A Little Philosophy
Seems like I’m digging this video thing. I made another one, talking about my philosophy of writing and the general snootiness that can tend to occur around writers.
Tag: writing as a business
Glimmer Vale Cover Art
Hi everyone. So I’ve been anxiously awaiting the cover art for Glimmer Vale, as I think I’ve mentioned before. I contracted with Lucky Bat Books for the art, and Cindie, who runs the show over there, hooked me up with …
Small Thinking
As an MBA and a student of business, I really love Shark Tank. I love watching it, seeing the various business pitches and great ideas. I especially love watching how the Sharks react to the pitches, how they make their …
More POD
One of the cool things that I saw at Dean’s workshop was books, a lot of books, from the other writers in the workshop. Several people brought their POD paperbacks to show Dean. Of course, that first night, I smacked …
Catchup
Wow, talk about a crazy couple weeks. I’ve been jaunting all over the country, writing, searching for housing, listening to feedback, getting a tan… And I never tan. You want to talk about instant-lobster, that’s me. But somehow this week …
A New Month
Now that it’s February, it’s time to take stock of how January went. It was, in a word, ok. I guess. As far as writing progress goes, it wasn’t my greatest month ever, only about 14 – 15,000 words. But …
(Almost) No Writers Are Famous
Dean linked to a great post that Joe Konrath made yesterday. In it, Joe talks about how, contrary to what some out there assume, he doesn’t sell a lot because he’s “famous”. I love reading this from him. It’s not …
October Results
I got so caught up in writing this month that I forgot to tell y’all how things went in October. To the graphs! Total sales in October – 19. All but one from Amazon. That’s an increase of 1 from …
The Benefits of Competition
It’s amazing what a little competition can do. I’ve never had a traditional publishing deal, but in the last ten months since I’ve started educating myself on how publishing works I’ve learned a thing or two about them. For decades, …
The Brave New World of…Tradition? Really?
Even though I have no desire to get an agent, and frankly at this point see no benefit in getting one, I still will on occasion visit agents’ blogs to see what’s going on in their world. And why not? …