I am just shy of a month into my career as a novelist, and I am full of emotions. I’m like the proverbial commonwealth character. Half happy, half sad. I am happy to have past this huge milestone in life. I’m Freakin’ published! Granted, it is self published, but I know that my stuff is WAY better than a lot of garbage out there that is self published. I have read many stories where they writer didn’t own the spell-check function or have any idea … Read more
On Saturday, me and the family took in a show. It was Gravity, and we saw it in Imax. It was pretty darn good. Ok, ok. It was great! The cinematography was phenomenal. The acting, I thought, was pretty believable. It was an ‘edge of your seat’ movie, and I am certainly happy that we paid the extra to see in 3D. Totally worth it. On that note, when did movies get so damn expensive? For my family of 3 to go to the show, … Read more
Today is the last day of the month. It’s been a crazy month, to say the least. Here’s a quick recap: First, I celebrated the anniversary of my birth. Until them scientist can change how aging works, I gained a year in the age category. I have now been on this earth for 43 years. I can remember when I was young, around 11 or 12, that I so wanted to be my parents age. They would have made them 34 or 35 then. What … Read more
I’m giving Linear Shift away! Well, for 3 days at least. Starting Friday (midnight Thursday Pacific time) Linear Shift, Part 1 will be free, for the ebook version. The FREE sale will last for 3 days, and expire on Sunday Midnight Pacific time. Please tell everyone you know that the ebook will be free and grab a copy! Also, there is still time to register for a free copy of the print version of the book. Just click HERE to register.
It’s official! I am a published author! I was able to hustle on the editing phase of the project and was able to publish the Kindle version on the 18th, and the CreatSpace version on the 20th. I would have never imagined I would actually come through ahead of schedule like this. My initial target date was today, which I randomly selected back in July. As the weeks flew by, and I was not moving along at the speed that I wish I was, I … Read more
On Sunday, I submitted my manuscript to my editor, David. He said he would be working on it through Tuesday or Wednesday. To my surprise, he actually finished it on Monday and sent it over. I saw the email come through just before we sat down for dinner. Horrible time to see the email, because all I could think about at the dinner table was scarfing down my meal just so I could go and get rolling on the editing. So, that is pretty much … Read more
What a wild 20 days! My kickstarter has funded, and I cannot be more grateful to everyone that pledged. When I first thought about doing the campaign, I envisioned a handful of people that I thought would be first up to pledge. A few of those did so, and you know who you are. Others that I thought would have pledged but didn’t, surprised me in other ways. Thank you to everyone. Then, there were the surprises. A number of you have pledged to my … Read more
Latest book status is the manuscript is out of my hands. David, my editor is working on it over the next few days, and with any luck, I’ll get it back from him on Tuesday or Wednesday. I am not sure what to expect from him, and I am a bit nervous. I sent him the file on Friday without the prologue. I did that so if he had the opening early, he could roll on the main part of the book until I finished … Read more
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I finished the editing of chapters 1 thru 10 today and sent it to the editor. Man, I am nervous. I think it is OK, but Kyle really messed up my thinking today by asking me all sorts of questions about story context and how everything might not be as good as it seems. What if the editor does his thing, and I release it but everyone hates it? Will those that pledged feel ripped off? Will they ask for their money back? Will they … Read more