Speaking of Crappy Covers…
Possibly the absolute worst cover I’ve made to date is the one I put together for my short story collection, A Jar Of Mixed Treats. Pretty horrid, right? I thought I was being real clever. The five stories in the …
Author: Michael Kingswood
Why Do You Have To Quit Your Day Job?
Seriously, why? I didn’t think about it before, but in the last week or so I’ve begun asking this question. First I encountered a Kindleboards thread asking how many on the forum had quit their day jobs to write full time. …
First Blood, Plus Some Changes
As you all know, I’ve been cranking on The Pericles Conspiracy for the last couple weeks. Well, maybe cranking isn’t the best word to use. The story was sitting at a bit under 29,000 words at the beginning of the …
(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 …
A Review Of Mixed Treats
A few months back, Alain Gomez over at Book Brouhaha sent out the word that she was looking for short stories and collections to review. Being the nice guy I am, I sent her a copy of my short story …
2012 Goals
So I’ve been thinking about what I want to accomplish in 2012. In the process, I’ve read a lot of other people’s blog posts with their resolutions, and of course Dean’s posts about how to set good goals and reach …
2011 Closeout
The door shut on 2011, so it’s time to assess how the year went. No sense beating around the bush. Let’s get to it! First, the goals for the year: 1) Finish Masters of the Sun by the end of …
Free Dragon Slaying
As I mentioned before, So You Want To Be A Dragon Slayer… is published through Amazon’s KDP Select program. One of the perks of that program is the author can make his title free for 5 days in every 90 …
So You Want To Be A Dragon Slayer…
…is now live on Amazon kindle. I decided to list Dragon in Amazon’s KDP Select program. That way it will be available to be borrowed in their prime lending library. A lot of people seem to have a bee in …
Plugging a Friend
You may recall a while back I posted a review of J. E. Medrick‘s novel, Shackled. You may also recall that I loved that book. Well Ms. Medrick has not stopped with Shackled. She’s written a number of other stories, …