A day late and a dollar short — story of my life. I’m nearly ready to publish Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain. The final revisions are done, the beta readers have had their say, and I’m just updating my website and back matter for my other Read more…
While visiting my lovely girlfriend in California (and how it came to pass that I’m living on the East Coast with a girlfriend on the West is another story entirely, one you wouldn’t believe if I told you), I lost my sunscreening privileges after badly burning myself on a trip Read more…
[feature_box style=”4″ only_advanced=”There%20are%20no%20title%20options%20for%20the%20choosen%20style” alignment=”center”] This is the part of my blog called the “Author Spotlight.” Once per month, I showcase another lesfic author, introducing you to her (or occasionally his) work and including a short bio and interview. Usually, the spotlight includes a free book offer. My hope is to Read more…
[feature_box style=”7″ only_advanced=”There%20are%20no%20title%20options%20for%20the%20choosen%20style” alignment=”center”] This is the part of my blog called Productivity for Writers. For more posts on this topic, click here. [/feature_box] I’m giving myself exactly seventeen minutes and nine seconds to write this blog post. Why? Because I can. Because when we quit fiddle-faddling around (as my Read more…
[feature_box style=”7″ only_advanced=”There%20are%20no%20title%20options%20for%20the%20choosen%20style” alignment=”center”] This is a new part of the blog I’m calling the “Author Spotlight.” Once per month, I’ll be showcasing another lesfic author, introducing you to her (or occasionally his) work and including a short bio and interview. My hope is to introduce you to some authors Read more…
I think this parable might originally be Taoist. I can’t actually remember where I heard it. Here’s how it goes: Once there was an old man who lived in a village with only his son, who was known by the other villagers to be particularly wild and restless and insubordinate. Read more…
As an author who publishes pretty much exclusively on Amazon (and yeah, you can yell at me for supporting the Evil Empire if you want, but it was a financial decision), I use their Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) platform to advertise my books quite a bit. For some reason, I Read more…
“You can’t tell white people a story about white people and expect them to understand.” A girl I dated almost twenty years ago — a wonderful, strong, brave woman of color — told me that. I don’t remember the exact circumstances, but I remember that I was the white person Read more…
Guess what. I finished Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain! I can’t wait to share it with you. I say “I finished,” but that’s not the same as saying “I’m done,” of course. I’m entering the editing phase at this point, but at least the draft is Read more…
[feature_box style=”7″ only_advanced=”There%20are%20no%20title%20options%20for%20the%20choosen%20style” alignment=”center”] This is a new part of my blog — I’m calling it Productivity for Writers. Each post will be geared for writers, rather than readers, and focus on how we writers can write more and better by improving both the quantity and quality of our productivity. Read more…