Selling Saturday (early edition): Release Weekend for Just Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get Out of My Mind

The preorder campaign is over for Just Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get Out of My Mind ; the collection includes the following short stories: “The Collective is All” – At least that’s what Abbe’s been told, but events lead him to wonder if there might just be some intelligent … Continue reading →

Selling Saturday: Preorder Campaign Begins for “Just Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND”

That sure is a mouthful, isn’t it? When I started putting together short-story collections, the first one was Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND, and adding another word to the title for each new volume seemed a fun and natural thing to do. Maybe I didn’t understand HOW MANY stories I was going … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Don’t Get Depressed – Double Down

Problems again finding markets, but by and large keeping my stories circulating to various potential publishers. Plodding away at my blurb rewrites – hope to be done and updated by my August 25th deadline. Blog posts on schedule. Still reading my 5th of 6 books for this year, and my completed stories are still sitting … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: You Have to Sell It

Goals are going pretty well – my story rotate back to market in 7 days or less,  ePublication every 4 weeks continued with “Baastards’ Revenge” last week. I put up my three blog posts. And I started reading my fifth book (Heinlein’s The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.) I wrote 4,585 words, all of it … Continue reading →

Selling Saturday: “Baastards’ Revenge” Preorder Campaign

And so it continues… “Baastards’ Revenge” – the fourth story of my Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series – is prepped and ready to go. Champion of the Empire Hercules Tom thinks this is a mere diplomatic mission to Baast; little does he know what the Baastards have in store for him. But don’t … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: A Couple of Pointers on Selling Your Work

Goal update:  Resubmissions to market continue on schedule (no longer than 7 days after return.) Maintained my three blog entries. I’ve started formatting my June 4th release is – Downtown Blues: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #2, but I’m not getting it done as quickly as I need to to have a decent preorder campaign. “The … Continue reading →

“Immortal” Release Weekend is Here!

This is the release weekend for “Immortal”: Riddled with a more than terminal disease, Commander Solitaire considers an extreme way to protect the Earth. There’s more than one way to be immortal. “Immortal” is a speculative flash fiction (that means it’s VERY, VERY SHORT), which borrows slightly from Richard III (see if you can spot … Continue reading →

“The Collective is All” is Now Available!

The pre-order campaign has completed, and we are now into the release weekend for: The Collective is ALL! At least that’s what Abbe’s been told, but events lead him to wonder if there might just be some intelligent life “out there.” “The Collective Is All” is a short, speculative fiction that anthropomorphizes the internal processes … Continue reading →

Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND Release Weekend is Here!

(Heck – it’s almost over) Aren’t the Holidays wonderful! So many things going on, I completely forgot to announce that this is the release weekend for collection #8 (let’s face it, it’s not just the Holidays; when will I get back on track?) Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get OUT … Continue reading →

Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND Now on Preorder

Next up for publication: Some More, And Yet Still Even More Things I Could Get OUT OF MY MIND (short story collection #8); includes: “The Pipes” Sometimes it’s the little things… An unexpected extraterrestrial visitation has an adverse effect on a Texas farmer’s well. Think twice before you drink the water – there’s something in the … Continue reading →