And now, for a taste of things to come! Ouch, shades of Mortal Combat aside, I\’ve written a short story, more or less a prelude to the Kickstarter novel about Dead Britannia, a new serial about Britain just after its abandoned by Rome – the days when the legend that became King Arthur was born. But …
My peak writing days give me 20-25 thousand words of fiction. I can kick out five thousand or more words in a day without really breaking a sweat. I’ve also found that the parts of my books where I wrote more words per day are cleaner, clearer, require less revision and get less critique from …
Looking Back Taking a peek back at 2013 – well, it was a messy year. I had more than one thing explode on me over the months packed in there. Injured an ankle badly enough that I thought it was broken at first. Lost a job. Had more than one heartache, and more than one …
Another sick day. Hopefully the last! I woke around 9am, and spent a rather lazy morning. Hung out with Susan for a while, read a little bit. Checked my email, and made eggs for lunch around 12:30. Still felt terrible all morning. The fever seemed mostly gone, but the bug was moving into my lungs …
I was still a mess all morning. Fever on and off in patches, and TIRED. Couldn\’t keep my eyes open for more than an hour or so at a clip. The poor kids: having to deal with both parents laying sick in bed these past few days hasn\’t been all giggles for them, either. Although …
Writing in Public, Too: Day 19 – almost better, and SFWA for indies? Read More »
Back in February, I posted the results of some data mining, specifically about the bestseller lists for fantasy and science fiction. You can see the old article here. It seemed like now might be a good time for an update. There\’s been much to-do about the change to the Amazon algorithms. The very-important \”Popularity\” ranking …
Self publishing is an outstanding way to go. Dean Wesley Smith has just sounded off that his position is now that for novels, self publishing is a better method than traditional publishing unless you\’re being offered a solid six figures per book. And possibly even then, depending upon the contract clauses the traditional publisher is …
This change IS a pretty big deal for indie writers. Amazon announced today in their KDP newsletter that they have updated their recommendations for cover sizes for Kindle ebooks. The new guidelines are a minimum of 1000 pixels on the long side – although they \”recommend 2,500 pixels on the longest side to ensure better …
I am forced to wonder, after reading this latest interview with the noted president of the Author\’s Guild, if the man has actually a) bought any books in the last decade, b) listened to any of the writers he is supposed to be supporting about what they\’d actually like, or c) thought for fifteen seconds …
I am forced to wonder, after reading this latest interview with the noted president of the Author\’s Guild, if the man has actually a) bought any books in the last decade, b) listened to any of the writers he is supposed to be supporting about what they\’d actually like, or c) thought for fifteen seconds …
