CATS OF WAR I PRE-ORDERS NOW LIVE

In my continuing efforts to learn how to do better marketing, I’ve just finished setting up pre-orders in Smashwords for Cats of War I (the collection of the first 3 stories in my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series.) Here’s the link on smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/588921?ref=NoTimeToThink Also doing pre-orders on Amazon – here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017E9TPFK?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 … Continue reading →

Speaking of Broken Windows and the Coarsening of Culture (and an Unrelated Smashwords Coupon)

(** this was initially intended to be about the coarsening of language, but culture involves more than just words, and so it couldn’t help but expand into other areas.) There’s a theory in law enforcement that revolves around broken windows. If windows are broken in a neighborhood, and the windows remain broken, people think it … Continue reading →

My Sixth Collection is now available!

My latest eBook is my 6th short story collection (And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get OT OF MY MIND)  – it’s available now on Smashwords with an 80%-off coupon (that’s only $1.00!) Use code UA97J at checkout. You can see it at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/587154?ref=NoTimeToThink It’s also available on Amazon for the Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0171YYSNC?*Version*=1&*entries*=0 … Continue reading →

The ORIGINS of Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND (and a Smashwords Coupon for the Collection)

At the end of each of my collections, I include a section in which I touch on WHERE each story came from, and since this week’s coupon is for my third collection (Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND), I thought the ORIGINS would make a good blog posting. Enjoy! <<<>>> Writing … Continue reading →

The ORIGINS of More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND (and a Smashwords Coupon to Go Along With It)

At the end of each of my collections, I include a section in which I touch on WHERE each story came from, and since this week’s coupon is for my second collection (More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND), I thought the ORIGINS would make a good blog posting. Enjoy! <<<>>> People have … Continue reading →

Wasting Words (and Your Weekly Smashwords Coupon)

Well, I knew it was coming, and now it’s finally happened. There I was, within striking distance of the 50,000 word goalposts (the dividing line between a NOVELETTE and a NOVEL) – in fact, this posting was supposed to trumpet that milestone. Instead, I find that Swordsmaster was going off the rails and I have … Continue reading →