Honorable
Hey wicked cool. I just got the email from Writers of the Future. Passing in the Night, my submission for last quarter, got an Honorable Mention! Guess that means I don’t suck completely. Now to submit Passing to a publisher. …
Hey wicked cool. I just got the email from Writers of the Future. Passing in the Night, my submission for last quarter, got an Honorable Mention! Guess that means I don’t suck completely. Now to submit Passing to a publisher. …
I often point over to Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in this here blog. Naturally, I do that because they’re both very experienced writers, very smart with business, and they make a hell of a lot of sense. …
Right. Well, today’s 30 June, the last day of the quarter for Writers of the Future. Submissions have to be in by midnight tonight. A week ago, I was starting to sweat the deadline, because I’d barely started a story …
I love The Passive Voice. Well, maybe love is too strong a term. But Passive Guy does a great job linking to and commenting on the latest goings on in the writing world. And with his background as an attorney, …
As is obvious from my last several posts, I’ve been spending a lot more time on the Kindleboards lately. Considering that Masters is primed and just about ready for release late next month, it seemed appropriate to link up with …
It seems that’s what some independent bookstores are doing. I went by Joe Konrath’s blog today, and read his post about J K Rowling self-publishing Harry Potter in ebook format. In that post, he also discussed other developments in the …
Well, the cover journey is now complete. Last night, I told Jeroen that we’re good to go and paypal’d (Not sure that’s a word; oh well, I made it up) him his money. So now we’re all set on the …
Ok, I got a lot of good feedback from people on the last two drafts Jeroen sent me of the cover for Masters. And so I’ll ask you guys for feedback on the third draft. I think this is …
I “strolled” by the kindle boards again today. Once again, a thread caught my attention. The original poster was somewhat distraught that his books weren’t selling. A completely understandable sentiment. I fully expect to be in a similar boat next …
So I went ahead and gave myself a deadline for the follow-on to Passing in the Night, and a word count target: end of August, and 80,000 words. That works out to a bit less than 1,000 words a day. Totally …