Recently I have discovered extension classes at the local community college.  They offer classes in anything from "how to start an internet business" to "how to publish your book."  Well, I know they have these two because I went to check them out.  Hey, I'm not complaining about the price I paid to go, but then again I am.  The classes were free, which means that the college used government funds to pay for the instructors.  So in essence I still paid for the classes.

The thing that bothers me is that anyone who can print out a flyer and have a web site can claim to be an expert in their field.  Then they just have to make sure the colleges, and any other rubes they can find, get a copy of their literature.  I'm not saying that the presenters of these classes were totally clueless, but they weren't experts either.  It reminds me of some of the people you see at writers conventions who sit in front of the audience with their single self-published book and proceed to tell everyone about how the writing industry works.  Not that I'm an expert either mind you, but please, people, enough with the self-promotional--I'm an expert so pay me--line of crap.  There are more honest ways of making a living.  Oh yeah, and enthusiasm does not make up for lack of knowledge.

On the writing front:  I made good progress on Heart of Odin this weekend.  Finally got through the research and finished a couple of historical chapters and now I'm back on the modern story arc.  I really need to spend the next few days on my WOTF story.  I need to complete my revisions and get the story out the door.