I’ve finished the rewrite of the first chapter of “Zydeco Queen.” It’s about 2000 words longer, which is good. However, the word count isn’t a good indication of effort. About 3000 words are brand new, but that doesn’t include the rewriting. The chapter is now 6500 words long. So maybe 4000-4500 words are new. I’ve […]
I started the rewrite of “Zydeco Queen” last night. One of the things I can say about my writing is that it’s powerful. I don’t feel that while I’m writing it. But afterward, I can come back, and I can see the energy. I know it’s dynamic. Unfortunately, there’s almost none of that power in
I finished the latest short story in the Hell ‘verse! I’m putting it up for free for a week. It will also be available at all the usual outlets by the end of the week. High Stakes Hell December 21st, 2012 hadn’t been the end of the world, only the Great Unraveling. The veils between
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I finished the hand-written draft of the latest story in the Hell series, “High Stakes Hell.” A few observations: –Even though it’s been a short while, only a month, I can really tell that my writing muscles aren’t as sharp or as tuned up as they were when I was writing a short story a
One of my goals for the year is to read more fiction, as in, books. As well as short stories. I read a lot. I read online. I have a huge RSS feed that I read every day. But that isn’t the same. Last year for Christmas I bought myself a Kindle. And I liked
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Tell Me Again — my collection of three reprints plus one original short story — is now available as a trade paperback! I’m kind of excited by my burgeoning publishing empire, quite frankly. By the end of the month I hope to announce the trade paperback version of the Baker’s Dozen collection, and sometime in
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But ya’ll already knew that, right? My original plan for the year involved working on material already generated in some aspects. I was going to spend at least the first three months of the year merely rewriting. The good news is that I recognized fairly early that this was a bad idea. Within three days
This is a very preliminary report about my epub sales for last year. NOTES: I won’t have final numbers for Smashwords for 2011 for 6 months — so July. I won’t have final numbers for Amazon until at least January 15th (I think, though it may be 2-6 months as well for some of the
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I’ve completed the hat trick — all three of my traditionally published novels are now available as ebooks. We know Vikings reached North America. What if one Viking ship goes down along the coast, into the Gulf of Mexico, and lands on the Yucatan Peninsula? This novel is told following two story lines: the conflicts
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The Baker’s Dozen anthology is now available! Travel to cold Seattle and the see the world from the viewpoint of a private investigator who just happens to be a ghost, then go down to the creole fairy courts of Louisiana, learn the secrets of 9s and how the raven warriors take care of their own.
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