Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and self-publish my new ones.
A long time ago (back in 2006-2008), I wrote two novels I loved and younger readers loved. The Ruby Key: Moon & Sun Book 1 The Silver Door: Moon & Sun Book 2 I’d started work on the third one, The Emerald Sun: Moon & Sun Book 3… And then Scholastic told me they weren’t going to continue the series. … Continue reading →
Just sayin’… People disbelieve me when I say I deal with a lot of email. Glancing over at my email box, the number on Mail was just too funny to resist. … Continue reading →
Worked from 9 AM to 2:30 PM today on the bug hunts of Longview 6: The Owner’s Tale. It was a bit of a fiction orgy, and I was really hoping to have it done today. Not so much, as it turns out. However, I am down to the last 97 bugs. Considering that I started with 226, I did pretty … Continue reading →
Problem: Not Enough Noro means I have to use a fill-in yarn SOLVED: On November 3rd, I finished my Stained Glass Sweater, a project I’d been working on in small pieces since August 18th. Problem: About two weeks ago (late in the actual season), I discovered that the Diablo 3 season had something I wanted. A Disembodied Hand pet. SOLVED: Sunday night,I got my Disembodied … Continue reading →
So. Just now the first draft of The Owners Tale, the LAST episode in Tales from the Longview. Wrote the final thousand-ish words this morning and part of this afternoon, and for now, at least, I like the ending. I’ve printed off the manuscript (in 12 point Courier, double-spaced and with large margins, of course) where it will sit on … Continue reading →
I loved Apple computers for a long time. Frankly, I still love the two I have: A late 2013 iMac, and an even older MacBook Pro. But Apple has definitely been embracing the Dark Side since Steve Jobs died, and its walled garden, along with its pressure to push users into the Apple store and to make getting software from … Continue reading →
This has to be quick, because I still have to do my OWN worksheets before the show so I can discuss how I got the idea I got. Since I don’t yet HAVE the idea… you see the problem. Download your worksheets here: https://www.alonewithinvisiblepeople.com/downloads/#youtube1 The workshop is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etaIXTw7BbM Starts at 1:00 PM, I may open a couple minutes early to test … Continue reading →
I have launch going on. Not going to talk about it, because that’s not why you’re here. BUT we had an interesting (in the “may you live in interesting times” curse sense of the word) bug that popped up this morning when so many folks hit the page that they broke a part of the software. This bug affected everyone who bought with … Continue reading →
A LOT of folks bought in the first hour. Far more than I expected. Stripe (our credit card processor) held up under the strain. PayPal single payment processing held up under the strain. Our PayPal subscriptions option, which got hit the heaviest, broke. Payments went through, but so many sub setups were hitting at the same time that that the … Continue reading →
So I’m plugging along trying to get everything set up before the How to Write a Novel Super Early Bird class launch goes live, and Matt comes in. “Make sure you let them know that folks who already have novels written do not have to wait to finish their class projectto have me edit for them. If they’d like to have me do … Continue reading →
