New Release: Secret Illusions (Salmon Run – Book 4)

Yep, there is a new story in the Salmon Run series!

In the aftermath of the earthquake Hawk and Zach Callahan get a surprise: their lodge has been appointed a long-term shelter for those who’s homes were destroyed. In the midst of it all, the aliens reveal themselves to Zach and Sasha’s families, but for [...]

NaNoWriMo: Writing For the Digital Bookshelf

The Indie Author. So many challenges, so much to learn. So much to watch out for, so much to take responsibility for.

And so much fun!

One big plus to the Indie movement is the ability to write what you love instead of writing to editorial or marketing department demands. This means the readers are [...]

Quantity VS Quality: Is It Really One or the Other?

This is a post that might be better right before one of the big writing events, but it seems appropriate to place after the blog post about the finished first drafts of the novellas. After all, didn’t I finish 3 first drafts in only one month? Wasn’t that fast? Doesn’t that mean they are pure [...]

Deadlines: A Writer’s Best Friend

Good Cover Good Title Good Blurb/Description Good Price Good Sample

Hmm, isn’t it interesting that the first 4 things listed above, constantly cited as the absolutely bare necessities for a successful Indie ebook, are the things that an author going through traditional channels typically has NO control over at all?

Yeah, I know. Don’t [...]

A Hard Take at Soft Science Fiction

This is a post I recently sent to a science fiction mailing list. A post I fully expect to be skewered for, but it was too much to stay silent about.

Also titled: The Science Fiction Barbarians at the Gate

I’ve been staying silent on some of the recent conversations. Oh dear. Why do I [...]

Series Planning – Subplots and Plotlines

I’ve now sorted through the list of Main Plots. While this is a huge step towards organizing the series, there is still a lot more work to do.

The Subplot list has been patiently waiting its turn, and now it’s rarin’ to go!

The Subplots are the smaller bits of Spice that make books so [...]

Series Planning – Main Plot Organizing

As of the last post, I had two columns of ideas: Main Plots and Subplots. However, in order to plot out and write the first book, they needed to be organized. I needed to know exactly what needed to go in the first book, and what ideas needed to be held off for future books.

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Nano 2010 Is Officially Over

And this was a hard one this year. A word of advice: Don’t move during Nano.

For the first Nano ever I was not able to complete a first draft of a novel. While I did get 81753 words, part of that was a revision (yes, I was a bit of a Nano rebel this [...]

FM Writers May Story-A-Day Challenge

11 of 31 Stories (35%) complete

2012 New Word Goal

240000 of 500000 Words (48%) complete

2012 Revision Goal

142300 of 400000 Words (36%) complete

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