Things move so fast for writers who have taken publishing into their own hands. Since posting my latest “Talking Indies” column on E-Book pricing at TalkingWriting.com, I got to thinking about the need to be more creative about pricing. I […]
Smashwords Rocks: My Books at Your Price and the Philosophy of Modern Fiction
A few days ago I posted my novel Beyond the Will of God to Smashwords.com as my first experience with the book distribution upstart. Yesterday I posted both of my story collections, Trying to Care: A Story Collection and Implosions of […]
Beyond the Will of God: Smashwords Edition and More…
My psychedelic novel, Beyond the Will of God, is now posted at Smashwords. This means you can download it for reading in a vast array of formats. In addition, Smashwords will make the book available on virtually every major book […]
Along With Ecstasy: an Ex:Urbia ex:cerpt
Below is a work-in-progress passage from my novel Ex:Urbia. Along With Ecstasy I pass a crumpled pickup on the road tonight heading home from the city. I had given a dinner speech at the Center City Marriott on contract fund […]
This is a Place I Don’t Feel Alone: Work-in-Progress
I spent far too much time in 2012 sitting in a little room by myself trying to get people to pay attention to my books and far too little time writing and editing. I had a lot to learn about […]
Super Powers and Magic? The League of New Indie Writers
This post was originally published at my site, The Formality of Occurrence yesterday. I’m amazed at how many unbelievably talented writers there are in this world toiling away in every nook and cranny imaginable. Peeps in my raggedy-ass tribe […]
Unreasonableness and So Much More: Recommended Reading This Week
My latest commentary is posted at Kotori Magazine as part of my column “These Altered States.” There’s a lot of talk about “moving forward” and the American Dream these days (and those days back in 2012). “These Altered States” has […]
Beyond the Will of God Named EBook of the Month
My novel, Beyond the Will of God, won the E-Book of the month award at the innovative book site, “IWriteReadRate.com.” I am grateful and indebted to all who voted for this funky little psychedelic mystery. Here’s a clip from the […]
Pointing Fingers: Talking Guns with the NRA
Action to stem violence (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I grew up in Central Missouri in the 1960s and 1970s. People drove around our town with guns mounted in the back of their pickups — mostly twenty-gauge shotguns and .22s. I had […]
