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Against the Tide Imperial Is Live!
At long last, it gives me great pleasure to report Against the Tide Imperial, Book #3 in my Usurper’s War Series, is live! All 400 pages of it!
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A Million Words?
This comes up occasionally, based mainly on David Eddings admonition to “Write a million words…then throw it all away…”. His quote is at the beginning of this article, and oft quoted elsewhere (like by Draft2Digital, the self publication site). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again–I don’t think there’s a magic number. With…
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It Is Finished!
Against the Tide Imperial is complete! As my editors have been working concurrently, I’ll start updating with their revisions this week, with hopes to get the book up within the next 60 days. Of course, this is dependent on Murphy, who has been working overtime here in Casa de Young…but that’s a story for another…
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Whoopsie and Updates
So, you know how sometimes you figure out you’re going to do something in a few months, set all the conditions, and then think “Of course I’ll remember that!”? Come to find out, when there’s a pandemic, cancer scare, and various other issues, you don’t remember to do that things because you’re busy doing something else.…
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Potpourri July 2020
This Saturday, I will be presenting on Writer’s Research for the St. Louis Writer’s Guild. You can join for free via Zoom. I’m basically going to talk about how to do historical research and also chase down various things about writing. There’s going to also be a lot of Q&A, so if you’re wanting…
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Ancillary Items–Editors and Illustrators
Why Editors and Illustrators Are Important Editors and illustrators are the most important pieces of indie publishing next to the author themselves. (Edit: No, I’m not just saying that because I’m married to an artist who has also done a rather important cover…or two…or now three.) Whenever I talk about indie publishing in…
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Paths to Publishing
Fellow author (and good person) Holly Messinger shared this infographic on paths to publishing on FB earlier today. The original source has more information and commentary at this link. I agree with what the original poster said on most counts. As an indie, I assure you, fair reader, that you will be doing a lot of…
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It’s Alive!
Out a day early! Go pick yourself up a copy!
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News From the Con World
This mirrors what a lot of other vendors have said about the 2019 season and concerns about 2020. While I will be potentially doing as many shows, I’m definitely leaning towards new markets with proven performers. This is also something to consider for the larger author community. One may have to take a deep breath…
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WWII Quick References (NOV 2019)
Figured I’d perchance save loyal readers some gumshoe work down the road if they ever want to do a World War II story: You can find ONI drawings for World War II references (like for your cartographer to draw ship outlines) here. This is a good time zone converter for those cases when you go…
