I had cause again recently to wonder at the way we as a culture tend to devalue things once they reach a certain level of popularity. Take the concept of “Likes”. Pretty sure Facebook coined the term, but it was Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert who for me revolutionized the old “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down” […]
So I made the plunge. Took a dive. Crossed over to the Dark Side. That’s right, I am now officially an Amazon Minion. (Why do I suddenly feel like even blogging about this puts me at risk of a stern visit from a dark, robed figure with a ugly plastic mask and a half-broken breathing […]
Well, my second book is out there and doing pretty well. WHEW! Yes, any of you that have published your book(s) know the relief that washes over the top of that rock in the middle of your chest once you are DONE—you know, the smooth stone of FEAR that won’t let you breath or swallow […]
A great friend and best-selling author—Terri Giuliano Long—recently wrote a two-part piece about the “ugly truth” regarding consumer book ratings these days. You can read Part I on HuffPost here, and Part II on Indie Reader here. Suffice to say that the value of consumer scoring—particularly as it pertains to indie books—seems in many ways […]
I decided this week it was high time I look at the possibility of having a professional design my author page. I know just enough CSS and HTML to be dangerous. I know, cliche. But it’s true. I have always managed my own online presence. This “management” usually consists of finding a pre-built template I […]
Yes, I know it’s a conundrum. If you never say never, then how can you ever say never, even in telling someone to never say never? And Sean Connery, the greatest Bond EVER, did it again. (If you liked that, you’ll get the section on repetition. If not? Eh, you might still enjoy it. And […]
I love this day. Halloween. I really should have become a writer of Horror. Pure, rattle-your-bones, make-you-look-over-your-shoulder, run-up-the-stairs-hoping-the-hand-doesn’t-snag-your-foot horror stories. My cousin, Kathy, and I used to tell scary stories to each other growing up. Campfire stories. You remember them, right? The escaped killer with the hook, stalking lovers in their cars in the dark. […]
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