Writing Wednesday: Doing It All Yourself

Goals recap for last week: Resubmission to markets is cycling as planned (there are currently 9 stories going through submissions right now.) Blog entries were on schedule. My next ePub (Downtown Blues: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #2) is on preorder and ready for its June 2nd release. I’ve formatted the paperback and am waiting for … Continue reading →

Sum-it-up Sunday: No News – Narrative

We continue to live in an alternate reality of the LEFT’s making. President Trump is accused of giving away top secret, national security-impacting intelligence to the Russians at the White House. The President, The Secretary of State, and the National Security Advisor were all there and say it never happened. And yet, knowing this, the … 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 →

Writing Wednesday: Things to Pay Attention To

Weekly goal status: Stories-to-Market rotation continues on schedule, as do my 3-per-week blogs. The preorder campaign for The First Three ‘Things I Could Get Out of My Mind’ is on. I haven’t created the paperback yet – it may not be available until after the release weekend (it takes a lot of time to format … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Seeing Those Silver Linings

And so I return from the hiatus that has been forced on my by THE FLOOD, and various other happenings of LIFE… This feels more like a Meandering Monday sort of thing, but it DOES involve writing, so while I’m trying to get back on all my Wriding horses (yes, I even fell off the … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Publishing on the Cheap

I consider myself serious about writing, but I have my own criteria (as we all should.) I know that a majority of people who say they WANT to be a writer fail on the first of Heinlein’s Rules: YOU MUST WRITE. It took me a couple of years to hold myself to that principle, and … Continue reading →

“Obsolete” Now Available On Preorder

Up next for publication – “Obsolete”: When we leave Earth, will we forget what it’s like to be human? Mr. Omega, the last unmodified man, stands trial for unthinkingly preserving his own life over that of a superior being. “Obsolete” is a short, speculative fiction. I was wondering – as we FINALLY try to go … Continue reading →