Visualization

I used to think this was a vain and foolish thing to do, but after a visit to Pixar Animation Studios I realized the importance of visualization. The people at Pixar decorate their whole studio with art and promotional materials from their movies, and everyone knows they're the best in the business. So, go ahead and design your book cover! Create posters! Write book blurbs! Paste promotional material for your book up all over your room. It isn't vanity, it's visualization.

In this vein, I drove down to Tucson over the weekend (6 hours) just to get this great shot for my mock book cover. While I was there I toured the Titan Missile Museum and hung out with my rocket-science friends who work at Raytheon. Research trips rock.