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Hello out there! If you’re reading this, you’re probably a bit lost. On the off-chance that you are actually here to read about this blog and its author, here are some highlights.

The title “SELECT * FROM Shane” is a simple SQL statement that essentially means “select all columns in the data table called Shane,” or in non-geek-speak, “Everything in Shane.”

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The TubeGood day to you! This chapter brings to an end the first week of The Tube. Next week, we get into the meat of the story. Stay tuned, and thanks for reading!

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The TubeLadies and gentlemen, part three of The Tube!

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The TubeOkay, I’m going to try to do one every weekday for as long as I can. Enjoy part two of the serialised work in progress: The Tube.

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The TubeI’m pleased to reveal, for your eager consumption, a new (and free!) creative work, hatched in order to revive both my flagging blog and my passion for prose writing.

Inspired by an idea in a random conversation, what follows is Part One of a tale called The Tube, a free-to-read serialised sci-fi novella that explores issues of morality, identity, and devotion.

It is my intention to update this story regularly with additional chapters until it is complete. And then, what the hell, I’ll probably turn it into a graphic novel, because that’s what I seem to do!

Without further ado, let the madness begin…

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shane2011 was a huge year for me. I started studying towards a PhD, and dropped out eight weeks later. Annie became interactive and therefore demanding. My writing reached new heights of prolificism. I got a publishing contract for The Lesser Evil, and have begun negotiations for its sequel, The Road to Hell. I created a Twitter account and two Facebook fan pages (here and here), and revived this languishing blog. I revamped my website completely from the ground up. And through it all, full-time work and the commuting thereof continued to dominate upwards of 50 hours per week.

But busy as I’ve been, I knew there was more planning to do. It’s never too early to think about the future. And it’s starting to look like 2012 will be at least as busy as this year.

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