It’s been a slow start to my writing year. I was doing OK for the first few days, but then we hit a snag. The world sorta blew up, and watching that — plus the fallout afterward — took a toll on my writing. The wind out of my sails, I actually ended up with …
Going from a million words in 2020 to 1.8 million words in 2021 is sort of a big jump, and I’ve had a few folks ask “why?” Why bother? Or why jump so big? It’s true that maybe a smaller goal would be easier to accomplish, but that’s not really the point of a challenge, …
Last night I accomplished a goal I\’d set for myself years ago: to complete a million new words in a year. I\’ve come close in the past, even made over 800,000 words in 2019. But I\’ve never crossed the threshold before. The million-word-barrier sat there like it was the twin of the old sound barrier. …
A writer recently asked an interesting question. I’m paraphrasing, but the general idea was this: \”Do you believe that the prerequisite for success as an author is to write X words every year, where X is a very large number?” My answer was: No, I\’d disagree strongly with that statement for several reasons. 1) There …
[et_pb_section admin_label=\”section\”] [et_pb_row admin_label=\”row\”] [et_pb_column type=\”4_4\”][et_pb_text admin_label=\”Text\”] We’re about to see another major shakeout in the indie writer world. The first one happened around 2012 through 2013. Two factors contributed. The most obvious was KDP Select, which created a massive surge for writers who participated, at great cost to those who didn\’t. Free books lost …
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Whew! Not a lot to add about this one. Folks have been waiting on this for about a year now, and the book is finally available. This story finishes the tale of Nicholas Stein and his son Thomas as they fight for independence of Mars from the hegemony of the United Nations of Earth. But …
Accord of Valor is out! Final Accord series book hits the store! Read More »
Hi! Big news: I\’ve got a book in a big boxed set of urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels. With authors from the USA Today and NYT bestseller lists, this ebook \”boxed set\” is a the collected work of talented writers from around the world. It\’s an honor to have been included. The set is …
I know this guy. His name is Chris Fox. Chris has written some good books – both fiction and nonfiction. His nonfiction is about…drumroll…fiction writing, and his stuff is really good. Chris published a couple of books on writing which have been somewhat controversial – one called 5000 Words Per Hour, and the more recent …
It\’s been a busy year so far. I\’ve had three new titles published in the last two months. Each one is a novella, continuing a story set in the same universe as the Ryan Blackwell novels. These stories are about the adventures of Raven – a young woman living in Boston who runs into the …
Drum-roll. Fanfare. And can I get an \”about time\”? 🙂 It\’s been a long time coming. I want to do this project justice, so the work has taken a while to get right. The first season will be six episodes, each a short novella. When the whole season is done, it\’ll be compiled into a …
