Just Published

A big shoutout and thank you to the editors over at Deep Overstock for selecting a piece of mine for their Spring issue: Superheroes. I was excited to provide a piece for this issue as my grandfather was one of the artists who worked on the Captain America comics in the late forties. I've grown …

Publishing Your eBook on Kindle

I came across this post on The Book Designer.com. It contains some really helpful information. Having published four books on Kindle, I've seen and received so many questions on how to self-publish a book. It is daunting but not impossible. Articles like this provide much of what you need to know. The process also changes …

What Does Self-Publishing a Book Cost?

I see this question pop up quite often on Quora.com. The answer is, it varies. The one thing you should never have to pay for is the actual publishing. Unless it's a local press that requires a certain amount of copies to be bought then your book should not cost a thing. Even if it …

How Not to Spend Your Money

I've seen many posts about what self published authors should spend some money on. This is the first time I've seen one on what not to spend that money on. I have to say it is a spot on list. As a receiver of emails from some of these services I can tell you right …

Inkslingers Anthology 2013

I have recently had two of my short stories published in the anthology, Inkslingers 2013: Memoirs of the Southwest. The book is a collection of works by members of the West Valley Writers' Workshop and all have a southwest theme or setting. If you have a taste for short stories and poetry head over to Amazon …

Formatting It’s a Bitch

With all apologies to Mr. Jagger and Richards. So you have your plot all dialed in, your characters live and breathe in your readers' minds and your grammar is spot on, not a comma out of place. All that remains now is to get your work in a proper format for your publisher. If you …

What Indie Authors Do Well

This is an older post that I've been meaning to get back to. I can't think of much to add to it, however. It is pretty self explanatory. One thing I struggle with and it is something I think we do to ourselves is perpetuate the label of Indie Author. When you do a search …

It’s a Service Issue

I know I have been a little distracted by video games lately, in particular retro video games. In truth I have been indulging my nostalgia a little more than the law allows. Get me an eye patch and a Parrot named Mr. Stubbs because I've been trolled the deep waters of a pirate life. To …

What’s in a Name.

First, I must thank fellow author and friend Gale Leach for sharing this on the message board of the West Valley Writer's Workshop. I learned a long time ago that a manuscript rejection means four things, the agent / editor didn't really read it and just tossed a form letter your way, the story doesn't …

It’s called Price Fixing and It’s Illegal

So Apple ignored the publishers who rolled over and settled with the Department of Justice and so this past Wednesday received a guilty verdict from a federal judge. Digitaltrends.com posted an interesting article on what the fallout for consumers could be: http://www.digitaltrends.com/apple/apple-e-book-fallout-what-it-means-for-your-wallet/. It is unlikely that we will see eBook prices drop across the board. All …