A week or so ago I got back to talking about self-publishing.  Specifically, I talked a bit about a situation that faces many self-published authors.  Today I'll be discussing some of the ways around that situation, in...

Marketing Alternatives

A few days ago I talked about a dilemma facing many self-published authors trying to market ( Read more... )

When I resumed the journey towards publication of Beyond the Ocean's Edge, one of the first things I did was sign up to have a professional editor go over the manuscript.  This cost a pretty good chunk of money, the largest single expenditure relating to the publishing process.  I think the cost is well worth it, however, and below, I will try to ( Read more... )

To begin with, it seems that the cold or succession of colds that have plagued me over the past month are finally departing.  I've awakened the past few mornings with only a small amount of congestion, and each day it seems to be less.  I'm sincerely hoping that I'm really over the sniffles.  It's getting warmer now and there are so many things I ( Read more... )

Being Sunday, it is safe to say that my vacation time in nearly over.  It was a short one, three days off from work plus the weekend.  Yet it feels like it was the most successful of all.  I think I accomplished most of what I set out to do, something that I did not do on the other two weeks I took off over the summer.

The majority of the yard work ( Read more... )

Of those that might read this who are or consider themselves to be writers, most are aware of the concept that writing is often a solitary and lonely pursuit.  It is not an endeavor that can be discussed in depth with the average person.  Thus, the need for writers to come together, to form writing organizations, writing groups, and critique units ( Read more... )

Well, the writers group get together didn't pan out on Sunday.  I guess we got our signals crossed as to whether or not it was going to occur.  We knew that one wouldn't be able to make it.  Another, fairly new to the group had the wrong time in mind, and a third forgot all about it and wasn't feel well to boot.  Yeah, I made it, but as no one else ( Read more... )

I've done my taxes, our taxes for years.  However, a few years ago, what with the passing of a close family member and the sale of her house, they seemed a bit complicated so we went to a well know tax service company to have them done.  Now we end up going back every year, not because we (I) couldn't do them, but because it is so much easier.  And ( Read more... )

Thought about posting over the weekend but didn't get to it.  Got a lot of my e-mail inbox cleaned out...actually with the system I have I move received mail into an "Already Reviewed" folder or a "Save for Later" folder.  The already reviewed stuff is what I might want to forward to an entire list of unsuspecting victims.  The save for later e- ( Read more... )

rosiepaw had a rare posting on my Friends Page with a link to a site where she is posting her fan-fiction writing.  I read the two stories based on naominovik   's Temeraire series of books, and was quite impressed.

Finished reading NEVER SNIFF A GIFT FISH by Patrick F. McManus yesterday.  It was a great collection of stories and ancedotes that never failed to ( Read more... )

Hopefully I can get this written and posted without messing it up as I did last Sunday.  Had that one written and ready to post when I did something to delete or lose it.  Never could find it and didn't have the time to try and re-do it.

Have a writers group meeting later this morning, and then will try to catch at least of the NFL Conference ( Read more... )