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Never Do Business With…

May 31, 2019 by James Young Leave a Comment

There’s an old saying about commercial relationships:  “Never do business with someone you’re not ready to do business to.”  I can’t recall when I first heard it (recent attempts to blame my mother have been vehemently refuted by Mama Shark), but it’s something I’ve remembered.  Especially with regards to doing business with friends and family. The […]

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We Have A Cover!

May 28, 2019 by James Young Leave a Comment

For the next Phases of Mars anthology:   Yep, that’ll do!  Pretty excited about the line up we have–this should go very well.

Filed Under: Air Warfare, Writing Business Tagged With: Anthologies, Coming Attractions, Writing

On Anthologies

March 3, 2019 by James Young 2 Comments

So there was a discussion on a fellow author’s Facebook about anthologies.  While I wasn’t going to add to my long “to do” stack, Cedar Sanderson felt strongly enough about the issue to put together a great post about the topic, while Dorothy Grant also gave her views on the topic. I’ll add a couple things […]

Filed Under: Contests and Essays, Writing Business Tagged With: Anthologies, guest blog, Writing

Four Days With My People (GENCON 2018)

August 19, 2018 by James Young Leave a Comment

GENCON. Man. Part of the reason I’ve taken so long to do this AAR is that I was having trouble trying to put the experience into words.  It’s been two weeks since I loaded out of Indianapolis and began the long trip home…and I still find myself having a goofy smile for no good reason.  […]

Filed Under: Con(vention) Life, Sales! Tagged With: Coming Attractions, Merchandising, Signings and Cons, Writing

Get out and vote!

July 23, 2018 by James Young Leave a Comment

No, no, I’m not talking about in elections (although you might want to consider that too).  I mean vote for what universe a free short story should be set in!  Details here!  

Filed Under: Writing Business Tagged With: Sharing, Writing

News on Reviews

December 10, 2017 by James Young Leave a Comment

Recent news about Amazon reviews here. My quick thoughts: Jeff Bezos and the gang are not playing around.  This is a strong action taken against click farms and other gimmicks that have had Amazon’s review / marketing features in the news for all the wrong reasons.  It was starting to appear to some indie authors […]

Filed Under: Writing Business Tagged With: Promo, Reviews, Writing

For A Few Credits More…

September 15, 2017 by James Young 1 Comment

The Four Horsemen Universe (4HU) anthology your humble narrator contributed to is available!  Click here to get military sci-fi written by both independent and traditionally published authors.  If you like exploding space ships, mecha, or just plain carnage, go ahead and click here. You can also buy the first anthology, A Fistful of Credits.     […]

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Where Your Host Dabbles…

September 4, 2017 by James Young Leave a Comment

A local writer’s club runs a free internet short story site.  I’ve had an urban fantasy short idea kicking around in my head for a bit, so I tossed a short up on the site.  It can be found at the Confabulator Cafe.  Feel free to poke around and read other authors’ stuff–there’s a lot […]

Filed Under: B-Sides and Outtakes, Writing Business Tagged With: Writing

Some Publishing World News

August 1, 2017 by James Young Leave a Comment

There have been several developments in the indie publishing world as of late:   First, Draft 2 Digital is making a major effort to establish themselves as a major distributor competing with Amazon’s behemoth.  A few weeks ago, there was the announcement of a new audiobook service that, unlike Audible, does not have a sliding […]

Filed Under: Sales!, Writing Business Tagged With: Promo, Writing

Interesting Site

July 1, 2017 by James Young Leave a Comment

I found this site through a happenstance discussion of another author.  If you’re an indie, this might prove helpful when looking for someone to compare yourself too in a given genre. http://www.gnooks.com/vote.php

Filed Under: Sales!, Writing Business Tagged With: Admin, Promo, Writing

Comic Pop Library

June 23, 2017 by James Young Leave a Comment

I was reviewed by Comic Pop Library.  Hilarity ensued! Ep 20 ComicPop Licensed to Read James Young’s “An Unproven Concept”

Filed Under: Blog Tour, Writing Business Tagged With: Reviews, Vergassy, Writing

Yankee Doodle Went to Town…With A Load of HE…: Strategic Bombing Campaign II

June 22, 2017 by James Young 1 Comment

Having covered the Western Campaign, the Battle of Britain, and the first phase of RAF Bomber Command‘s assault on the Third Reich, it’s time to start the United States’ portion of the Strategic Bombing Campaign.  Again, in the interest of brevity, I’m going to do a little background then make liberal use of the fast […]

Filed Under: Air Warfare Tagged With: Aces High!, Writing

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