I have been asked by many people, “When is the next Mik Murdoch book coming out?” While I don’t have a definitive date for the release of the next book, I can assure you, I am working diligently on it. I received my first set of edits back from the publisher in November and I have been writing/rewriting/revising ever since. Why so long? Well, my publisher and I want to give you the best book possible. That and I have this little thing called a day job. I need that to pay my bills and feed my family. I have a self-imposed deadline of the end-of-March to finish this round of edits. Once they are complete, I will be sending […]
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Never Done
I submitted my Mik Murdoch: The Power Within manuscript a few months ago. I will admit, when I emailed it to my publisher and editors it was with a sigh of relief and a hope for some downtime. What I always fail to do is consider all of the other stuff I have going on all the time. Yes, there is family, and house and work, but I’m talking about trying to move the writing career yardstick forward. That means, podcasting, blogging, more writing, submitting, editing, revising, plotting, and networking. Did I mention website, promotion and marketing? I didn’t? Well, those also need care and attention. I have attended no less than four conventions since turning in the manuscript. I have […]
Read moreeBook Cards Could be a Game Changer
Ever since I attended my first convention as a published author, I’ve wanted eBook cards. I’ve known that, as an author talking to my readers directly, eBook cards will allow me to sell more books. But, what is an eBook card, you may ask. Simply put, an eBook card is a physical means to sell eBooks in various formats. The first cards I came across were the size of a postcard, had the book’s cover art on the front, the book blurb on the back with a one-time code to use on a provided website. The one-time code and website would allow the purchaser to download the book in whatever format(s) was/were provided. The most recent ones are the size […]
Read moreThe Second Book in a Series
I was chatting with an author friend and we were comparing notes about writing the second book in a series. He talked about the pressure he is feeling while writing the next book in the series. As we were comparing notes, I realized that we both have been experiencing the same things even though our genres are quite different – he is writing Science Fiction and I am writing YA Adventure. So what exactly are these pressures that we are feeling? Well let me list them in no particular order. I’ve got to make the second book better than the first. You might think this silly because if that is a pressure with each book in a series, eventually you […]
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