Last Week’s Goals All three blog posts went up on time last week. Another three stories returned from market and were sent back out. I am still waiting for one of my two indie-publishable short stories to return from market. Hopefully, one will return soon I can use it for my scheduled December 23rd release. … Continue reading
Cats of War III (my third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) has arrived at its release day! Fractured Fragment Friday moves on to the tenth story in the series– “The Cat’s Paw.” (BTW – I’m participating in the 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter Sale! Swordsmaster and all my collections are available at 50% off … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts went out as scheduled. I had a couple more stories return from publishers, and those went out to market once again. Cats of War III (the third Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire collection) continues its reduced price preorder (and Smashwords FREE Presale) campaign until its July 8th release … Continue reading
Do you have songs that just stick with you? I remember a night waiting outside the cafeteria I worked in my teens, singing “My Way” while I was waiting for a ride. That’s about fifty years – that’s how far back I know that song has stuck with me. I’ve sung the song more than … Continue reading
This week’s Fractured Fragment is from “Hard Times” – the sixth Detective Jimmy Delaney story. “Hard Times” started by seeing too many commercials with women in blue dresses warning me to see a doctor if it lasts more than four hours (the things you see advertised on television now; why, when I was a kid…) … Continue reading
My next release (scheduled for March 18th) will be “Getting Personal” I had two self-made story prompts that I referenced for “Getting Personal” – each entered into my IDEAS file over ten years ago: Personal Injury Specialists – when the injury needs to be personal, and Dangerous Bidding. I know the story that resulted had … Continue reading
For the next few Fractured Fragment Fridays, we’ll visit the eleven stories in my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series. First up is “Purr Mission”, and an explanation of how Herc Tom came to be. So – cats. Why did I decide to write a story about cats? I didn’t, really. “Purr Mission” started with … Continue reading
To start off, I am participating in the Smashwords End of Year Sale, which runs today, December 17th, through January 1st. All of my collections, plus Swordsmaster, are available on Smashwords at 50% off!!! You can find Smashwords links to all my participating EBooks on my Current Promotions page. Now, to continue our regularly scheduled … Continue reading
I quite often don’t know where a story is going. It’s actually one of the joys of writing for me – I get to be surprised by and enjoy my stories as much as my readers do. Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals Last week’s goals: All my blog posts went out on schedule. One of my stories returned from market and was sent back out, so all of my available stories are out there. “Hacked Off” (Detective Jimmy Delaney #7) releases on June 25th. The story is now available for PREORDER at a reduced … Continue reading
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