Contest Update
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…
Google+
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…
Entering the Twitterverse!
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…
Contest Time!
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…
Be Awesome Wednesday
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…
We're All in the Dark, and We're All Not Guilty.
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.…
Reading Might Possibly Become Cool
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…
1000 views
I just got home from a fair, and checking all my mail and social networking stuff (mostly Facebook at right now) to discover that I've had 1004 page views for my blog. People have liked reading my random thoughts and musings enough to come back one thousand times.…
Wow... Just... Wow.
First Chosen (Tears of Rage) is now available at the Kindle store. It actually went live Saturday afternoon right before my middle show at the Valhalla Renaissance Faire. I'd like to thank everyone in the audience for the massive applause I received when I made the announcement. I…
The Best for Last
Yesterday afternoon, 3:45 at the Valhalla Renaissance Faire, I preformed my last show of the weekend. Magic happened. I'll do my best to describe it, but I'm not sure I'm capable of truly putting into words what I experienced, but I'm…
