I was at an estate sale recently (something we used to do a lot more often until Covid hit.) Quite often we go hoping to find nice antique furniture (we dream of someday having all our furniture be antiques – and not simply because WE have had the pieces so long.) There were some nice … Continue reading
I can appreciate the detail of other writers, but my eyes tend to fly past the colorful words to follow the plots and the characters. This is especially true with something I’m reading for the umpteenth time – like The Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. But even on a first read, I find … Continue reading
As usual last week, I struggled with my goal to comment on at least three blogs. Why do I have this as one of my weekly objectives? One of my weaknesses when it comes to making a go of it as a self-published writer is marketing and self-promotion. I’m not comfortable with asking people to … Continue reading
Goals watchlist: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. “The Voices” eBook released on time last week. I made comments the requisite number of blogs (just barely.) I wrote a piddling 993 words on Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #6 (yes, still with no title – I like to … Continue reading
So I’m on book four of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time Series (The Shadow Rising.) At first, I chose it because what I’d heard of it came across as Epic Fantasy, with the crown passing (at least in one reviewer’s opinion) from J.R.R.Tolkien to Jordan. I needed something to read that was more like … Continue reading
Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets are available. I have my next ePublication teed-up for its July 13th release (more information below.) I wrote 2,320 words, partly as I finished the latest revision of Swordsmaster (which now sits at 84,400 words), and the rest as I … Continue reading
I’ve finished reading The Eye of the World (the first book in Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series.) Both it and George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire are works of High Fantasy (although of different tones.) And so is my novel (in progress) – Swordsmaster. What is High Fantasy? It’s fantasy … Continue reading
Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. My next ePub is available on preorder on schedule (and goes live in 2 days.) I’ve cleaned up a formatting issue on my paperback (somehow, some of the pages in my 6”x9” template were sized 5”x8” instead), and so that version … Continue reading
It is amazing how different technology makes things. Imagine that you lived when travelling from Europe to the NEW WORLD meant leaving everything and everyone you had known behind. After months of travel you arrive and begin taming your relatively unknown new home. And yet, we believe that people / neighbors / families were closer … Continue reading
Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. My next ePub is available on preorder on schedule.) I’ve ordered the proof for the paperback version on Createspace, and once it’s arrived and I’ve had a chance to check it over, it will also be available (but apparently through Amazon … Continue reading
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