Has anyone else noticed that every-freaking-body who works in television news has a book out? Now Al Roker has a book on the shelves. That's right, the weatherman. Granted he's a pleasant face with a knack for pointing out those pesky low pressure fronts, but does that really make him a writer? Okay, let's just say for the sake of arguement that he ( Read more... )

We've moved from picture books to real mid-level books with chapters and no pictures. The first book was "Sheep" by Valery Hobbs (it's about a Border Collie). Abby was reluctant at first, she looked the book over and said she wasn't interested. I read the first chapter anyway while she pretended not to like it; she covered her ears and ( Read more... )

well, it went okay. I sold a decent amount of books. Mostly, however, I learned what to do next time I have a real book signing. And I may have one in the works for February, also in Kemah, but this time at a major book store.

. . . your agent tells you "I don't know who this Oprah lady is but I told her if she called one more time about your book I'd file on her for harassment.

haha

Just started another novel.  In yet another genre.  And once again I think I've got my hands on my breakthrough bestseller.  Problem is, I get that feeling every time I start a novel.

I'm reading Dune for the first time.  It's great!  Some of you might be saying, 'well, duh.  Of course it's great. It's a science fiction classic.'  The problem is, so far every time I've read a science fiction classic, I've been let down.  I was honestly beginning to think there was something wrong with me - maybe I was sci-fi impaired, or just ( Read more... )

Writer seeks fan base. Object: profit.

The good news is - My latest novel has reached the 40000 word point.  That's halfway to where I want it to be.

The bad news is - I'm about three-quarters of the way through the plot.

My newest writing project has a lot of Japanese culture in it.  I need an online source that translates English into Japanese, but not Kanji.  I need like Blue Dragon = Soryu.  Tried Babblefish but it translates into Japanese Kanji.  Ideas?

This morning I came up with the idea of a recession recipe book.  The initial idea would be to have an East Texas cookbook covering recipes for full meal ideas that can come 100% (or almost 100%) from local sources - garden vegetables, venison, wild hog, chicken and beef.  Then I thought about expanding it to include ideas from people online, that ( Read more... )