It took a bunch of tries to get this right. But I like the results. I think it captures the spirit of the book. This one is almost ready to go. Hoping to have it live in a week or so. ADDENDUM: Just finished uploading the print version to CreateSpace. Here’s the wrap-around cover for that, as well as the … Continue reading →
Here’s a link to yet another idiot in love with the straight-line-projection, declaring that professional writers are doomed. He makes the following assumptions: That 100% of people, given a choice between stealing something and paying for it, will steal it. That the shitbags who steal from torrent sites would have actually paid for the books had the torrents not been … Continue reading →
I took a break from putting together a cool HTTS Hotseat today with a writer who needed to know how to create a villain for her story. Got out a notebook, wrote out the existing modules in How To Think Sideways, and figured out how to streamline the HTTS Self-Pub course. URGENT! All current Think Sideways Classic students, as well … Continue reading →
Self-pub has become the way to go if you want to write and make a living at it. The last few years, my self-pub has paid the bills, and my commercial pub hasn’t. Among commercially published writers, I’m not alone. The majority of commercially published novelists are working a “real” job just to survive. Successful self-pubbed writers are doing better. … Continue reading →
Today, I did the covers for the Arhel Trilogy. Fire in the Mist Bones of the Past Mind of the Magic I wanted something striking but simple for these books—and I wanted the central images to be meaningful. So I went with Ariss, the keyu, and a dragon. The toughest part of these was coming up with an appropriate title … Continue reading →
I finished the following covers for my upcoming novels today: Midnight Rain I See You Last Girl Dancing Night Echoes Because of a bit of a financial bump, I’m pushing hard to get all the backlist up in the next couple of months. To my amazement (because I thought exactly the opposite), I think the suspense novels are going to … Continue reading →
People struggle with the realization that creating fiction creates jobs. Always. In this miserable economy, I think we as readers and writers need to take a look at the powerful economic force one person with an idea and the guts to get it out there can be. So I’ve written the article Money From Nothing: The Economic Value of Writing … Continue reading →
I was searching backlinks and broken links tonight because I’m trying to get the site all the way back to fully functional. And while I’m not entirely sure how I got here, I found a thoughtful, in-depth article about my site and me by William Bell. He never contacted me about having written it, didn’t ask for an interview or … Continue reading →
Wow. Chapter 2, “Knock, Knock,” hit the points I wanted to hit, but it did it in a way that completely floored me. I’d had this image of Cady cleaning up after the corpse in her room, but what she did instead was so much better. And I discovered Hastrozene, “The Universe’s Best Instant Party,” which though illegal through most … Continue reading →
I got up this morning and for the first time in a long time started writing a new novel that dragged me out of bed. Chapter one of that novel, “Can’t Kill A Dead Guy,” is now finished in first draft. It was like coming home. Cady’s voice was there. Not the bitter, dark voice at the end of book … Continue reading →