Funny How Things Work Out
So I went to KDP tonight to see how sales are going. The answer: pretty well, for my first real month of sales (I don’t count the months with just Damsel and Falling Softly because, well, I’m not…). Still, the …
Tag: ebooks
A Series Of Fascinating Events
Man, it’s been a very interesting day in the news. Riots in England, Presidential doldrums, Stock market zig-zags…and two articles about Apple. First, there’s this one, which announces the kick-off of Amazon’s new kindle cloud reader. So how cool is …
A Pub-ing I Will Go
I’ve not done much writing in the last week. Partly that’s because I’ve just been having a bunch of fun with my family. But also it’s because I spent the week practicing covers and getting a bunch of my stories …
Sample Sunday – Passing in the Night
It’s Sunday, so it’s time for a sample. 🙂 This excerpt is from my hard science fiction novelette, Passing in the Night. Those who know me may recall that this is the story that got an Honorable Mention from Writers …
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 …
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 – 10 July 2011
It’s been a while since I did a Sample Sunday post. In honor of Smashwords’ July sale, I offer the following excerpt from How NOT To Rescue A Damsel In Distress, currently on sale in all ebook stores, and for …
30,000 Word Challenge – Day 2
Tonight, I only worked on the Scifi thriller. And that’s ok, because I primarily meant the 30,000 word challenge to go toward that book when I came up with the idea. That said, I think I’m going to crank out …
Feeling Grateful
I often point over to Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in this here blog. Naturally, I do that because they’re both very experienced writers, very smart with business, and they make a hell of a lot of sense. …
Ranking or Cash Flow?
As is obvious from my last several posts, I’ve been spending a lot more time on the Kindleboards lately. Considering that Masters is primed and just about ready for release late next month, it seemed appropriate to link up with …