The branding continues! The new bookmarks are here, and thanks to the great folks at Overnight Prints, I now have some great new bookmarks to throw at people as they walk past my table at seminars and conventions. Twenty bucks for 100 bookmarks. Bargain! Who doesn’t need bookmarks? No one! We’ve all probably got a…
"From this, the treasure secretly gathered in your heart will become evident through your creative work." Albrecht Durer
Pretty Little eReaders, All In A Row
At Target this weekend, the new eReaders were all out for display. In a few weeks, the Kindles will be in a display right next to them.
If you’re a reader, this is a great time. If you’re a writer, you’re either going to ride the wave or get left behind.
NecronomiCon – Focus Group on Self-Publishing
This past weekend, at NecronomiCon, Andrea Dean VanScoyoc and I reunited to speak about self-publishing.
We haven’t done this particular little talk since 2008 and we discussed it on Facebook and decided we’d get together and try to help some other budding novelists get started in the world of self-publishing.
I hope that you’ll give it a listen, get something out of it, and even share on your website, Facebook or Twitter.
Newspapers: Dying A Painful Death
There are a dozen or more different reasons that newspapers are dying, and they are responding in two predictable ways: fire people and raise prices. Exhibit A, the attached photo, shows just how desperate our local paper is getting. It’s only a matter of time and newspapers, along with a local vehicle for spreading great…
Sunday Morning Plotting Session at Panera
I’ve always considered writers block to be a condition where you don’t have enough information. Enough information about the characters. Enough information about what needs to happen. Enough information about what you want to say. The above photo is me, trying to correct this situation.I need to immerse myself in this world, this book, these…
