May 28 – 30th was the Memorial Day weekend in the United States. That means Balticon was in full swing. Last year I was fortunate enough to attend, but, alas, funds to go this year were simply not available. So, for me, and others like me, the weekend was just that, a weekend much like any other. Except, early last week, a few people started talking about Balticant on Twitter. We moaned a little about not being able to visit New Media’s Mecca. We talked about staging a Tweet campaign to “try” and capture some of the spirit of Balticon but we didn’t do much else. And then, Friday came, and a few of us decided to have our own, […]
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Get Published Episode 58 – Scott Roche, Editor & Self-Published Author
Hello, my friends. As you may know I’m self publishing a book in the coming weeks. I’ve heard from some of you looking for more information on self publishing so I’ve made a point to have more guests who have self publishing experience. This episode I will continue in that vein with a great interview with Scott Roche. Scott is one of the editors with Flying Island Press and has come out with a self published version of his book Ginny Dare, Crimson Sand in both paper and eBook formats. I’ve also had a question come up on both Twitter and my blog from two difference people. That makes it too timely to ignore, so in today’s tips and typos section […]
Read moreGetting it Right
I have a confession to make: I HATE waiting. Having said that, I would like to think I’ve learned to be patient. I’m not great at it, but I can do it. It doesn’t make waiting for my work to be published any easier though. I want my contracted book to be done just like I want my self-published ones to be available too. But, I will not rush them and compromise the quality I’m putting out.. As you probably know, I was planning to have my self-published book out in May. A friend of mine did the line edits on it which I just got back. There are lots of them. I could cut corners and put it out […]
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There is a reason I don’t like to talk about what I’m working on that has nothing to do with my muse or losing focus on writing the story. It comes squarely from my career in IT. That is, promoting something that doesn’t exist or isn’t finished. I have seen more than my fair share of software programs (as an example) that has been loudly and widely touted only to never, ever see it hit the shelves. There have been many reasons for the failures, but, at the end of the day, they were widely anticipated failures that cost the companies in question a great deal of credibility. So, you can imagine my reluctance to talk about my projects when […]
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