My Two Top Tips to an Aspiring Writer

I was talking recently to Joe of The Ladders, a comprehensive career resource for professionals that takes pride in helping people in diverse demographics with their career no matter what the field. Joe had an unusual question for me: what would I advise someone...

2004-2014: How the E-book Changed Adult Fiction

This is the first post of two on the subject of changes in publishing. I came across an interesting post by Jane Friedman on the subject, based on a Nielsen presentation by Jonathan Nowell. Studying the last decade, one can reach a number of interesting conclusions....

Short Stories Resources and Submissions

As you may remember, I am putting the finishing touches to Infinite Waters; my upcoming second collection of short stories (the first one being The Power of Six, of course). Most of them have a touch of science fiction; all of them have a lovely twist. However, I have...

What the Music Industry Reveals About Publishing

This post was written as a guest post for the wonderful Silver Threading blog. Be sure to check it out! The incumbents had spent decades building the perfect business model. Anyone who wanted their art to reach the world had to go through specialized agencies, who...

10 Inspiring Facts for Indie Authors

I found this wonderful post on Wise Ink Creative Publishing and am sharing. As always, there’s been some editing to add my thoughts, but you can read the original post on the Wise Ink’s website. 10 Inspiring Facts for Indie Authors If I had a dime for each...

Dos and Don’ts on Writing a Book Blurb

The inspiration for this post came from a little gem I found on the Passive Guy’s Newsletter (if you aren’t already a subscriber, what are you waiting for? It’s free!). After some heavy editing, it ended up as this post. The original post came from...