Tag: publishing
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An April Fool
My best prank ever! You can have a good laugh along with me, if you buy and read The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack Available now in ebook, paperback and hardback coming soon… She was trouble, and from the moment she sailed into his office in search of a PI, Soldagh Dennessey was caught…
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Publishing schedule and stuff
So I was sitting here looking at what I’ve gotten done this year, what’s coming next, and that sort of got me thinking… I kicked off my year with a story for Valentine’s Day in Hearts’ Enchantment. The was followed by a sword-and-sorcery tale in When Valor Must Hold in March 2020 Release of…
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Snow has Fallen!
My latest title, Snow in Her Eyes, is available for sale! The cover is a clickable link to buy (or borrow with Kindle Unlimited) Detective Amaya Lombard is a witch hunter and a damn good one. Hated by the magical because she works with cops, feared by cops because she works with magic, she walks…
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Just Keep Writing, Writing, Writing
So the power is back on. But more important, since that was an upleasant couple of days I really don’t want to relive now (I’ll come back to it later with a post on big business and customer service), I’ve been writing. I have completed Snow in Her Eyes, which came in at 17K words.…
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In the Shadows
September 2015 Author Earnings report is out! Indie self-published books: And then at the top of the graph, in various shades of blue, we have indie self-published books. For simplicity, in this series of charts, we’ve included uncategorized single-author-publishers (who are basically all unconfirmed, low-selling indies) in the indie category. In 2015, we began tracking in our reports which…
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Blast From the Past: Fling Open the Gates
I’ll begin this with two myths. First, that books and publishing need gatekeepers. This could be applied to oh, so much more in life, but I will stop there. The other, that gatekeepers must have the ‘right credentials’ or indeed, that anyone involved with writing must have them, from authors to editors to… whatever role…
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Coffee in the Fog
I’m sitting here sipping coffee with almond milk in it, looking out at the fog. There was a train a little bit ago, with the whistle blowing all the way through town because of the heavy fog. I’m still not used to train whistles, living in New England and Alaska, trains were not part of…
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Choices for Readers
It’s a fresh bright shiny new week… so why do I feel like I’ve been dragged through a keyhole backwards? I’m facing a week of abnormal schedule, and heavy homework and… So what do I decide to do? Looks back at the words she’s written. Abuse the ellipsis, it seems. Seriously, though. I have two…
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Purple Neuter Polka-Dot Eater
It doesn’t matter. The brilliant MC Hogarth sums up. “…and I find… that I don’t care. Because oppression only matters if people have power over you. These days, I don’t have to care if editors don’t like stories by women, or Hispanics, or conservatives. I can just go to Amazon, publish them myself, and find…
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Lawrence Block
If you are interested in the publishing world, how it is changing, and what a popular, well-known author has to say about it, you must read this. All Changed, Changed Utterly I don’t know where all of this is going—which gives me something in common with everybody else in the world. The publishing landscape is…
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The Monks Vs Gutenberg
The Monks Vs Gutenberg Publishing: it’s always been a hard business. If you aren’t with the establishment, you’re against them. Then, it was lavishly hand-illustrated manuscripts (ever watch Name of the Rose? No? Go, do it! You won’t be sorry, even though most of Eco’s work is unreadable). Now, it’s ebooks and indie publishers against…
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A History of Contracts
I am proud to present a guest post by an old friend and very intelligent man. I hope you all enjoy this foray into the long history of the publishing contract and glimpses of the evolution of the industry. Quilly Mammoth: Owner and Despot of Just Barking Mad. A former enlisted man of Mr. Carter’s…