As many of you know, I’ve been devoting most of my free time to the book. It has been a tremendous undertaking, not so much in physical as in mental effort. I have literally had to hijack my mind each day to get even 1 minute of writing done.
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Hey guys,
I thought I would share some data that my blog host sent me.
In 2013 I wrote 71 new posts, growing the total archive to 172 posts.
The most popular post was “The Little Things,” which gathered 248 views on its first day.
The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th most popular posts in 2013 were:
Good Boss, Bad Boss, and What You Can Learn From Them
The Best Pickup Line Ever
Goldfish, Zombies, and How to Get Out of a Rut
Most visitors came from the United States, Canada, and The United Kingdom.
Love
A. T. Bui
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Hey guys,
I just want to let you all know that I’m still here; I’ve just been working on the book. I let one of my writer-friends read an early draft of one of the chapters and she commented that it was way better than House of Dreams (her favorite post)–to which I replied with: a smile :)
I will be investing most of my free time into the book, but whenever the Blog Muse possesses me, I’ll post something here as well. So don’t worry. I’m not going anywhere! Incidentally, this is the same attitude you should take to execute a successful sale or, arguably, a successful courtship. That last part of that last sentence could be interpreted in at least 3 different ways, but I’ll just leave it at that. I’m off to Starbucks to write the next chapter of my book. Let’s talk more later.
Love
A. T. Bui
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Tang Dynasty. A Chinese emperor in Chang’an, fearing death, commissions alchemists to create an elixir of immortality. Sulphur, saltpeter, and charcoal are combined to form “fire medicine.” While not granting eternal life, fire medicine is found to be a useful fumigant to kill insects before its martial potential becomes clear. Gunpowder is born. Under constant threat of invasion, especially by Mongols to the north, the Chinese create gunpowder weapons: the gun, cannon, flamethrower, rocket, multi-stage rocket, bomb, land mine, and eventually, the machine gun. The serendipitous discovery of gunpowder is hailed as one of the “Four Great Inventions,” ushering in the age of “hot” warfare.
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