Exploring what I need to complete the next book for publishing. Following suggestions from my beta readers, I’ve been working on doing another edit to Savagespace I – Alliances and Consequences. I added some color and details that were lacking, as well as removed some repetition. Further, I cleaned up a few other errors, tightened…
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Why Is Marketing My Art So Challenging?
I’ve done a lot of marketing, but marketing myself is difficult. In case this hasn’t been made abundantly clear over the last few years, I’m an artist—specifically, an author. My main joy in creating art comes from creating sci-fi and fantasy worlds, books, and series. Since 2020 I’ve published 10 novels. Two complete sci-fi series…
Farpoint: The Wrap-up of Con
Another year, another con complete. As I wrote last week, I attended my third Farpoint con. Once again, I got to hang out for a weekend with like-minded geeks, sit on a couple of very interesting panels, and even signed and sold a couple of books. My favorite part of attending the con as an…
The Challenge of Balancing Multiple Worlds
When you work as a creator on more than one project at a time. As a storyteller, one of the things I take great pride in is my ability to do worldbuilding. Among my already published works, I’ve created 5 different worlds. In two cases, entirely different galaxies. The rules of my worlds have many…
Can I Still Run with Half an Idea?
Half an idea is better than no idea. About 6 months ago, I had a vague story idea pop into my head. This would be a return to fantasy after working on a lot of sci-fi the past few years. The idea had to do with a world featuring humans and another sentient race (based…
My Personal Creative Process Info Dump
I’m sharing many thoughts on many topics. Perhaps, with this being the end of the year, I’m feeling introspective. Or maybe there’s just been a lot happening and I’m working to make sense of it. Either way, I’m going to reflect on a lot of different things here. For me, 2023 has been a crazy…
How Do I Reconcile the Creative Process with My Brand?
Being an indie-author requires being a brand and business, too. Not so long ago, the only way to publish a book and make money was via traditional publishing. To get there, the main path was to get a literary agent, who would then get you past the gatekeepers and through the doors to the publishers….
When Is It Time to Abandon a Project?
My writing is always evolving, and change is always occurring. I started my Source Chronicles fantasy series in 1998. As of this writing, that’s 25 years ago. While I began the series then, it remains unfinished. Yes, Book 3 – Harbinger – is ready to go to the editor. In fact, it has been for…
Does a Wide World Call for Wide Distribution?
I can’t see why not. But what does that mean? Once upon a time, stunningly not so long ago, there were exactly 2 ways to publish a book. You could do it via a major publishing house or vanity press for self-publishing. The former came with marketing and distribution. The latter didn’t. The latter also…
The Upside and Downside of Self-Promotion
I think it should always be shameless to promote your good work. As a self-published, indie-author authorpreneur, writing is the second and most involved step of the story and the business. The second step, you might question? Of course. That’s because the first step is conceiving the idea. Human beings have thousands, if not tens…