I have wanted to independently publish a book for a long time now but I’ve been a little bit afraid cautious. I know many talented people who have successfully done exactly that which has only fanned the flames for me. The problem has always been, I know how much work goes into publishing a book. I’ve talked to many independently published authors. I’ve talked to publishers too. They have given me a look under the covers and what I’ve seen has been a little daunting to say the least. But now, Jeffrey Hite and I have taken the plunge to start our own imprint: Evil Alter Ego Press. We have ePublished our first anthology and, in less than a month, […]
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Excitement for the Apocalypse is Building
I have been working toward getting my book Scouts of the Apocalypse (formerly Boyscouts of the Apocalypse) published for a couple years now. For a number of reasons, that fire was rekindled in the past months and now, we are on the cusp of it being a reality. I’ve written about 20% new material for the original story (that was podcast and currently sits on Wattpad) to round out the characters and address a few of the comments from my beta readers. It doesn’t make it an entirely new story. Not by a long shot, but it does make for a better, bigger experience. In the process of the revisions I discovered what the next books in the series need […]
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I was going to write a post that asks whether character or setting are more important. That is, I was going to write it until I realized just how BIG a topic that can be. If I were to do it justice, I would probably need to spend a week or so planning and researching it and then several days to write it. Alas, those are days I don’t have. That’s cause there is a butt-ton of stuff going on at Chez Plested. I have made several commitments to various people, the one coming up soonest being the completion of edits and polishing of Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience. I’ve got to say, I’m really happy with the way this […]
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