World Fantasy Convention 2012, held in Toronto last year, emphasized cover art, and wow did I learn a lot. There
Beware the Vultures There have always been vultures in the publishing world. Phoney agents charging "reading fees" to consider your
My broken Kindle with my spring wound 16mm Bolex film camera in the background. I love my kindle, but I've
Tons of fans have contacted me in the last two weeks to ask when the hell book three of the
While I've been concentrating on writing, the publishing industry has changed again, making self-publishing paper books a better idea than
A panel at Digital Book World agrees with me. If you're going to indie-publish, the best genres to be in are romance, young adult, and new adult. My novels are new adult. Excellent.
We indie-pubbed authors are like lemmings, always running after one another using the same marketing tactics as everyone else. Well I intend to find a different road.
I won the SFContario3 idol competition. Not only did the judges not gong my story, they asked for more. The audience applauded twice!
At World Fantasy Convention I learned that the publishing industry is in a state of flux and chaos and that even traditional publishing house editors are becoming excited about the possibilities of eBooks.
I learned a lot about marketing from Pearl Jam while I was in Missoula, Montana.