When I write, I like to have chunks of time on either side. I need time before I write to get my act together, and I need time after I write, so that I’m not rushing through what I’m doing on account of the fact that I must soon leave to meet someone. So on […]
Cozy Classics – Oliver Twist
I’m currently working on my next book, the working title of which is Oliver and Jack. I meant to come and post something about how Oliver and Jack are currently lost in the wilds of the Norwood Forest, or something erudite about writing, or something about up-to-the-minute news, but then I came across a series […]
Categories and Keywords – Kind Assistance
As with any indie writer, I’m always working on ways to make my work visible and discoverable. As mentioned in some previous posts, Let’s Get Visible and Write Publish Repeat had a great many good ideas for doing this. My goal is and was to implement those ideas that resonated with me. Being a 3 […]
Joining the Cult of Mac
I joined a cult last week. No, really, I did. Though I don’t wear special underwear or drink strange Kool-Aid, I do believe, yes, truly, that I have joined a cult. I was reading Write. Publish. Repeat. which I had purchased along with David Gaughrahn’s Let’s Get Visible and both of those books mentioned something called Scrivener. […]
Blog Tour Entry – Four Questions On Writing
My friend Wendy Rathbone invited me to participate in a blog tour. Since I had been badgering her about gearing up her own blog, I was delighted to be asked, because it encourages me to do exactly what I’ve been hassling her about! By the way, this blog tour started by Michael Cieslak, a Board […]
Indie Publishing and The Passive Voice
Of course, when I say “passive voice,” I don’t mean a writing style, in which the subject takes a back seat or is completely unknown. You know, like those statements Republicans make when they say that “bombs were dropped on some faraway country…” as if the bombs were dropped by someone or something not under […]