Meandering Monday about Skimming and Skimping

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 →

Meandering Monday about Comments and Self-Promotion

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 →

Writing Wednesday: The Devil with the Details

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 →

Meandering Monday about a Fantasy about Men and Women

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 →

Writing Wednesday: Fear of Changing Gears

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 →

Fantasy Friday: So What About Swordsmaster?

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 →

Writing Wednesday: Knowing How Much I Don’t Know

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 →

Meandering Monday about a Different Kind of Remoteness

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 →

Writing Wednesday: Nobody’s Perfect

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 →

Writing Wednesday: It Takes a Lot to Make a World

Goals achieved last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market as quickly as possible (it helped that a couple of markets opened back up for submissions recently.) “Cellfishness” was ePubbed on schedule (next release date is May 4th.) I failed to comment on ANY other blogs (hey, LIFE, like I’ve said before) – … Continue reading →