero, Teresa Butrón, Patricia Maldonado (resident), internist: Iñigo Espert, nurse: Ana belen Abenoja) who were joined by an additional member from the UK the following day.
The site was the Awojobi Clinic, which started at grassroots level in the 1980's and has been steadily growing ever since. The clinic was set up to serve the local rural population but the level of care has reached a standard that attracts patients from as far away as Lagos, a 3-4 hour journey by road.
Work started on the Sunday and continued during daylight hours for five days. The patients would arrive from 8am and the 8 team members formed two surgical teams. Surgery was performed in the purpose built 'Hernia Centre' which was opened during the visit. The operations were performed under spinal anaesthesia and operations were predominantly Lichtenstein repairs using locally sterilised mosquito mesh. Workload varied each day depending on the numbers of patients who presented.
There was strong training ethos to the mission. Dr Awojobi has a total of five registrars who initially watched and later performed Lichtenstein repairs under direct Consultant supervision. The hernia centre will remain open after the end of the mission with the registrars operating independently.
On a couple of the afternoons we had finished the operating before nightfall and had the opportunity to visit other departments in the clinic. The emphasis is on delivering the highest possible level of health care using available resources. The results are impressive, with most of the departments present that one would expect in a far larger hospital. We also had the opportunity to observe some of the differences in presentation and treatment between European and Nigerian patients. One evening team members assisted local staff with completion of a traumatic amputation in a teenage boy.
The people of Eruwa and were welcoming and friendly and we made a lot of new friends. Over the week we performed at total of 44 operations on 38 patients. They were predominantly inguinal hernia repairs, but we also repaired two femoral hernias, one epigastric hernia, explored one groin for lymphadenopathy and removed a large lipoma without immediate complication. We left Eruwa not only satisfied with the procedures which we had performed but also enthusiastic that the training element of the mission will add to the 'hernia centre' and lead to ongoing benefit to the local population once we have returned to our home countries.
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Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta believes the Gunners' 1-0 victory over Wigan at the DW Stadium on Saturday is a "big win" for the Gunners as they look to rebuild their title challenge following a difficult month.
The Spanish midfielder netted a penalty after 60 minutes to give Arsene Wenger's side a much-needed three points after December defeats against Swansea, Olympiakos and Bradford had threatened to derail their season.
However, the north London side overcame Roberto Martinez's men to go third in the Premier League and add to their run of consecutive victories having previously seen off both West Brom and Reading.
"It's a big win for us, it's three [league victories] in a row and we needed a bit of a run to recover what we have missed in the last month," Arteta told Sky Sports.
"We're really happy with the points. It was a tough game, the conditions were really hard as well. It was nice as well to get a clean sheet."
The 30-year-old midfielder calmly slotted home after Theo Walcott was felled in the box by Jean Beausejour, and says the win means his side can now build on this result to recapture their form.
"When you put [penalties] in the net it's always nice," he enthused. "We deserved to win the points and the game and that for us is massive at the moment.
"We are focused and determined and we are disappointed with the last month or so. We are going to put it right now. The spirit is terrific room and hopefully we can get the results back."
Arteta's team mate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain impressed for the visitors, and feels the future is bright after he and four other young players all signed new deals at the club.
"There are some really exciting young players with me and the boys that have just signed, and we have got more experienced players like Mikel and Santi [Cazorla]," he added.
"I think it's a good mix of youth and experience, the older boys help us out. It's going to take time for the younger lads to figure out how to play their way in, but the earlier we can start playing together for the future, it does look bright for us."
The winger believes referee Jonathan Moss was correct to award a penalty in Walcott's favour, but suggests the Gunners did enough to win the game regardless.
"Theo managed to get in front of [Beausejour] and from where I stood i thought he did bring him down," he explained.
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Elderly residents were evacuated from their homes for several hours last night during a security alert in west Belfast.
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The 'Under The Sun' singer says she used to talk about starting a family with ex-husband Ashley Cole.
Cheryl Cole says she feels "happy and settled" in life right now and looks forward to having a "big family" on day in the future.
The 'Call My Name' star opened up about her new relationship with dancer Tre Holloway in the new issue of Britain's Glamour magazine, and says she and ex-husband Ashley Cole would often talk about settling down and having children during their marriage.
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The Key manufacturers that are operating in the global Ducted Air Conditioning market are:
Denso (Japan)
Eberspaecher (Germany)
MAHLE (Germany)
Hanon Systems (Korea)
Calsonic Kansei (Japan)
Keihin (Japan)
Sanden (Japan)
Mitsubishi (Japan)
Valeo (France)
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1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Ducted Air Conditioning
1.2 Ducted Air Conditioning Segment by Type
1.2.1 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Production Growth Rate Comparison by Type 2020 VS 2026
1.2.2 Manual Air Conditioning
1.2.3 Automatic Air Conditioning
1.3 Ducted Air Conditioning Segment by Application
1.3.1 Ducted Air Conditioning Consumption Comparison by Application: 2020 VS 2026
1.3.2 Home
1.3.3 Commercial
1.4 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Market by Region
1.4.1 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Market Size Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2020 VS 2026
1.4.2 North America Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
1.4.3 Europe Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
1.4.4 China Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
1.4.5 Japan Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
1.5 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Growth Prospects
1.5.1 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Revenue Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
1.5.2 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
1.5.3 Global Ducted Air Conditioning Production Estimates and Forecasts (2015-2026)
7 Company Profiles and Key Figures in Ducted Air Conditioning Business
7.1 Denso (Japan)
7.1.1 Denso (Japan) Ducted Air Conditioning Production Sites and Area Served
7.1.2 Denso (Japan) Ducted Air Conditioning Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.1.3 Denso (Japan) Ducted Air Conditioning Production Capacity, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015-2020)
7.1.4 Denso (Japan) Main Business and Markets Served
7.2 Eberspaecher (Germany)
7.2.1 Eberspaecher (Germany) Ducted Air Conditioning Production Sites and Area Served
7.2.2 Eberspaecher (Germany) Ducted Air Conditioning Product Introduction, Application and Specification
7.2.3 Eberspaecher (Germany) Ducted Air Conditioning Production Capacity, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2015-2020)
7.2.4 Eberspaecher (Germany) Main Business and Markets Served
7.3 MAHLE (Germany)
7.4 Hanon Systems (Korea)
7.5 Calsonic Kansei (Japan)
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7.7 Sanden (Japan)
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Perhaps the most important characteristic of a steward is faithfulness:
"Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful" (I Cor. 4:2).
Faithfulness is not a matter of results; it is a matter of dependent obedience. God knows that you cannot control other people, so he will not hold you responsible for the ultimate outcome of a conflict (Rom. 12:18).
What he will look at is whether you sought his strength and guidance, remembered the freedom and power you have through the gospel, and obeyed his commands and wisely used the resources he has given you.
If you have depended on him and done your best to resolve a conflict in a loving and biblical manner, no matter how the situation turns out, you will have earned that marvelous commendation: "Well done, good and faithful servant!" (Matt. 25:21a).
Taken from The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict
by Ken Sande, Updated Edition (Grand Rapids, Baker Books, 2003) p. 40
Food for Thought
Just because it looks like faith, doesn't mean it is faith.
"Faithfulness is not a matter of results; it is a matter of dependent obedience."
Ken's statement boldly shows just how contrary the spiritual life is to what so many of us are living. In practically every area of our lives, results matter. Consider your job. It matters whether or not you complete a project by a due date or have your stats in place for the next project meeting. Consider your family. It matters whether or not your kids are bringing home A's and B's or C's and D's. Consider your physical health. It matters whether or not all your efforts on the treadmill are translating into a better heart rate or reduced waistline. Results matter. And of course, this mentality profoundly affects our churches.
But this may be why true faith is so rare. It runs completely contrary to the way most of us spend our days. "Faithfulness is not a matter of results; it is a matter of dependent obedience."
Whoa! What was that word–dependent? Maybe that's where the real rub begins, for faithfulness is about being dependent. Not a little bit. Not every once in a while. But daily, hourly, minute by minute.
When you check the boxes on your tax forms for dependents, you're usually listing your children. Faithfulness is about becoming as a little child (dependent) and walking hand in hand with the Father. Jesus said something about that, didn't he? And he added that those who didn't approach him that way wouldn't enter the Kingdom (Luke 18:17). Now that sounds like a result that really matters.
What He will look at is
whether you sought His strength and guidance,
remembered the freedom and power you have through the gospel,
obeyed His commands
wisely used the resources He has given you.
Really think about that, have you? I haven't always. I'm terrible at being dependent. on anyone.
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Alejandro Valverde and Jurgen Roelandts celebrate in ValenciaFeb 04 2018 11:50 pm CET
Movistar's Alejandro Valverde has won the 2018 edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Jurgen Roelandts of BMC Racing Team won the final stage on the streets of Valencia.
The fifth and final stage of the race began in Paterna and finished 135 kilometers later in Valencia city. Although the two locations are close, the riders had to complete a lap through the region before arriving to the final line.
The first half of the stage was dominated by a potentially strong breakaway with Michal Kwiatkowski, Stefan Kueng, Rein Taaramae, Domen Novak, Jan Tratnik and Thomas Sprengers.
The group's advantage was never more than a minute however and with 35 kilometers to go its size was down to four with Novak and Taaramae failing to keep up with the pace.
Kueng was the last escapee to stay ahead of the peloton but the Swiss time trialists couldn't compete with the pack's pace and was caught in the last kilometers.
Stage 1 winner Danny van Poppel of LottoNL-Jumbo was once again a top favorite to take the win, but was too late to react to Belgian Roelandts who launched his sprint coming out of the final corner. Van Poppel almost closed the gap but Roelandts had enough left to secure the victory.
Race leader Valverde finished safely in the peloton to secure the overall victory in his first stage race since his crash in the 2017 Tour de France.
The top three remained unchanged on the last day with Astana riders Luis Leon Sanchez and Jakob Fuglsang completing the podium.


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Is it possible to make a living as a genre fiction writer? Yes it is.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Guest Post by Blake Crouch
66 comments:
"Denial is not just domestic."ReplyDelete
Love it. There's something comforting in knowing that "the man" is being toppled on several continents and in many languages all at once. I love the idea of the ongoing, real-time book writing. I guess it's like polished blogging.
Thanks for the great post!
These are exciting and scary times we live in, right now. So glad to have my small piece of it.ReplyDelete
I am SO JEALOUS that you got to take that trip.ReplyDelete
I don't know if you realize it, but books are so much more expensive in other countries and I really see eBooks as a way to PUT books into 7 billion people's hands.
Do self-pubbed books get translation to other languages or does the author need to do a separate deal?ReplyDelete
Sean McCartney
Some more information about Publishing in China – Freemium fiction, is available here http://blog.publishingtechnology.com/digital-solutions/freemiumfiction/ReplyDelete
Wow, overwhelming.ReplyDelete
Just re-read this post for a fourth time, drinking it in. So much to wrap your head around.ReplyDelete
If you "hit it big" or not, the next 5-10 years are going to be amazing to watch.
Back to revising, need a finished product to bounce off translation services.
Since I'm in and out of China with some regularity, I understand completely what you're talking about.ReplyDelete
Want to make money in the Chinese ebook market? Write about ghosts and supernatural badness. But no zombies, vampires, or monsters. They don't sell there. But paranormal? Yowza. That's the ticket. But the story beats are very, very different there than here in the West; external forces aren't as present in their dramatic content, but internal struggles--like am I going mad, or am I actually being haunted?--that kind of stuff is what people love in the Middle Kingdom.
Thanks for the update, Blake.
Wow, y yowza.ReplyDelete
Et Nii-how.
Absolutely fascinating. Great post, Blake.
TK Kenyon
I have to envy that trip, and that China is so far into the ebook revolution is fascinating. Do you really think they'll skip ereaders? I don't like reading on a small screen so I'm always baffled at people who do it.ReplyDelete
Whatever happens, exciting times. Thanks for sharing.
"Do you really think they'll skip ereaders?"ReplyDelete
They haven't skipped e-readers...There's a ton of them over there (far more models than we have), most famous of which is probably the Bambook. Reading on mobile phones is just more popular.
Just the mention of readers consuming a work as it's written appeals greatly to me. Of course, it has a long literary tradition. Something like magazine subscriptions on Apple's devices seems like a great fit. Purchase a subscription to a work and get it as it's being written. I'd have loved to have done that with Nightworld, and I'd love to be able to do that with a follow-up book.ReplyDelete
Time travel stories are the most popular... No wonder China decided to make them illegal. With laws like that, who needs gatekeepers?ReplyDelete
Tara Maya
Initiate in France... soon in India?!
Great post, Blake. As writers it's so important to hear what's going on out there. Sometimes I feel like a subversive working with an underground network of artists who are banned from the literary community, only to be given safe passage through an Amazon portal.ReplyDelete
The idea of a bunch of readers eagerly awaiting the next installment of an on-going story reminds me of my old message board RPG days. It sounds like a similar idea, but taken to a whole new level. Fun, in other words.ReplyDelete
Remember, also, how magazines would run serialised stories at one time? If it worked then, why not now in a new format?
Thanks for sharing your findings. We live in interesting times...! :)
It sounds like we are coming full circle. Charles Dickens released his most popular works in serial fashion. It certainly didn't do his writing career any harm.ReplyDelete
I think the American audience is too spoiled for serialized release. We want our content complete so we can watch or read however we want.ReplyDelete
Fascinating and exciting post! I believe we are at the beginning of a renaissance of reading across the world. It's not just Amazon moving, I get statements from my work selling on Apple in Australia, Germany, the UK. The pie isn't just getting bigger, it's exploding!ReplyDelete
Don't Americans buy comics/graphic novels in serialised form? Here in the UK, we have shops dedicated just to this type of publication - and they're shipped in from America (and Japan). It's just a thought...ReplyDelete
Did they talk about how the Chinese don't recognize copyright or intellectual property rights?ReplyDelete
I think this is a very interesting topic, and one that has been debated all over the world! :) I posted a link to this post on my blog at: http://authorjess.blogspot.com/2011/10/whats-up-wednesday-recap.htmlReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:41 PM
This site remains the most interesting place to land in the strange world of present-day publishing. I keep wondering how things have gone for Boyd Morrison. I see The Ark is hovering at around #66,000 on Amazon lists right now. I assume his legacy deal came with a confidentiality agreement, but, since he was the prototype for being picked up from his SP start by a legacy publisher, I would surely love to know what kind of advance or payment he might have gotten, and if he did in hindsight make the best agreement for the long-term future of his novel. I never see any ads for the book. Any useful rumors out there someone might share with the rest of us? Thank you.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:52 PM
All right, Rebecca Senese. I see you are publishing what seem to be shorter novels of the sort that the Chinese reportedly love, in foreign markets. Would you be willing to tell us how you are doing this, and if all of your work is still in English, or if some of it has been translated? Are readers in other countries simply pulling it from Amazon sites? Best of luck in your writing career!ReplyDelete
Great post, Blake. Very interesting.ReplyDelete
I'm wondering how an American private investigator would do in that market. Any precedents you know of?
Enough with the shop talk. How was the food?ReplyDelete
What about censorship? Are Chinese citizens allowed to create books and upload them for national distribution on a whim? I thought they were heavily censored for anything - news, websites, books they write, etc.ReplyDelete
Enough with the shop talk. How was the food?ReplyDelete
Adam..friend from my last job was over there during the last olympics for an adoption. He sent a couple dozen pics from a street market.
General Tso's Chicken: No
Giant mutant insects on sticks: Yes
Several anime (graphic novel) writers release their work online as they write it, and they garner huge followings in their niche markets. Not so different from historical writers like Dickens, Alcott, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who released their stories chapter by chapter in newspapers and magazines. Everything old is new again, and e-readers provide a great format for the latest twist!
Sounds like an interesting experience.ReplyDelete
I'd be skeptical of the value of the Chinese market, however, unless you're going in under the aegis of a Western firm like Amazon. The Chinese are notorious for their Machiavellian dealings, even with international corporations.
I'm not just talking about censorship either. The Chinese government has been known to dangle access to its markets to high-tech and engineering firms on condition that they turn over proprietary information about their products; once it's provided, however, the government turns it over to their own firms and breaks the contract. When you're the government, you see, it's not stealing.
Obviously, the analogy with ebooks isn't perfect. But the example goes to the kind of ethos you'd be dealing with.
Thank you for a fascinating post. Question, how do readers pay for serialized fiction? Do they subscribe to the delivery platform, subscribe to the series, or do they pay for each section of the story individually?ReplyDelete
In the U.S. at least in the new york metro area, many of the readers read ebooks on ipods and cell phones for years. I have been reading ebooks for years and do not own a kindle, nook or ipad.ReplyDelete
In certain demographics, people can't afford these readers, but almost everyone has a phone. And there is a kindle app for the most popular phones.
If yyou ride the B46 bus in Brooklyn you will see some guy reading a book on his phone. In certain hoods it's still not popular for a 'cool' guy to be seen holding a kindle, but if he's looking at his phone, no one pays him any mind.
Once the public school system starts handing out low cost readers with the required text books on them, legacy publisher are dead.
Long live the king.
"I'd be skeptical of the value of the Chinese market, however, unless you're going in under the aegis of a Western firm like Amazon. The Chinese are notorious for their Machiavellian dealings, even with international corporations."ReplyDelete
Piracy and disregard for IP is pretty rampant. On the other hand, if you think the Chinese gov't is going to let someone like Amazon just roll in and run the show, they aren't. China wants China to succeed, not some foreign company. I imagine Amazon will face brutal competition. It's not going to be they release the Kindle and suddenly own the market. So my goal will be to align myself with as reputable a Chinese corporate partner as possible, who has the best understanding of this complex market, and go from there. There is huge value in the China market. It's just a lot tougher to get at.
No dispute about where Amazon will rank in the Chinese hierarchy. I was looking at things from the standpoint of getting paid. Amazon is unlikely to breach its contract, if only because it can be sued in the US.
But a Chinese firm with state connections can offer you a 99.9% royalty to be paid in diamond encrusted gold bars without ever worrying about actually paying you (or continuing to pay you after some nice gestures). Which is another way of saying that the toughest part I see is finding that "reputable…Chinese corporate partner."
I'm not saying you won't find such a partner or that I have the answer for finding one. I just think it's important that everyone remember that we can't count on the legal protections we take for granted on this side of the Pacific.
fascinating Blake, thanks. My Chinese publishers are some of the nicest, and I know that they are anticipating much from digital. And W. Dean is also correct: there may be flimflam. Just sold second book into Chinese, first one in Tawain, this one in mainland, and we will see. I will say this, if one is pub'd successfully in China, various will invite you to come to China from various avenues, depending on your genrer. Many many many readers. Many. Enthusiasm sky high. Love of story. I love the Chinese people I have met. Good luck Blake!ReplyDelete
I think you are right on the money Joe. The time to write is now. Excellent and very informative post as always.ReplyDelete
Great trip and great report, Blake. I live in Ireland these days and I have a four novels, short stories, poetry, and some non-fiction shorts on Amazon Kindle. They are selling in the US and here in Europe (Ireland and the UK).ReplyDelete
And Joe, I'm looking at the potential in India. One of my most ardent reviewers and fans is a Lawyer in India. He has posted some good reviews on my books on Amazon. I am already in conversation with him and I expect his support as Amazon moves into India. It's still all about networking.
Thanks again Blake,
Cheers, Pat.
Dr. Cpe, BlakeReplyDelete
I think you gents just perked some ears, those of us looking to put work out would love to hear more about these 'great, reputable trustworthy' companies.
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I love the idea of the serialized novel and have a couple of ideas I'm really anxious to try. But, as Blake said, I'm not sure it would sell that well in the US. You'd think that with all the TV shows that are serials, the popularity would carry over to ebooks as well. But you don't see many serial novels that are doing well. In fact, I don't know of any.ReplyDelete
I have ideas for a 6-part serial novel that would be published monthly, and a 16-part serial novel that would be published weekly. For the monthly serial each episode would be approximately 50 pages and about 20 pages for each of the weekly episodes.
Maybe when I finish my current WIP I'll try writing a few "episodes" to see how it would work.
Merrill Heath
Bearing False Witness
Fantastic report from China! Thank you so much for sharing. I'm heading to Copenhagen in two weeks where I've been invited to do a keynote on ebooks and the future of digital publishing at the Scandanavian Executive Publishers annual conference - and it will be interesting to see if my experiences match yours. I'll be sure to send Joe my report for the blog upon my return.
Bella Andre
Got to Dave Gaughran's blog right now! He has a huge, detailed guest post by a writing pair that have a serial out. They detailed their whole process.
There are definitely some challenges that they mention but they seem to be doing very well with it.
Since the concept serialization has come up, I'll share a recent thread I started on Kindleboards regarding this very topic. I asked readers what their thoughts, concerns, etc. were for serialized content. Because is this something I was considering for my new release....based partly upon the responses I got, and conversations with other writers, I've decided not to do it. I think the chances of it being successful are quite slim...here's a link to the thread:ReplyDelete
Thanks DVshooter and Blake. I'll check out those links.ReplyDelete
As a new author I'm not nearly as worried about Chinese piracy (go ahead, take my book. Lend it to a friend while you're at it), but the censorship issue concerns me.ReplyDelete
Hello anonymous at 6:52: Thank you for the best wishes! I use Smashwords to distribute around the world through Kobo, Apple, etc. Currently my work is only available in English. I have not done any translations yet. I know a lot of people are primarily focused on Amazon & Kindle but I believe in multiple channels of distribution. Why not take advantage of all the opportunities?ReplyDelete
Thanks again for the best wishes! :)
China! Cool!ReplyDelete
I read on my iPhone ALL the time. Far more than I ever thought I would. It's so small and easy. Far easier than getting my Kindle or iPad out. (Or carrying those around for that matter). I never thought I'd be a phone reader, but there it is!
As for serializing things... you may be wrong about Americans not liking it. In my genre, the most popular free story site online (Literotica) posts a ton of serials. Many of the books I've published were once serials, and believe me, there were a ton of fans waiting for the next installment (and ready to spank me if it wasn't ready yet!)
Granted, it was free. And it may be specific to the erotica genre, but I doubt it. I think if there was a large, generalized place people could go to check out new material, they would.
I know I would check out serials by Stephen King, for example. In fact, I was one of the suckers who bought the Green Mile in paperback serial form.
There may be more of an audience for it than you think.
Who wants to make a website? :))
Writers releasing their own content immediately seems like the best technique to combat the IP piracy that we all know is omnipresent in China. I don't imagine the Chinese government protects the rights of the average Chinese writer or publisher any more strenuously than it does foreign writers or publishers--so if a publisher can get some immediate response/micropayment from readers, it beats taking the time to put out a print book, only to find that there are multiple editions of that work on sale shortly thereafter.ReplyDelete
I am also--having worked in comic book publishing for a long time--intrigued by the idea of serial fiction. I'll read your KB thread, Blake. And maybe you're right, and American audiences aren't yet ready for it. We tend to like instant gratification, and maybe having to wait an extended period between the first installment and the end is too much to ask. But there might be a limited audience for such a work, and that limited audience could be enough to create a self-financing mechanism--a way, in other words, to earn an "advance" on the overall work by parceling it out on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Because is this something I was considering for my new release....based partly upon the responses I got, and conversations with other writers, I've decided not to do it. I think the chances of it being successful are quite slim.ReplyDelete
I think if you were doing it on your own, you're right. But if there was one centralized site where you could put your stuff out, and other authors could too... it might be more successful!
DVshooter and Blake, I read David's blog and the discussion over on KB. Both are interesting and bring up some of the same points.ReplyDelete
Another option, as Selena mentioned, is to offer the serials free of charge via a blog or website. But I'd only offer it free for a limited time. When the series is complete, then I'd put out a print compilation and remove access to the free episodes. That way you develop a readership with the free stuff that could carry over to the print material you sell - not only the serial compilation but the other materials you have available.
The only way I'd do it would be to get it all completed first, then publish it in installments. Otherwise I'd be facing a weekly and/or monthly deadline and I don't want that aggravation.
I do like the concept of producing new material every few weeks rather than 1 long novel a year. But it doesn't necessarily have to be serialized.
Merrill Heath
Alec Stover Mysteries
"Soon, Amazon will release a Kindle in India, which has the second largest English-speaking population in the world. And they won't stop there." Fascinating article, Blake! Thank you!ReplyDelete
The thing that caught my eye was the following:ReplyDelete
"In China, there are numerous ereaders available, but most of the digital reading public reads on their 780,000,000 mobile phones."
I wonder if this is aided by the fact that Chinese characters are written/read in vertical columns?
I'm curious because, having just used the Kindle Previewer to check an eBook layout on various devices, including an iPhone, it struck me that narrow handheld devices are not particularly conducive to reading.
At least, in English.
I.e., in rows.
Then again, I prefer a 26 letter system to 4000 pictographs!
Imagine if AT&T or Verizon hosted content and paid us as writers.ReplyDelete
Joe has mentioned this type of thing (eg, paid ads in books) -- and he's dead on.
A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from a phone card company wanting to "sponsor" my ebook on living and working from the Caribbean. They even went so far as to offer several options.
I haven't responded yet, but will soon.
So Joe, you can chalk another one of your predictions up as "one that came true."
@Bella Andre: As a Swede I am very curious about a your thoughts about the Scandinavian e-book market.ReplyDelete
Thank you for an interesting post.
Blake Crouch said "I think the American audience is too spoiled for serialized release. We want our content complete so we can watch or read however we want."ReplyDelete
A lot of it also has to do variety of content. If you want serialized stories, you can watch TV or read comic books, which are still carefully and unhurriedly produced.
Western tastes in reading favor meticulous, flawless production over speed.
I say this after several months of experimenting with my novel as a serial. People who bought the 100 page books loved them (all the cliffhangers inside made serialization easy and fun). But the idea of serialized content for 99 cents was definitely confusing and no doubt seemed gimmicky to many. The book is doing better now as a novel.
I've decided not to do it. I think the chances of it being successful are quite slimReplyDelete
Don't blame you at all, right now it would be a gamble as the format is simply not a big seller. When you're consistently putting up top 100, 50, 20 Kindle sellers...why f&@k with your system and your readership.
That said I think the format does have a future, and not only overseas. As the guest bloggers on D. Gaughran's site mention; I remember the "Green Mile" Serial, and I too thought we would see a lot more of them in sci-fi and horror.
Of course, we didn't. One problem with the print serialization, was that chasing down your next issue WAS NOT the exhilerating and triumphant quest that finding your latest, favorite comic was as a 12 yr old on your bike...it was just a giant pain in the ass! And it ended up being a lot more expensive than a single hardback.
'The King' pulled it off and walked away with a movie deal with his buddy Darabont, cuz...he's 'The King'. Anyone else? Nah.
E-readers, clearly, alleviate a lot of those logistical shortcomings and the preferences for short, easy reads will, I think, can make them a popular choice. Particularly with younger readers, provided quality, consistent work is available.
I'll definitely keep my eye on serials and would consider it in the future.
- I.J.Parker12:47 PM
Thank you, Blake: Fascinating and inspiring. I come here for the upbeat attitude of the posts. God, knows most of us need the encouragement to hang in there.ReplyDelete
"I say this after several months of experimenting with my novel as a serial. People who bought the 100 page books loved them (all the cliffhangers inside made serialization easy and fun). But the idea of serialized content for 99 cents was definitely confusing and no doubt seemed gimmicky to many. The book is doing better now as a novel."ReplyDelete
Yep....I think writers like the idea of serialized content because it's a faster way to get your work to readers. But unless you have an amazing idea, flawlessly executed, and probably a name like Stephen King, I think it won't work. If anyone reading this has had real success (as in selling not giving away) please share. It still intrigues me, but I think too many readers would be turned off and confused.
But unless you have an amazing idea, flawlessly executed,ReplyDelete
But that's always the caveat to sucessful short work, serialized or not. You have to do everything a full length work does but do it QUICKLY...and wrap it all up with cliffhangers that aren't hamfisted.
I definitely see how readers might view it solely as promotional gimmickery, and in some cases they're probably right.
In a lot of way though serials are already in use without being called serials. Almost everyone is writing a "series" and the lengths tend to be on the shorter side. As Mrs. Kitt said, they're also very prominent in the erotica genre.
Like you said, I'm very interested in following them and seeing where they go in mainstream genre's.
Blake said "It still intrigues me, but I think too many readers would be turned off and confused."ReplyDelete
Confusing is the key word. At this stage in the game, you are talking about re-educating consumers about what to expect in books and the value of 99 cents. It's a lot to bite off, especially if you aren't brining a big name to the table. Like i said before, those that bought episodes of my serial really liked it. And ebooks were an excellent delivery system (don't have to go to the store for the next installment). But it just looked weird in the presentation, as in... "wait, what is this now? Will I get an ending..."
Another issue for Indie's is the expense to produce. My original thought was that the ability to price at 99 cents made the whole thing viable in ebook form, even if you don't put out 100 page paperbacks at the same time. But... what about cover art? I have an original oil painting for my cover. But I don't have 4 of them. When you buy the next installment of your favorite comic book, you get a new and exciting cover every time. If you are going for a high-quality product all around, new covers simply cost too much to keep doing for something designed to sell at 99 cents. But readers expect fresh covers, and they should.
Serializing is possible, and someone will do it well here eventually. Maybe someone with a giant web presence like "Pottermore." But for now, an Indie author's best bet is probably to "give 'em what the want" and not worry about re-writing the game from the ground floor just yet.
How exciting. It sounds like such a great venture !!!ReplyDelete
I think writers like the idea of serialized content because it's a faster way to get your work to readers. But unless you have an amazing idea, flawlessly executed, and probably a name like Stephen King, I think it won't work.ReplyDelete
This is one case where I think having a fan base of devoted readers would be essential. And I can just see all the bad reviews after the first installment, "What a rip-off, this isn't even a full novel!!!!"
I heard that the successful Chinese writers were a little stressed and overworked by this system of new content everyday. Don't wish for it.ReplyDelete
Interesting you bring this up. My next book (or next next I guess, since there's another WIP in front of the one I'm talking about) is mostly based in China. During the Mongolian Empire. I wonder what it takes to get a translator to take on something like that to build an audience in China?ReplyDelete
Gonna have to do some research into that I think.
On serialized content I'm going to agree with what Blake said re: American's want complete products. I've podcasted all of my novels to this point, giving them away for free in serialized format at Podiobooks.com. While there were several hundred subscribers downloading as the episodes came out each week, that number jumped to thousands once the story was completely uploaded. People do indeed seem to like complete sets rather than waiting from week to week to download a thirty minute bite.
Once those same stories hit kindle and audible.com it worked even better.
yup...I like this business.
It is indeed very exciting times for writers. I cannot wait to see how the Kindle does in India and China.ReplyDelete
A fascinating post!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of serialization and know of an author testing this right now in the U.S. It will be interesting to see if a market for that type of product can be developed here and how readers will want it delivered in terms of price/frequency, etc.
Thanks for the outstanding post on such a hot topic.ReplyDelete
On Thursday I was on a panel at the monthly Toronto Chapter Sisters in Crime meeting discussing exactly this subject.
The point I want to bring home to all writers is that there currently exists a level of opportunity that has never before been imagined.
Writers have the freedom to become what they have always aspired: thinkers and creative expressors of the public experience. We no longer have to fit into formulas and budgets.
There has never been a better time to be an author. We can become our own "gatekeepers", strive within ourselves for quality and let the reading public decide.
What could be more exhilarating?
Donna Carrick
Carrick Publishing