Cover – Done!
Well, the cover journey is now complete. Last night, I told Jeroen that we’re good to go and paypal’d (Not sure that’s a word; oh well, I made it up) him his money. So now we’re all set on the …
Author: Michael Kingswood
Masters Cover – Round 3
Ok, I got a lot of good feedback from people on the last two drafts Jeroen sent me of the cover for Masters. And so I’ll ask you guys for feedback on the third draft. I think this is …
Sales Anxiety, and Why It’s Silly
I “strolled” by the kindle boards again today. Once again, a thread caught my attention. The original poster was somewhat distraught that his books weren’t selling. A completely understandable sentiment. I fully expect to be in a similar boat next …
Time Crunch
So I went ahead and gave myself a deadline for the follow-on to Passing in the Night, and a word count target: end of August, and 80,000 words. That works out to a bit less than 1,000 words a day. Totally …
Masters Cover – Round 2
Jeroen took my feedback from the first attempt and produced a modified cover: As you can see, he replaced the Eye of Sauron with two eyes, those of the big bad guy in the book, who’s associated with the sun …
Guest Post – Evelyn Lafont
I “met” Evelyn Lafont through Zoe Winters‘ blog. Evelyn, aka Keyboard Hussey, made a number of funny and interesting comments there, so I went over to check out her blog. After some comments there and some mutual twitter following, we …
Masters Cover Art – Round One
Jeroen came through with the cover art for Masters this morning. My first impression: wow! Since then, I’ve sent him some thoughts and comments, but I’m curious what all y’all in internet land think. Here it is: I’ve compressed it …
Agents as Publishers
Dean Wesley Smith pointed out a blog post by literary agent Peter Cox. In that post, Mr. Cox advises his fellow agents to NOT become publishers for their clients. And he does so for all the same reasons we’ve talked …
Longer Than I Thought
Yeah, yeah. I know. That’s what SHE said, right? Ha-freaking-ha. Ok, stupid jokes aside, I’m talking about one of my short stories. A few weeks back, I tried out the Write Or Die web application. Several people swear by it, …
Plane Rides and Productivity
My trip to Tahoe took nine hours total. Then I got here and realized that I didn’t pack any t-shirts. I packed a ton of workout shirts, the shirt I’m wearing (my competitor shirt from the Marine Corps Marathon) and …