Today, a guest post from Michael R. Fletcher who has written one of my favorite fantasy novels released in 2015. Surviving NaNoWriMo I used to think Nanowrimo was a town on Canada's west coast where writers flocked once a year to work on their novels. I still think that's a great idea. It seems a little cheeky of me to write about NaNoWriMo when I've never actually done it, but on the … [Read more...]
Where to Source Images for Your Website
The life of an indie author is often one of persistence and ingenuity. Without a full on marketing machine behind you, you still need to promote your books and be as professional as possible. Since I have designed the covers and marketing materials for a number of my books, I am always on the look out for free sources of images that I can use without restrictive licenses. Below are five … [Read more...]
Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark
You heard it here first. Southeast Asian Fungal Grimdark. Ideas have been milling around in my head for my next fantasy series and they are beginning to solidify. I had known for a while that I wanted to write in a very different world than the books in my Hounds of the North series. Those books found root in the classic European medieval setting that is the fall back for fantasy … [Read more...]
Stages of Study: Orientation
Beyond my interests in the practices of writing and studying Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, I am intrigued by the process of learning - a common thread that makes up the fabric of both pursuits. Stages of Study For me, writing - whether novels or short stories or even grant proposals - is not a static activity. My writing of five years past is vastly different from my writing today and this difference is … [Read more...]
Some days everything runs like a well-oiled machine…
...and other days everything goes boom. About two weeks ago, it was my computer hard drive that went boom. The first sign of disaster was the start up taking forever. Then that dreaded spinning ball. In the end the computer was only starting about half the time and would crash with my web browser open. A quick diagnostics and google search led to a dark place: the drive was … [Read more...]
12 Strange Facts about Me
Here are 12 things that you might not know about me: 1) Once while traveling in Laos, our vehicle was pulled out of a mud pit by a truckload of elephants. 2) When I went to Antigua for carnival, I only saw the island by daylight on the last day. 3) I was nearly swept out to sea on a solo hiking trip along the Lost Coast and saved myself by bushwhacking through a hillside of unforgiving … [Read more...]
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