I saw this in the blog-o-shpere, https://bookriot.com/2018/04/24/male-novelist-female-characters/, and it reminded me how much work I have to do on my female characters. I rely on my editors to help me when I really go off the rails. Sadly that is more often than not, especially with the little things. I often thought if it would be …
Traditional vs Self Publishing
In my trek across the blogoshere I came upon this article on The Creative Pen. Pros and Cons of Traditional Publishing vs Self-publishing I think the author does a real good job of laying it all out in a simple way. I tend to use Independent Author synonymous with Self-Publishing so I do not necessarily …
A Phrase I Hate
One thing I've been seeing pop up on social media is the phrase, "toxic masculinity." My problem is that I think this reduces the underlying problem. There is nothing toxic about being a man, or a woman for that matter. The problem is being a belligerent ass. The problem is this, "if I'm winning you …
Track of the Week
One thing I do when I'm not writing is playing guitar. I've been using SoundCloud for a while and it's a great place to find new music. It also has a great app that makes it a breeze to upload tracks. So here is my first Track of the Week B Slow Blues - SoundCloud …
The New Digital Divide
I've noticed, as I am sure other librarians have, an influx of people searching online for jobs and struggling. Not with finding employment, but with the computer. Many do not have email accounts, or if they do they cannot remember their login credentials. It creates a whole extra hurdle to what already is a difficult …
There Is No Such Thing As Talent
I came across this great article by Anne R. Allen in my blog feed. 8 Qualities More Important Than Writing Talent After reading this, and BTW I agree with all 8 as being more important than any concept of talent, I thought about my own views on talent and what it means. As the author of …
Up In a Puff of Smoke
So, here is my first post of 2018 and it's a cliche. A funny thing happened this past weekend. My website was ready for it's annual renewal of the hosting, domains and. email. My wallet was not ready. I still had this older site, which you may or may not remember, and decided not to …
I’ve Moved
Not too far though. I have moved my website from vaalascia.wordpress.com to my own hosted site http://www.vaalascia.com. You may need to update your bookmarks, so visit the site and see the new look. Also if you subscribed to stay in the loop I suggest you resubscribe on the new site. I have asked the good …
Why Vampires
Why in the great wide universe of things to scare you would any author in this day choose vampires? To hear it from some, zombies have replaced vampires as the go to monsters in any horror novel. Don't get me wrong I love rotting hungry corpses as much as the next guy, but I still …
