Category: Writing
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I am taking back my mornings
[Photo by Oliver Hihn on Unsplash] I wake in the morning IDEAS brimming BREATH flowing inspired to MAKE LIFE AMAZING and then I get online check email and facebook the news stabs a knife in my gut my soul is sucked to a husk I shut down folded like a fall leaf crushed underfoot ground into pavement a…
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It’s the Steps, Baby
Photo by Randall Honold on Unsplash The other evening I was a little annoyed. I had planned to clean my apartment (including the dishes), answer all my emails, balance my checkbook, finish one of the novels I’m reading, finish writing my current novel, write ten more novels, run a marathon, climb Mount Everest, be the first human on…
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Peek not Peak
[Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash] or pique. In my recent newsletter to my adoring fans, part of the subject line read, “and a first peak at the sequel!” Ugh. I am the kind of guy who rereads emails ten times to make sure every comma is in place and there are no misspellings or other egregious errors.…
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Writer Battle and…Cookies!
The year is almost over. Again. They seem to be somewhat rapid fire lately. As I write this, I am craving cookies. I’ve been craving cookies all day. There are no cookies in my house. I am also riding the stationary bike as I write this. I know! Ridiculous! But this is something that I’ve…
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October Update
Photo by Andrea Boldizsar on Unsplash. I haven’t written much about the sequel to Headless here. In fact, I think the only thing I’ve mentioned is that I am writing one. I actually haven’t told ANYONE what it’s about yet. Not even my wife. Not even my brother. Both of whom I share just about everything with. I…
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Social Muckery: A Lesson in Tweeting
OR Tossing Random Thoughts into the Void Photo by Ian Baldwin on Unsplash I had a talk with my boss the other day at my “real job.” He asked what the point of Twitter was. He just didn’t get it and thought it was a waste of time. I found myself trying to defend it, trying to come…
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Headless Deal on Kindle UK
Today Headless goes on sale on Amazon UK for the Kindle ebook at only £0.99. If you are in the land of knights and chivalry, crumpets and clotted cream, haggis and bagpipes, please know that I wish I was too, and pick up a copy of Headless! I love the British Isles. It’s where my…
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KDP UK
photo by Montse Monmo So far, my KDP Select experience for Headless has not been great. In fact, it hasn’t even been good. I did a Kindle Countdown Deal in the US, along with a some Facebook and Instagram advertising, and made three sales. Three. And I’m pretty certain those sales were from people I actually…
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Tinkering
photo by Sergey Zolkin Instead of working on the sequel to Headless today, I got bogged down in the wisdom that I should be posting on my blog at least once a week. According to Hugh Howey, it should be every day! Add to that the fact that I have somehow ended up with two…
Tristram Lowe 