Might I point out one little thing... this is a Spammers gold mine... all these email addresses waiting to be harvested... that's just a caveat....

But I do LOVE Google+, it has so much more control and I own the content. Plus, I can post directly to my blog and then have notifications go to every other social network and site I want. It is more than a social network, it is a communication network and backbone. Just wait until the new business version is released... that is going to ROCK!!
My recent post Daily Quote:"If you can’t convince them, confuse them." – Harry S Truman

It may be a gimmick but it is what they call a lucrative gimmick. Many of us techies and marketers may not really like it, but it's about what the people who use Google most think. The ordinary Mom's and Dad's and younger generations... if they like it, then it will be a winner and it will gather a lot of data and generate a lot of revenue via advertising.

If they were smart, they would cast Tom Welling as Superman. He has a huge fanbase already with his role on Smallville... the only issue could be the script. But since the rumors are that this film is not supposed to be another origins of Superman film, there may be a possibility of it working.

I have been wondering for a long time, with the huge success of nearly 10 full seasons of Smallville, why hasn't a movie or something emerged to revamp the Superman franchise?

You are right that Brandon Routh, can't be 100% to blame for the dismal failure of the last movie... he is a decent actor and has the look and feel of the character. But bringing him back, may set the mood for possible failure again.

Unfortunately fans that do not read or pay attention, tend to equate anything similar, such as an actor returning, as the sequel. This can't in any way appear as a sequel... it has to be fresh and new or at least build on the success of a superman franchise that is experiencing success... such as Smallville.

1. Sounds like a really good plan. Perhaps, it's just a little more involved or organized than I'm doing it. Crazy is a relative term and perhaps you are crazy, but so are a lot of authors. What works best, is what helps you get your best most passionate work onto the page. As long as what you are writing about is of substance and merit, then what you write will be great.

2. I too have finally committed to writing a book. I've been toying with a couple of different fictional stories, that are actually writing themselves. 3 different ones, with two being the most active in my mind. One is a mystery suspense book, another is for the young adult market, with adventure and science fiction, while the 3, less prominent one is more fairy tale oriented.

But now instead of starting with the non-fiction books that I just keep putting off all the time, I'm going to write a non-fiction book first, called the 12 Step Method. I just developed something rather new and unique for business that really has the potential to help businesses of all sizes save tons of money and really direct what they are doing. Anyway, it's the basis for our entire business model (http://4ligo.com), so I've committed to turn it into a book. I may take a page from what you have done to get some of the facts to support everything, so thanks for sharing.

3. Seeing your progress, is always helpful for the rest of us.

*** OH, but what I want to know is how or where you found the publisher?? That's the info I want to see.... Care to share those tidbits with us??