Ah, baseball. I don’t write about it enough anymore. Last night’s World Baseball Classic face-off between the USA and Dominican Republic was one doozy of an event. The DR won in the 9th, busting open a 1-1 tie with scrappy […]
Re-Blog: A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist – 2013
Check out the insights into life as a freelancer re-blogged from Nate Thayer. Follow the link and read the comments. Ironic that bad communication is the modus operandi here. A Day in the Life of a Freelance Journalist—2013 By Nate […]
Report from Ex:Urbia: Love is All You Need, or Maybe It’s Just the Beginning of Something Far Greater
I’m deep into finishing a first draft of my new novel, working title Ex:Urbia. Julia Davenport is telling the story. The character is coming out of something quite powerful, deep down in my gut. This is a multi-fabricked story of […]
E-Book Pricing In the Modern World: Addendum
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 […]
Ralph Ellison and the Floating Self
No one is really sure, but March 1 was either Ralph Waldo Ellison’s 99th or 100th birthday. We have at least three copies of Invisible Man floating around our house. More than likely, if you ask, all three of my […]
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