13 Years of Support
Lots of people give out lots of advice about how to be a successful writer. You've got the "write a lot, read a lot," crowd. You've got the, "write everyday," crowd, and a whole slew of others. One thing I don'…
Review of Skin Game by Jim Butcher
I'm going to make this as spoiler free for this books and the rest of the series as I can, but no promises. This is the third Dresden files book I've had to wait on like everyone else. I came to the series late in the…
The Bottom Line of Publishing vs Amazon vs Authors
I've been holding off on chiming in on the Amazon vs. the entirety of the publishing world for a while now. Heck, I didn't plan on actually saying anything about it publicly. That all changed last Friday evening while I was sitting on the Self-Publishing Panel…
My Biggest Writing Pet Peeve
Yesterday I posted the following to all of my various social media: "Awww man... A book I've been looking forward to starts with one of my biggest pet peeves in writing." People have been asking me about it ever since, so rather than post explanations to…
Jaludin's Road Free
For the longest time, I've been trying to get my sword-and-sorcery, fantasy-adventure novelette "Jaludin's Road" free for people to download. That's actually been a bit harder than one might think, but after months of repricing and emails, I've managed to…
Blog Hop About Writing and My Process
My good friend Jennifer Brozek tagged me in this blog hop tour where writers answer a couple of questions about their writing: 1. What am I working on? 2. How does it differ from others of its genre? 3. Why do I write what I do? 4. How does my…
Random Update
I really have to get better about posting stuff. It's been a long time since I had a toddler. Forgot how much energy and attention they take...like right now... One second. Okay...so maybe a couple of minutes. Just as I sat down to write this, Miss…
Daily Rant - Hair and accountability
Went to get my haircut today. The main street in my smallish town has an old fashioned barber shop. Two old guys share it: a white dude and an Asian dude. Last two times I've gone in, the Asian dude has cut my hair, and I've…
3x7 Aftermath
So here are the results of the "Tell a Friend about Tears of Rage" Day. Thanks to everyone who either told some friends about the books, or picked them up. International bestsellers all around.…
3x7...7x3
Welcome to "Tell a Friend About Tears of Rage" day! Four great epic fantasy books, 400,000 words of fiction, for about the same prices as a specialty drink at Starbucks. The first book in the Tears of Rage sequence opens with the Blind Prophet, declaring the main…
