Brianne Villano - Science, Secular Humanism, Social Media, Sarcasm

He’s Not Yours, Idiot. Grow Up.

I’ve been in a movie-watching mood for a while and got to see The Romantics a few nights ago. It’s a Big Chill wannabe, and nothing compares to TBC, but I didn’t completely dislike it. It had its good moments, and it teaches a lesson I’m not sure it intended to teach. Laura and Tom [...]

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A Letter To Religious Family – The Thinking Atheist

The following is a reprint of a letter on The Thinking Atheist blog. You’ve failed as a parent. That’s what you’re thinking, I’m sure. If only you’d attended church more regularly. If only you’d prayed more and emphatically taught your child the power of prayer. If only you’d have opened the bible more instead of [...]

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The Help – The Living Proof

I just had the pleasure of seeing “The Help” starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Allison Janney, and so many other incomparable actresses. It’s set in the civil rights era of the 1960s and features a young writer’s compilation of stories primarily written in the POV of the African American maids of [...]

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When Family Visits

Raina loves my dad. She puts her front paws on his lap and nuzzles with him while he sits on the couch and she rubs her butt up against his legs to entice him to scratch it while she wiggles around. But when it came down to it, she wouldn’t leave with him for a [...]

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How to Twitter-Chat Like A Boss

Twitter chats are a super simple way to have great discussions with people from all over the world with which you have things in common. You may be new to Twitter even though I’ve been very vocal about my love of social media for authors . If that is the case, imagine Twitter as an ongoing comment [...]

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The Simplification of Facebook Pages for Authors and Newbies

I’ve already told you that I want to have Twitter’s illegitimate love-child . So now let’s discuss the red-headed step-child of my family: Facebook. People in the world of professional social media are split down the middle by Facebook’s usefulness and user-friendliness. With over 500 million users currently on the site there is no doubt that [...]

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Dogs are gross

Dogs are gross. They lick their own crotches and then try to give you kisses. They hack up treats that didn’t make it down the pipes and then they eat them again. They drop poop-bombs every day and feel it’s necessary to go back and give them a good sniff and hopefully they don’t get [...]

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@YAFantasyGuide Radio Interview on The Eclectic Artist Cave

Stacey O’Neale is a friend of mine and a brilliant author. She has leveraged social media and blogging to grow her website, YA Fantasy Guide, from zero views per month to over 25,000 views per month in less than a year. I’ve written a guest-post on authors and social media on the site that continues [...]

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Fab Labs Carolinas Project Manager

A coworker does extensive work with the local Fab Lab and asked me to get some exposure for a job for which they’re hiring: Project Manager. The duties associated include: Writing proposals for grants and/or sponsorships to raise funding for the Fab Lab Representing Fab Labs Carolinas in fundraising and public relations during development of [...]