(or How I Did It, a “.doc”-umentary) Part 4/? In the last week or two of February, as well as all of March and April, I was far too absorbed with our move to even think about my manuscript. Instead, that time was spent searching for a new home, packing and sorting (our new home…
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Darkwalker: A Tale of the Urban Shaman
By Duncan Eagleson Pink Narcissus Press ISBN: Kindle, 372 pages. © 2014 Bay City is haunted by a supernatural serial killer the newsfeeds have named “The Beast.” City Boss Micah Roth calls on the Railwalkers—a shamanic Order trained in both clerical and warrior skills—to champion his cause and return the city to some semblance of…
The Chronicles of Self-Publishing: Part 3 of My Journey
(or How I Did It, a “.doc”-umentary) So far in January/February 2022, I: • Got approval from the zoning board to operate a business out of my home and filed an application for a business license. • Purchased the domain name for my new business. (Get it quick, before someone else does! See note below.)…
The Chronicles of Self-Publishing: Part 2 of My Journey
(or How I Did It, a “.doc”-umentary) Part 2 of ? January 2022 (so far) So much has happened since my last post that I don’t know where to start. But I’ll give it a try. (Grab a cup of something…this post is long.) I continued (for a while) the “From First Draft to Bestseller”…
The Chronicles of Self-Publishing: Part 1 of My Journey
(or How I Did It, a “.doc”-umentary) Part 1 of ? In September of 2021, I attended the Hampton Roads Writers’ Conference, where Leslie Penelope gave a keynote presentation wherein she asked, “What is your ‘why’?” Her words, descriptive of her own journey, made me ask myself the same question. Why do I write? There…
The Monster Under My Desk
Being a writer is scary. What? you say. All you do is sit in front of a computer and type out a story. What’s scary about that? It’s because of the Monster. Let me take you on a little trip behind the scenes. Let’s say I have an idea for a story. I make notes,…
Dear God
Hello God, or Goddess, or Universe, or whatever name you wish to be called. I don’t have any requests today. I just wanted to say hello. I just wanted to say that I know you are there, because I am here. I wanted to reiterate that I choose to believe you are behind what…
Beans vs. Soup
It’s been almost a year since I last blogged. This may come as no surprise to many writers who’ve said they, too, felt as though their muse has been hiding under a blanket. In the closet. In that back corner that the light never seems to reach. Behind the boxes of clothes you always plan…
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
By Claire North Redhook, an imprint of Orbit/Hatchett ISBN: 9780316399623 Paperback, 432 pages. © 2014 Harry August is dying for the eleventh time. Every life, he’s reborn in the same year, at the same place, by the same mother, with all his prior memories intact. No matter how he lives his life, world events unfold…
Planetfall
By Emma Newman New American Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC ASIN: B00SI0B65W Kindle book, 956 KB, 328 pages. © 2015 As an engineer and a pilot, Renata Ghali earned her place among the population on the Atlas, a small group of people following the vision of Suh-Mi to a distant world, where…