Last week, I wondered if we were in a perpetual full moon phase because of all the craziness that seemed to be going on. Little did I know that the craziness was just beginning. In the time since that post went live, we've seen an author on Amazon taking the fight to reviewers because they... Continue Reading →
Full moon craziness?
Yes, yes, I know. Craziness is the common state of affairs for most writers and especially for the publishing industry. But lately it seems that the craziness has expanded to epic proportions -- and that's without going into all the contretemps with SFWA, SJWs et al. Add in the craziness in my life right now... Continue Reading →
Building a Blog
In the last 48 hours I have written about 15K words of fiction, which is a lot, for me. I have about 20% of the projected length of the novel remaining, and I want to finish it as soon as possible so I can get on to other projects, this summer being very very busy.... Continue Reading →
Indie concerns
Sarah is still feeling under the weather thanks to a virus that has made the rounds of her family. She pushed her luck by quipping that she thought she’d managed to escape it. Of course, that meant she was next to fall ill. So she asked me to fill in for her today and to... Continue Reading →
To Kickstart or not to Kickstart. That is the question.
Publishing has changed. We all know this. Or we should unless we've been living in a very deep and dark cave or listening to the every more trite reassurances from legacy publishing. Not only have the number of legacy publishers shrunk (the Big 6 is now the Big 5), but they have discontinued lines and... Continue Reading →
A few thoughts and, maybe, a brief snippet
I want to start by thanking everyone for their understanding about the open floor I had to put up last week. I try not to do so very often but last Tuesday was one of those days when everything converged to keep me not only away from the computer but out of the house. I've... Continue Reading →
Mad Genius Club 