Since July’s publication of my first novel, The Perfect Meal sales have been relatively steady–not planning my retirement, mind you–but on-going and making me understand the value of having a deeper virtual shelf of works to offer readers. Based upon things learned from the likes of J.A. Konrath, and other independent digital publishers, it seems […]
If you have a WordPress.com account, you’ve most likely seen this option found on the left sidebar in the admin section. It is down below the “Settings” category. Clicking through you see some options to share information out to a select few social community networks you may (should!) belong to. The question is, how important […]
I really don’t care if you know that I am 46 years old. Dancing around age always seemed like such a waste of energy to me. When I was 16 years old, living in South Carolina and had the opportunity to get an I.D. which said I was 18, I only did because my friends […]
Just had a call from someone I did not know. Can’t say I really know them any better now, however, I was tasked with helping them find some sort of website builder in order to get their small business an online presence. A (soon to be former!) friend of mine gave this person my telephone […]
Last night I sent out several email invites to some suckers, er, friends, yeah friends and family members to download an advance copy of my very first book entitled, The Perfect Meal. Other than the obligatory good comments I received from my little sister (no, I did not pay her. Yet.) I only received one […]
Just a quick pass at some thought processes occurring today (the past few days, actually.) — I’ve recently somewhat reconnected with a lovely woman I knew from high school and briefly during our college years. Beyond the catching up and reestablishing where each of us is in life at the moment, I’m struck by how […]
Taking on the task of writing a novel which is something more than a diary or worse, is not for the feint of heart. The reality is, there are things unknown and not understood which will serve to defeat the aspiring author. Every time. Period. Good news? Story Engineering, by Larry Brooks is here, now, to help save the day and an otherwise less than great story.