Doing this from my phone as I await breakfast in bed. Again. Sheesh. Kids. Anyway… I’m also trying something new: short videos that give helpful writerly tips. You’ll see lots of them over the next few weeks: SHORT video blurbs with a helpful insight inside. Like a tootsie pop, kinda. I’ll still be writing posts; […]
A few words to get my take on this.
My computer is hinting it no longer loves me – by making REALLY weird noises and suddenly freezing up or rebooting – so I panicked. My wife said it was time for a new one. That’s usually the sign. WHY DON’T I LISTEN??? And who am I kidding? It’s a robot, and robots don’t love!! […]
Have you updated your profile on BookBub? Do you HAVE a profile on BookBub? Well, you need one and you need to shoot on over there and follow me on mine. Pleeeeeeease??? Whenever I do deals there, you’ll get a notice. But wait, you say, you’ll tell us here first. True. But with a Bookbub […]
Leah Vernon, the author of Impure, drops by to give us her thoughts on world building. Impure takes place 500 years in the future, when Americans were ruled by a tyrant and divided by race and class; hate and inequality reigned. Hispanics and Blacks overthrew the government and exterminated most of the Caucasian “Europe” race – […]
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Ever feel like you are strangling a story to death? I feel your pain. Really I do. Sometimes I think my WIP needs to be put out of my misery. Imgflip So, let’s all avoid the paper shredder. Because there’s help by – 10 Career Killers by David McFarland Story Doctor.…
I have always held that if you ask your audience a question, after you get a dozen or so votes, you WILL have your answer. Well, yesterday I asked about a new author pic. And the vast majority of replies came back and said don’t go with the yellow shirt! Now, most of you were nice […]
I’m a loyal guy, okay? I use the same brand of toothpaste I used as a kid, use the same shampoo, and until recently, used the same soap. (I switched soaps. It was tough saying goodbye to Safeguard but it had to be done. I don’t wanna talk about it.) I drive a 1998 Lincoln […]
Ugh! I signed up for a retweet service to help market The Navigators (actually, I signed up from a different service and got the retweet stuff for free) and they copy me ON EVERYTHING. Even I’m ready to unfriend me. Two weeks of this nonsense, constant retweeting of my original tweet. Which was cute. Once. Not […]
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