Writers build stories from what we experience in life. I always find it interesting when other authors share what works helped inspire their stories. So this month, I want to share with you the location and creative works that helped influence my next book, The Lost One, which I am releasing later this month. As a reminder, The Lost One is the story of two down-on-their-luck detectives who … [Read more...]
Emerging from the (Writerly) Desert
Not everything moves along in a straight line. And that is especially true with writing. Over the past few years, I’ve been wandering in the proverbial writer’s desert. Though that’s not entirely true. I have been writing (and even have a brand new book available) but I had lost all desire to share what I was writing. Strange place to be in as a writer. And that’s why you haven’t seen … [Read more...]
Unfinished Projects
I read in a book recently that an experiment was done that showed that unfinished projects take up more mental bandwidth than finished projects. The scientists tested this by allowing their subjects to finish some puzzles but not others in a certain allotment of time. The subjects continued to think about the unfinished puzzles afterwards. In some ways this mental attention to unfinished … [Read more...]
Changing my mind about writing to market
In some previous blog post, I blathered on about my dislike for folks who were on the soap box ranting about the idea of writing to market. I can't quite recall what I wrote (and am too lazy to search around on my own website) but the general gist was: Meh, I want to write what I want to write. I abhorred the idea of doing research to determine what genre of story I was going to write. It … [Read more...]
Into Darkness Now Available
I am pleased to announce the release of my new science fiction novel Into Darkness. Click here to buy it today on Amazon. What does it take to become human again? An action-packed science fiction thriller set on a deep space mining colony gone dark. In a future world of warring AIs, company agent Marley - half-human, half-machine - agrees to a mission to bring a deep space mining … [Read more...]
Turning the Corner
I'm a coward. Alright, maybe not a coward. But I suffer from paralysis by analysis. Especially when it comes to taking risks with marketing my writing. I want to invest in properly marketing my novels and short stories. I believe that better marketing will lead to more sales (which will make me happy.) But I don't know who to trust. Some folks are adamant: first book permafree. … [Read more...]
