Today’s post is the beginning of a new series for my Wednesday’s Writer Spider Street Fighter blog. I wanted to call it Confessions, but decided that might be misleading and that my blog might end up on numerous porn sites. But hey, if it sells books… Right? Then I thought that perhaps individuals who frequent […]
Ellipses…Guidelines for Their Safe Use In Fiction
You might be thinking, ELLIPSES enough, already! But there is so much confusion surrounding the lovely little pain in the butt that it warrants further investigation. And mind you, the confusion is not just on the part of the writer, but the editors as well. I am a profound lover of the use of ellipses in […]
WOOL Author, Hugh Howey, Talks About Life As A Writer And Self-Publishing.
You might think I’m living the best days of my life right now, but that isn’t the case at all. —Hugh Howey Four Points 1. I began reading the science fiction underground hit, Wool, last night. 2. Wool author Hugh Howey is a self-publishing success story. 3. A person in my Writer’s group asked: “Are there […]
Self-Publishing Motivation. Carl Sandburg and Henry David Thoreau On Writing.
Pixabay Image by inspiredimages Summer invaded. Visitors. Camping trips. Family. And my writing went the way of dead spring flowers—faded and dismissed—praying for a rain endowed wind or hungry bird to escort them to fertile fields. Sparkers, Novella III of my The Creep Mesquite Anthology is due to release in August, and I’m currently on my […]
#3 To Do— Self-Publishing a Science Fiction eBook. Or Any Fiction.
Get A Book Doctor If you are a STARVING writer, you might be saying, I can’t even afford ink for my printer. How in the heck does this lady think I can afford a Book Doctor? This is the way I rationalized it. Basically, you are starting a small business. Any business will […]