Friends, right? Right… Let me tell you about friendship. I’m 51 years old now, and over the span of that half-century I’ve accumulated some small level of experience in the subject. Allow me to share my experience with you.
Tag: writing
Another Reminder Of Why I Love Being Indie
Hello, friends and fans! A few months ago, I submitted two short stories to a sci-fi anthology, and this whole exercise has reminded me just why I don’t like dealing with publishing companies and why being indie is so important to me. That said, you must be wondering the same thing I am: Why did…
Writing Advice: “Is my story worth finishing?”
Good morning, friends and fans! A fellow writer recently asked me for my opinion about a story they’re working on and sent me the first five chapters. Is it “worth carrying on with?” they asked. So here’s my opinion of the matter in its entirety – and I feel it applies to any writer who…
Writing Advice: A Few Military Terms & Concepts For The Writer
Good morning, friends and fans! Quite a lot of my stories have featured aspects of military life in a distant sci-fi future. In writing, personal experience had proved an invaluable resource, and since I was in the military for a large portion of my youth (for better or worse), I’ve built up quite a treasure…
Afterwords & Epilogs Explained
What is an afterword? What is an epilog? Authors need to know! Good morning, friends and fans! Today I’ll take a stick and poke at that question until it gives up a little clarity on the subject!
How DO You Return An EBook???
Hello friends and fans! Today I’m going to indulge my frustration a bit, and talk about eBook selling platforms (like EBooks2Go) offering buyers refunds and returns on eBooks. How is this fair, and more importantly, how do they get away with it?
Some Great Resources For Writers
These days, writers – especially self-published writers – typically need to do their own marketing, book and cover design and… well, everything! In the course of my own writing journey, I encountered some good resources and added them to my list – and thought it might be a good idea to share it with other…
Galaxii – An Unintended History of The Present?
Looking back, it doesn’t seem all that long ago that I first started writing my Galaxii scifi series. As it turns out, that was back in 1991 – my final year of high school – when I first started writing the backstory of Galaxii. It was futuristic, it was distantly post-apocalyptic, that is, it was…
A Brief Introduction To Self-Publishing – Part 5
Good morning, friends and fans! In this series of short articles aimed at fellow writers – but also at anyone who might be interested in the process of writing and publishing, I will dispense some pearls of wisdom garnered from my years of personal experience, about publishing (and self-publishing) in order to give you some…
A Brief Introduction To Self-Publishing – Part 4
Good morning, friends and fans! In this five-part series of short articles aimed at fellow writers – but also at anyone who might be interested in the process of writing and publishing, I will dispense some pearls of wisdom garnered from my years of personal experience, about publishing (and self-publishing) in order to give you…