I tried my hardest to get the Slaying of the Bull (Book 1 of the Tocharian Gospels) out this month. It looked like it was possible, but now, unless there’s a miracle, it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. Work got busy, the weather got nice, and I had some house projects that cameContinue reading “End of May updates”
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Snake oil sales
As an Indie writer, do you feel like everyone is trying to rip you off? I’m sure it feels that way sometimes. I know it does for me. You’ve spent months of your life creating this thing, and you’re excited to get it out to the world. What a perfect time for the unscrupulous toContinue reading “Snake oil sales”
Try it out!
Where does this stuff come from? I don’t know how often people have asked me that question after reading one of my stories. This question is typically followed by; I could never write a book. There are two things here I want to address. Honestly, I didn’t think I could write a book either atContinue reading “Try it out!”
Blood, sweat, and editing tears
I’ve been editing the Slaying of the Bull (book 1 of the Tocharian Gospels Series) for four hours a day (after my day job), and much of my weekends for about a month now. The book is coming along, but it’s a tedious ordeal. Those that follow my blog know that I wrote the SlayingContinue reading “Blood, sweat, and editing tears”
Social Media Full Immersion
With a bit of kicking and screaming, I dove straight into the full social media experience. You can now follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest! You may be asking, what were you waiting for? Well, for one I’ve never been one for social media, but I realize it is time to join the 21stContinue reading “Social Media Full Immersion”
Marketing Campaign #1
Brace yourselves for a rant. It’s been building since my last post. I’m at the end of my first marketing campaign. Amazon posted 10,433 ads for the Island of Stone using my carefully collected keywords and fine-tuning. That is a tremendous amount of advertisement for one week, and it is undoubtedly getting the Island ofContinue reading “Marketing Campaign #1”
Reducing blogs
I will be cutting back on the daily blogging temporarily. Instead, I will post weekly or biweekly updates. I need to focus on getting the Slaying of the Bull (book 1 of the Tocharian Gospels series) up to snuff and published, and spending an hour (or more) each morning on writing a blog is notContinue reading “Reducing blogs”
The value of feedback
As I mentioned yesterday, I sent out some chapters of the Slaying of the Bull (book 1 of the Tocharian Gospels series) to my launch squad and got some great feedback. When I say great, I don’t necessarily mean that it was accolades for my excellent writing. It was great in that it was honestContinue reading “The value of feedback”
A few more to go
Updates. I’ve sent the first 13 chapters of the Slaying of the Bull (book 1 in the Tocharian Gospels series) off to my launch squad (click on the link for more details) for review and feedback and will deliver more as I work through the book. I’m doing editing in 3 chapter chunks. If you’reContinue reading “A few more to go”
Gift for mom?
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! If you’ve forgotten this special day, you know what would be an excellent gift for mom? Hours of enjoyment reading the Island of Stone available in both Kindle and Paperback 🙂 ! I’ve finished the final read-through of the Slaying of the Bull (book 1 ofContinue reading “Gift for mom?”
