Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandMay 21, 20151 minTop Ten Reasons Writers Don't WriteContinuing my promised ten top ten lists to ease your withdrawal upon David Letterman's reitrement with: The Top Ten Reasons Writers...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandMay 20, 20152 minTop Ten List of Top Ten ListsBack when I was General Counsel at Boston Chicken (now Boston Market), I often emceed company gatherings, franchise development...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandApr 19, 20155 minSome Kickstarter LessonsAs most of you know, I ran a successful Kickstarter through my publishing company, 54-40' Orphyte, Inc., for my mystery thriller, Frame...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandApr 10, 20151 minTime, Passion, Hugos, and PuppiesLet's keep this short. There's lots being written about the Hugos this year, with plenty of passion and finger-pointing. You could spend...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandApr 1, 20151 minDenver International AirportFans of Net Impact will appreciate the April 1 post DIA Underground: The “Elite” Travel Experience from the folks at www.flydenver.com....
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandMar 25, 20152 minSorry, Joss, But Marvel's: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Has Lost Its WayI know that there are a lot of nerds out there that think Joss Whedon can do no wrong and, trust me, I'm a fan, too (with a genuine...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandMar 7, 20152 minFrame Shop a Semi-Finalist in Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project; Finalists to be Announced SGreat and gracious greetings! Being an author is like being an actor or a door-to-door salesman. There's lots of rejection and...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandFeb 18, 20154 minA Review of The MartianAndy Weir's The Martian already has more than 7,500 reviews on Amazon, so I doubt my review would be much noticed there, which is why I...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandJan 15, 20155 minWhy Writers WriteWriters write for all sorts of reasons, but the general public always seems to want to create a simple dichotomy between writers who...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandNov 18, 20145 minSometimes Someone's Gots to Die: Killing Off Fictional CharactersIn the midst of my Kickstarter campaign for Frame Shop, Gail Martin offered to let me do a guest blog post on Killing Off Fictional...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandOct 19, 20144 minWriting Characters to Fit the PlotDuring the Kickstarter for Frame Shop, Jennifer Brozek, a prolific writer and fellow GenCon Writers' Symposium panelist, let me do a...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandOct 19, 20144 minWriters' Group DynamicsJanine Spendlove let me guest blog on her site during the Kickstarter for Frame Shop because, well, she's generally a swell friend. Check...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandOct 2, 20147 minPlanning Your Kickstarter: Pre-LaunchAs most of you probably know by now, I launched a Kickstarter today for my novella, Frame Shop. It’s a mystery/thriller set in a writers’...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandAug 9, 201415 minGISHWHES and 25 StoriesThis is actually a combination of two posts originally posted in August of 2014: GISHWHES, the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandJul 31, 20143 minRuminations on Reading and AudioSummer is not only convention season--I am a regular panelist on writing topics at both Origins and GenCon--but it is also the season for...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandJul 8, 20144 minTrue Confessions: I Am Not The World's Best WriterThere's no M. Night Shyamalan twist here. I'm not the world's best writer. Duh. I know that. As this blog proves, I'm not the world's...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandJun 3, 20147 minSequels, Prequels, and Flashbacks ... Oh MyFinally got around to watching The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug via Netflix a few days ago. Why didn’t I go see it in the theater?...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandApr 20, 20146 minOoga Chuka, Ooga Ooga-Ooga ChukaWent to see Transcendence last night (a better than expected four out of five stars, perhaps because it is a thinky movie and I like that...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandApr 7, 20146 minBuilding a Better ... PlatformDid you ever notice that some buskers (street performers) bring a box or milk crate to stand on while they perform? They do that so that...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on DemandMar 11, 20144 minMaking the Worst Possible Decision at Every OpportunityIt’s a staple of writing thrillers that the stakes and the difficulties for the protagonist must keep ratcheting up throughout the story....