(Kilted Dave is hip deep in life between a toddler, a baby due any time and more. So, to give him a chance to get his head above water, I'll drop this blast from the past here. It was first posted Oct. 21, 2014. It's funny, and not necessarily in a ha-ha way, how much... Continue Reading →
“Real” books, contracts and “evil” Amazon
I'm neck deep in final edits for Duty from Ashes, the second book in the Honor & Duty series written under the pen name Sam Schall. Because of that, my brain has been steeped in space marines, bad guys and things that go boom and not necessarily at night. As a result, I forgot that... Continue Reading →
Some links and a few thoughts
Sorry, guys, but the brain isn't working this morning. So instead of a regular post, I'm going to toss out some links and a few thoughts. Each of the links are important, in my opinion, because they represent some of the issues we're facing as writers. I'm very interested in hearing what you think about the... Continue Reading →
There are times . . .
When I wonder if I've been transported to an alternate universe where common sense and the ability to think and reason for oneself no longer exists. That's especially true when it comes to what is happening in the publishing industry right now. Or maybe I'm just tired of the attacks on people I respect and... Continue Reading →
Of trains, publishers and agency pricing
(Apologies for the post being late. I've been fighting WordPress. For some reason, for the last couple of days, it has refused to play nice with Opera. I hate IE but had to resort -- finally -- to using it to get the post up this morning.) Last night, I was talking to Sarah and... Continue Reading →
It’s Sunday morning and . . .
I overslept. And, before everyone thinks I've gone and committed coup here at MGC, I haven't. It's just that with LibertyCon this weekend, Sarah and I forgot to arrange for someone to guest blog. So, instead of having a dead day, here I am, trying desperately to figure out something to blog about. In the... Continue Reading →
More from the publishing funhouse
Ah, publishing. The one industry where there's never a dull moment. Between federal lawsuits against legacy publishers for price fixing to the feud between literary authors and genre writers to the battle to save bookstores even as e-books continue to gain popularity, publishing can be like the best -- or worst -- roller coaster you've... Continue Reading →
A settlement and another cry of “foul” from the peanut gallery
There are days when I really wonder if I'm the writer or if I'm actually a character living in some writer's head -- and the writer is a mean SOB who likes to torment me with little things meant to drive me insane. The first one of those "why me?" moments happened the other day... Continue Reading →
Beware. What’s that you say? Another one bites the dust.
It's December and time for everyone to start panicking because the holidays are just around the corner and there's still shopping to do and meals to plan and relatives to visit. It's also a time when most of us seem to forget there are those out there who are more than willing to separate us... Continue Reading →
New, or at least renewed, beginnings
In a number of ways, this is a very difficult post to write. While I've had no problems over the last several years opening up about my feelings about the state of the publishing industry and where I think we're going, I haven't written much about what goes on in my life. Part of that... Continue Reading →
Mad Genius Club 