Happy New Year! I say that with utmost sincerity but I’m not quite used to the idea. It doesn’t seem possible that, for better or worse, 2015 is gone forever. Didn’t it just start like yesterday? It sure feels that way,...
It’s been over a month since I posted anything new to my blog and probably high time I remedy that. Thankfully, I’ve got some good news to pass along. I just got back from vacation. No, that’s not the news I’m...
When I first started blogging many months ago, I discussed the importance of social media to the independent author. I listen to a lot of writing-based podcasts, read other people’s blogs, and even talked to some authors who were much further...
For starters, I’d like to apologize for the fact that I’ve been rather quiet of late. I failed to post a new Turn the Page book REVIEW last week and it’s been even longer since I posted anything else. For the...
With the exceptions of self publishing my first novel and doing one book signing last summer at the Oswego Speedway, I haven’t done a heck of a lot that’s really made me feel like an author. That’s about to change in...
Way back in November, give or take, I may have said something about wanting to have a first draft of Parlor City Paradise, my second novel, completed by Christmas. I didn’t say which Christmas, and it now appears I’m shooting for...
I’d like to begin with a few words of thanks. In previous updates, I may have made one or two brief requests for A Shot at Redemption reviews. Okay, okay. So maybe that’s a bit of an understatement. In truth, I...
I Feel like an author. I’ve never been able to say that before. I’m not sure why. I write every day. Just within the past year, I’ve published around 100,000 words from my blog posts alone. That’s an entire novel. My...
It has been another busy month. The copyediting for A Shot at Redemption is complete, and the new and greatly improved version of the book is available on Amazon. In theory, anyone who purchased the book previously should have been notified...
So first things first. My A Shot at Redemption revisions are complete! They took about two months, give or take. In that time, I obliterated a little over 40,000 words or something in the neighborhood of 135 pages. I...