I picked up a random book at the library one day, tucked in with the other 2-for-a-buck paperbacks in the Friends room. Second floor, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The title was Dust, by an author named Charles Pelligrino. The thing was amazing. In his story, the dust mites have decided to take over the world, which wasn't the first time they'd done this. The dinosaurs, Pelligrino claimed, were the first victims. That annoying asteroid was just salt in their wounds.
The story seemed marginally palatable on a lot of levels, especially since 10 percent of America thinks the government is lying about global climate change for reasons they haven't fully explained.
Either way, it was an amazing sci-fi trip.
Beyond that, I have found a lot of interesting books, and I tend to pick up stragglers, things that were written 10 or 15 years ago. It's funny seeing how writers tackle the technology that changed before the book was published.
No need to do that now. You can fix 'er on a fly with some self-pub options. I've decided to dabble in that. I will explain it more when it's clear to me what I've done.
The $1.56 so far in royalties has me highly optimistic.
One operation that seems curiously interesting is Fresh.ink.com. Check it out. You download an app and do beta reading for us authors who can't get an agent interested in anything that doesn't include Misty and Brandon and their quest to take over the Robotics factory on the planet Zenophonia.
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