I wrote this several years ago, in various stages throughout my academic career. I ran into it the other day while searching for other files. “Theme for Poetry 304”by Michael Gallowglas “Everything is science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the reality of the…
I'm sure at this point many of you know that I've got a couple of eBooks available for purchase on Amazon for the Kindle reader. I've been promoting it pretty hard, because frankly, I'd love to be selling enough of my eBooks…
I've gotten a few very nice reviews up for First Chosen. Between Amazon US and Amazon UK, I've got exactly five! Five entries with five chances of winning. Well, that's hardly a contest, now is it? I may be old fashioned, and I know…
It's shiny. It's awesome. It's win! I love it. It has all the best features of Twitter and Facebook without all the screen clutter. Have not even begun to play with Hangouts and Sparks. Google I have officially forgiven you for blowing it on…
I did it. I broke down and made a twitter account. Once I made the decision to self-publish on Kindle, got a couple of books on gaining success as an "indie" writer and both recommended getting a Twitter account to help promote myself. I did, and it did…
For the next two weeks or so, I'm running a contest for my novel TEARS OF RAGE: First Chosen. I'd like to generate some traffic, sales, and most importantly, REVIEWS! So, here's the deal: I want people to write reviews. I'll be…
A friend of mine, and fellow Renaissance Faire Performer, Steve Moore started something a while back on Face book. (Oh, yeah, for those of you who are keeping score, he also wrote Knight of the Living Dead (3 Strange Knights) and allowed me the privilege of tagging along for the…
This is probably the most valuable lesson I learned from my undergraduate studies in the Creative Writing department of San Francisco State University. I learned this from the best teacher I had, Matthew Clark Davidson. I miss having him as a mentor for both my writing and in my life.…
Yesterday, I took my youngest son to the local water park. We have season passes, the afternoon was hot, and I needed to get away from my computer. Yeah, that actually happens from time to time. Before I get into the meat of my blog post today, I want to…
This is going to be my favorite kind of blog post, because I'm probably going to ruffle some feathers by being straight up and telling the truth of how I see it. I understand that people have differing views on certain things such as homosexuality and religion, and…
