I submitted a short story for an anthology that I wanted to be in. Now the anthology is for fantasy stories and I’ve written a few of them, but not any novels yet. The anthology would still be good exposure even so. So I submitted something – well, I submitted the first 500 words as […]
After Double Helix:Chameleon
If you’ve been reading my recent posts, you already know that I’m concentrating on getting the Double Helix:Chameleon series finished and published. The last book probably won’t be out until May or June of 2020. But the writing should be mostly finished by the end of November. I’ll be revising, but the majority of the […]
Missed Deadlines
I’m disappointed in myself. I had set a schedule to publish the first three Double Helix books wide before the end of the year. At best I’m going to get two out into the wild. It’s mostly my fault. I haven’t been spending enough time working on the revisions. Or getting background stuff done. But […]
The Author/Publisher Work
There are a lot of things besides writing, revising, and editing that an indie author has to do. We are our own publishers and marketers. We run our own businesses, basically. One of the things I have trouble with is marketing. I haven’t had the courage or money to spend on paid ads yet. Even […]
Creating My Own Obstacles
It seems like I’m always running behind when it comes to my writing. Not necessarily with the writing itself, but with the stuff around it. What is the stuff around it? It’s getting the handwritten words from the page into the computer. It’s getting the teaser copy written. Formatting the text into book formatting. Covers […]
Submission Nerves
Remember that post when I said I’m not good at short stories? I’m still not. But I’m submitting them for anthologies. We’ll see what happens. By the time this posts, I should have submitted at least two stories, possibly three. I don’t know if they’ll be accepted, but I figured it was worth trying. I’m […]