Fallen off on the blogging this year – I would say it’s because I’m busy but I think I’m basically always busy. What really happens, I suspect, is that in very intense periods I can find it difficult to reach
Stages of Sleep
When you’re a writer in this world of empowered direct publishing, sometimes “finishing” a work is really just a matter of saying “I’m not rewriting this damn thing any longer”. That’s a power you need to use responsibly, since even
On Being an Author – So Far
Barnes & Noble finally caught onto Seeing by Moonlight about a week after everyone else did. And I’ve created a GoodReads profile for the book, which led to an Author Profile for myself. And while my understanding is that I’m
Seeing by Moonlight – Sales Links
So the other sites have picked up faster than advertised as well. Going to turn this into a clearing-house page to gather links until I can organize a better place for them. My partner Mr. Thomas should be updating the
Faster than I thought
We’re now live on Amazon! The Kindle edition of Seeing by Moonlight is ready for sale at the sub-Frappuccino price of only $3.99. Thanks to my friend, Future Doctor Ashley Miller, I know we’ve already had our first sale. CLICK
The Rollout Begins
Mr. Thomas and I have approved the final digital master file for Seeing by Moonlight, and it has now been pushed out to a dozen leading digital booksellers. Each processes at their own speed, so there won’t be an official
Process
Maybe/hopefully I will be able to share more about the e-publishing experience as I go through it for the first time. I want to learn as many lessons as I can, since the second experience (with my short story collection)
One way to feel pretty cool
…is to see your name in Dramatic Font on a book cover: There will be some tweaks to make it more web-friendly, but that’s our basic design, and I have to say, the designer did a hell of a job
Adventures in Bookmaking
Can’t remember if I’ve recommended it here before, but two recommendations would still be insufficient for David Gaughran’s e-book Let’s Get Digital, which works as both a fearless argument for and primer into the world of digital self-publishing, which is
Variety
As I mentioned in my last post (wow, that was awhile ago), I was briefly consumed by the job of Assistant Editing a feature, which is called The Pact II. I have not seen The Pact. It’s not strictly necessary