I’ve been looking forward to March for a while. That’s because I set a deadline to finish my first round of edits on Mik Murdoch: The Power Within for my editor. It is also because it looks like JR Murdock (no relation to Mik Murdoch – I wrote the book before I knew JR) and I will be tackling revisions on our book, Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty. Those sound like good things, right? Except, now that I’m in March, I’m finding that I suddenly have a lot of demands on my time. Demands that don’t necessarily improve my ability to write and revise. C’est la vie, c’est la guerre, c’est écrit. It could be much worse, I […]
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Get Published Episode 131 – Leanne Shirtliffe talks Humour
Much of my writing contains humour. I would like to think that the humour is intentional and usually funny, but often I think the funny moments happen largely by accident. That’s why I invited Leanne Shirtliffe to come on the show. Leanne is a humour writer with great experience in several different genres and mediums both fiction and non-fiction. We talk about a lot of things and almost manage to get at the meat of what makes humour. It was a great conversation that I know will have to be continued on a later episode. For the middle part of the show, I talk about Steampunk writing. You may be asking yourself what I know about Steampunk. The truth is, […]
Read moreCheck Your Ego at the Door
Ego is important for writers to have. It is what drives some of us to actually take our writing and send it to perspective publishers. I say this because, without having enough ego to actually think your writing is worth reading, it would never leave your hard drive (or, for you archaic more traditional types, file folder). It is also what keeps us writing after we have seen some success. This is where the “but” comes in. BUT, too much ego is not a good thing. Too much makes us do silly stuff like, argue with the publishers who don’t accept our submissions (obviously, you are too stupid/inept/challenged to see the brilliance of my work). Too much makes us refuse to […]
Read moreKickstarter Teaser from Tee Morris
Hi Everyone, A fellow podcaster, author and friend of mine is doing a Kickstarter for his Dwarf detective, Billibub Baddings. Tee Morris is looking to release a new book in the series titled: The Curse of Dillinger’s Diamond:A Billibub Baddings Mystery. In an effort to attract more/new readers and supporters, Tee is giving away The Case of the Singing Sword: A Billibub Baddings Mystery for free. Head to Smashwords and enter the coupon LQ36A to get The Case of the Singing Sword for FREE. To support Tee’s initiative, the Kickstarter link is: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/teemorris/the-case-of-dillingers-diamond-a-billibub-baddings. This is a really fun series that I would love to see more of. If you are interested, please have a look.
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