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Fun Fridays – December 5, 2025
Love hearing one of the most amazing bass singers in the world singing “Carol of the Bells”!
Enjoy Geoff Castellucci. The lowest notes sung in this video are below low C. Wow.
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The Twelve Days of a Writer’s Christmas
You know “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song, right? Do you dislike it as much as I do? Do you turn off the music stream the moment it starts? Do you wish it would be banned from stores and restaurants? Love it or hate it, the song dates back centuries. And, like other delights of the season, such as fruitcake and plum pudding, it came from England. Thanks a lot, mates. But as odd and monotonous as the traditional lyrics are, the writer’s “Twelve Days of Christmas” is a different matter entirely. Don’t believe me? Well, get ready. Here’s “The …
Publishing Is a Global Business
Recently, a list of the world’s largest publishers was posted by Publishers Weekly. I am reminded again of how large the publishing business really is and how easy it is to forget that fact. The largest is Thomson Reuters, a Canadian legal and professional publisher with revenue of $6.43 billion. That’s BILLION with a “b.” Note this is revenue, not the number of books sold. For a dive into the numbers, read beyond the chart below. Below is the top ten listed along with their sales revenue. Rank Publishing Company Country 2024 Revenue ($ in millions) 2023 Revenue ($ in millions) 1 …
Fun Wednesday – Nov. 26, 2025
Celebrate Thanksgiving Day tomorrow with a song that’s sure to stick in your mind all day! You are welcome. ShareTweet
The Unintentionally Funny Headline
Years ago, I came across the following headline in a publisher-related newsletter: Speculative Authors Fight Mental Illness I thought to myself, I know what they meant by the headline, but could it also be interpreted that authors who write speculative fiction are mentally ill? Some call science fiction and fantasy writers “weird,” but this headline was going too far. So I clicked the link in the newsletter and was taken to the original article, where the headline declared the following: Science Fiction Authors Unite to Support Mental Illness Again, I knew what they meant, but the headline could be saying …