What I do might be unique – but that doesn’t mean it can’t be helpful to/for you. I love to help people. This manifests in a multitude of ways. For example, in my medieval reenactment group, I teach new people how to fence regularly. I love teaching and getting new people enthusiastic about the game….
Tag: publishing
How Grateful Am I for My Ability to Write All the Things?
To me, writing is easy – and I am deeply grateful for this. But that’s not so for everyone. It is easy to get caught up in recognizing what we don’t have. Hell, entire industries exist trying to sell us what we don’t have by convincing us of needs we were unaware of. It’s not…
I Have Reached My Goal – What Do I Do Next?
This was a major goal to reach – what I do next is an interesting question. During the height of the pandemic in 2020, I determined that I needed to write and publish more. In 2020, I published 3 books – the first two novels of my Void Incursion series; and a standalone fantasy featuring…
Do I Make a Fresh New Play for the Traditional Publishing World?
This question of publishing – self or traditional – might not be one and done. For a time, in the late 90s, I had a literary agent. I was thrilled to have an agent. It meant I had a much better chance of getting published. However, fantasy – the finished work I had for publishing…
Between Here and There
I find the space between here and there frequently disconcerting. I chose to pursue my art. Thus, I am writing full-time and recording/editing the audiobooks of one of my sci-fi series. This has been my dream for a long, long time now. After various fits and starts to make this happen, I am finally moving…
There Is No One True Way
This article explores how there is no One True Way to do virtually everything.
Please Buy My Books
Why is it dirty or inappropriate to ask you to buy my books? As of this writing, I have on Amazon, for Kindle, paperback, and an audiobook or two, the following: Two fantasy novels in The Source Chronicles Three sci-fi/sci-fantasy novels in The Void Incursion One novel for my Forgotten Fodder sci-fi series One novel…
Self-Publishing and Marketing
An ongoing challenge with self-publishing is marketing. I decided, after a large number of rejections over some 10 years from both agents and publishing houses, to self-publish. Yes, I questioned if maybe I just was not as good a writer as I thought I might be. However, after much analysis, I concluded it was less…
I Finished My Writing Project!
Congrats, you’ve finished – now what? I suggest 10 steps to follow here. I entered into 2021 with a bold plan. I’d write and publish 6 novels this year. As of last week – all six are written. Yes, I finished each book that I planned to write this year. There was a mixed, bittersweet…
What’s in a Name?
Revisiting an old challenge in the name I publish under. I debated this notion several years ago. Just after I began to publish on Amazon, it became a mountain I needed to climb. The issue at hand is the name I publish under. I write in three distinct genres – publishing online in two of…