November 15, 2015 Orycon 37 I will be lowering the panelist quality of Orycon once again this year. I’m happy to do it, let me tell you. Enough with the qualified, entertaining, and successful authors hogging the panels. Someone has to draw a line in the sand. And that line is me. Orycon begins this… Continue reading Orycon 37. Resurrected Post.
Category: Business of Writing
Pounding the Pavement and Knocking on Doors. Resurrected Post.
November 8, 2015 Pounding the Pavement and Knocking on Doors Taking a look at the calendar, I noticed that the next couple of months will call frequently on my woefully lacking marketing skills. Oh, joy. Promotion. What’s that rising up within? Heartburn? Acid reflux? Incipient panic? Some of us prefer to remain unnoticed, to blend,… Continue reading Pounding the Pavement and Knocking on Doors. Resurrected Post.
Hello Blank Page, My Old Friend. Resurrected Post.
October 4, 2015 Hello Blank Page, My Old Friend Beginning a new project is both exhilarating and daunting. The notebook or the blank document sits before you, an expanse of empty white space waiting for you to fill it with words. There is a great degree of freedom promised by the empty page. You can… Continue reading Hello Blank Page, My Old Friend. Resurrected Post.
The Shotgun Approach. Resurrected Post.
September 27, 2015 The Shotgun Approach I prefer to outline before I begin writing. I want a blueprint for the general structure in place, a scaffolding built to give me purchase from which to work. But once that’s done, I have to fill those empty space I reach from the scaffolding. Sometimes I have a… Continue reading The Shotgun Approach. Resurrected Post.
Reconnoitering Kindle Scout. Resurrected Post.
September 20, 2015 Reconnoitering Kindle Scout I’ve written before about the slender paperbacks popular in the 60s and 70s. They no longer make financial sense in today’s publishing market. Not in print, at any rate. But it seems to me they are admirably suited to e-readers. Digital is the new pulp. When checking up on… Continue reading Reconnoitering Kindle Scout. Resurrected Post.
Second Novel Ruminations. Resurrected Post.
August 30, 2015 Second Novel Ruminations Under Strange Suns debuted almost a week ago. By this point you may well be tired of my mentioning it. Could be I’m tired of mentioning it too, ever think of that, bucko? Hmmm? How about you buy a copy and I’ll stop bringing it up? What’s that, you… Continue reading Second Novel Ruminations. Resurrected Post.
Under Strange Suns. Resurrected Post.
August 16, 2015 Under Strange Suns Cue the fanfare. Commence drumroll. Ahem. Is this thing on? Ladies and gentlemen, readers of all ages…well, readers of appropriate age, anyways. I’m please to announce that Under Strange Suns is available for purchase beginning August 25, digitally, and December 25 in print edition. Here’s a bit of… Continue reading Under Strange Suns. Resurrected Post.
Fiction Description. Resurrected Post.
August 9, 2015 Fiction Description Opinion time, readers. What is your preference, or perhaps tolerance, for the amount of description of places, things, physical appearance, etc. in fiction? Do you like to have an exacting rundown of what the characters look like, what the furniture in a room looks like and how it is arranged,… Continue reading Fiction Description. Resurrected Post.