It has been almost two years since I received my first ebook card to sell. I remember how eager I was then to have the cards and get out to conventions to sell them. A lot has changed since then. Mostly, my eyes have been opened to how ebook cards are viewed by the purchasing public. Unfortunately, my early optimism has not panned out as I expected. That isn’t for lack of effort on my part, however. The problem is, most people who own an eReader of one kind or another are not terribly technical. They like going onto Kobobooks.com or Amazon Kindle and pushing a button to have the book ordered, paid for and automatically delivered to their device. […]
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Getting Published is an Emotional Roller-coaster
There are times when I completely understand why some writers quit after their first book. They sweat and fret and stress over the book until it is perfect. They are excited about sharing their book or short story or whatever and wait anxiously for the publishing date to arrive. They talk it up and on that glorious day…nothing happens. Maybe their mom and a few others who know the writer pick up a copy (pity purchase?) but beyond that the book sits unwanted. Dreams of glory and riches are crushed and the writer throws down (writing instrument of choice) and proclaims they will never write again. Dreams can build you up and they can tear you down. The thing is, […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 156 – Scouts of the Apocalypse
If you have followed my blog or listened to past episodes of Get Published you probably already know that my novel Scouts of the Apocalypse is about to become a book. In fact, it will be available for order everywhere in all formats on June 15th. This book represents a lot of things for me. It is a moment in time when some of my Scouts were younger, it is a salute to Scouts everywhere and it is the first print book released by Evil Alter Ego Press. There are more reasons why this book is important to me, but you will just have to listen to the interview, once again led by my friend Jeffrey Hite, to hear them. […]
Read moreScouts are Coming to Save the World
On June 15th a book that means a great deal to me will finally be available for sale. That book is Scouts of the Apocalypse. You might point out that I have made similar statements about all my books (in regards to them being important to me) and you would be right. Every book I write is important to me. I have heard writers refer to their books as their children and I suppose that is a reasonable comparison. But this one is different and here is why: the story started out as something for my Scout troop. My Scouts were part of the story right from the very beginning. Every time I read the story I remember sitting around […]
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