As mentioned more than once on this blog, I write books. I've got three of them available for sale at Amazon in paper and electronic format ( Read more... )

In my ongoing efforts to sell my magnum opi, The Pirates Trilogy, I decided to buy some ads from Amazon. These were ones that I only had to pay if somebody clicked on them. I ended up not having to pay because nobody clicked on them ( Read more... )

I do not claim to be a great marketer. This is evidenced by the fact that my Pirates Trilogy is not a runaway best seller. I knew this about me, which is why I was looking for publishers for said trilogy. Now having had two such publishers fold under me, I'm back to selling it myself ( Read more... )

There was no post yesterday because I was playing golf at one of my new favorite courses, Downers Grove Golf Club. We had great weather again, not too hot or sunny, and flew through the course in two hours for nine holes.

Work on the latest novel, Strawberry Creek, which is more commercial / literary than anything else, continues apace. I'm ( Read more... )

Item # 1

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Item #2I've become a big fan of author Patrick S. Tomlinson, and so I was eager to ( Read more... )