What To Do, What To Do…
First, allow me to say: Wow! The end of the month was rather unexpected. Since I’ve only got a couple short stories up for sale online so far, I don’t tend to pay much attention to ebook sales (there are …
Stop Being A Child
Passive Guy, over at The Passive Voice, had a couple great posts this morning. The first was a link to, and comments on, Sarah Hoyt’s continued discussion about why she dropped her agent. The second was a discussion of comments on …
Sample Sunday – 31 July 2011
It’s time for some more Sample Sunday action! Here are the first 500 words from my short story, Falling Softly: Through his spyglass, the assassin watched Lord Padmar disembark his carriage. He was dressed in his best: a dark red …
Call me anal, but…
So I went by my mailbox this afternoon and found an envelope from Writers of the Future. It was my Honorable Mention certificate! Cool! Now, I have no idea what percentage of entrants get Honorable Mentions, Silver Honorables, and the …
Another Story Bites The Dust
Well, it’s been an interesting couple days. Holy cow, a lot of people sat up and took notice of my post yesterday about ebook pricing. There’ve been almost 200 views of that post alone in the last day and a …
The Real Problem With $.99 Ebooks
Yesterday, Dean Wesley Smith linked to a great post by Zoe Winters about why she doesn’t agree with charging $.99 for novels, and why that should never, and will never, be the standard price for novel-length fiction. For the record, …
Sample Sunday – 24 July 2011
I expect to get the editor’s comments on Masters of the Sun tomorrow. Assuming that happens as planned, and assuming there are no huge boogers that need extensive fixes, I’ll probably have it up live on the various ebook sites …
Artists Are Not Special
Fair warning. If you consider yourself an “artist”, this post is likely to piss you off. Read at your own risk. Oh God, if I hear one more “artist” going on about how he needs to suffer for his art, …
It Doesn’t Matter If You Prefer Print Or Ebook
It’s Thursday. And lately, on Thursdays, I inevitably find myself thinking, “It’s Thursday. I wonder what Kris wrote about this week?” And so I have to rush over to The Business Rusch to find out. Today’s a special treat, because …
Little Vacation
I’ve gotten no writing done since last Friday. And that’s ok. After being away from my family for a couple weeks, I decided to just hang with them all weekend. Then the first couple days of this week…well, I just …