Author | Conflict Analyst | Presenter | Professor
Michael Livingston

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Desperately Seeking Sinai

I spent a good portion of the day deep in research for the sequel to Shards of Heaven. It’s been enjoyable, to say the least. A great deal of my delving has been on the subject of Mt. Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments according to the Torah. There …

New Old iPod Touch

Picked up my replacement iPod Touch today. Though the old model (just like the one that broke), it’s brand new and shiny. Excellent service, Apple! I’ll not get to play with it until morning, I suspect. It’s been syncing up all my songs for a couple of hours now, and …

Finding an Agent

Now that I’m feeling pretty good about my novel and started work on its sequel, I’ve begun looking to find a literary agent to represent me (and the book). I have to say, agent hunting is an incredibly daunting process. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of literary agents (there …

My Vote, My Money

Warning: The following is a deeply personal opinion about this year’s election. The short of it is this. The long of it follows. You’ve been warned.

iPod Touch Dying

For the past couple weeks my beloved iPod Touch — a device I increasingly don’t know how to live without — has been intermittently pausing when plugged into something via its iPod connector. It’s fine just carrying it around, listening to music on the headphones; but when I plug it …