Five years ago today, there existed a controversy about posting professional quality writing for free on the internet. The writers who posted items for free (including myself) adopted the slam “Pixel-Stained Technopeasant” as their own, and declared the day International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. These folks all posted something new online… Continue reading
Last night, I finished the first draft of Fishpunk. It came in about 7000 words shorter than I projected before starting, 73,262 vs 80,000. Not bad for a guess I made in February. Progress this week, 8991 words in 5 days, including a hair below 2500 today for the homestretch…. Continue reading
Five years ago, there was no substantial difference between these two types of writers. In fact, the term “indie” wasn’t being bounced around yet, and many of the writers publishing their own work today would never have believed they would do it had you asked even three years ago. Indie… Continue reading
My experiment with KDP Select for my novel Rigel Kentaurus is nearly over. For two days, the free downloads racked up, and my ranking in Science Fiction/Adventure category has been as high as #7. I just couldn’t seem to get past big public domain names like H.G. Wells. Still, #7… Continue reading
I spent a good portion of the day cleaning up the details for Rigel Kentaurus. I had 8 sales in the first 24 hours, which is considerably better than Neanderthal Swan Song did. Last night, I realized that I forgot to include the cover illustration credits in, so I uploaded… Continue reading
For those who know me, you know that I am loathe to participate in programs by monopolistic companies, so it might come to a surprise that I have opted to enroll Rigel Kentaurus into the KDP Select program. In fact, I am rather surprised at my own decision reached only… Continue reading
It’s Pre-Release Day for my new novel Rigel Kentaurus, and I have a great deal for you! For 25 copies, or for 6 days–which ever comes first–I am making the full pre-release version of Rigel Kentaurus completely free. This is nearly the final release copy of the novel. It just… Continue reading
With a little help from SF author and closet graphic artist Brad Torgersen, I have a pretty nice cover for my forthcoming novel Rigel Kentaurus. Starting from an image I found on dreamstime, Brad made the art look a lot more like a scene from the story. Here is the… Continue reading
It was six months ago, give or take a week or two, that I published Neanderthal Swan Song. I tried a number of different things since the book came out, all to varying degrees of success. Sales have not been stellar, but what little feedback I’ve heard has been pretty… Continue reading
I was messing around with a powerpoint template for book cover design that I found via Michael Jasper. You can get it from his blog post here if you are interested. I thought I would try a new cover for Neanderthal Swan Song. What do you think?
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