Quark Woman
There was a young woman Who lived on a quark. She spent all her days Just looking for work. She had enough beauty, She had enough class, But always was ignored– Because she had no mass.
A Quote and Back to Work!
I am a little too happy to announce that the semester is over and I am getting back to work on the Book 1 reformatting edits and writing book 2. There are also those posts from last month that I still owe you guys. Never fear, all is simmering nicely and ready to be moved…
Monstrous Monday: The Monsters of Bone Sliver
It seems to me that it would be silly to do a blog segment on monsters, and leave out the ones in my own books, so today I’ll go over some of the monsters in the first book of The Nova Wave series. Bone Sliver is in part an exploration of the word “monster”. …
Learning the Ropes and the Importance of Community
A large part of the conference I attended this weekend was about learning how to contribute to the community. Not just the blogging community, but the community we live in as well. It’s been a long old haul, but I think this weekend helped solidify some things for me in those areas. It’s not that…
Book Signing and End of Semester
So… this upcoming Saturday, November 28, 2015 I have a book signing at Needful Things Market in Owasso, OK. Come on out and see me, and get a copy of the book signed. I’d love to see you there! Also the end of the semester is screaming right along. Week after Thanksgiving is finals week….
Book Launch a Success
I suppose it depends on what one calls success. It’s not like Neil Gaiman came to the little town called Sand Springs for Halloween. There were not hundreds of books sold. If that is one’s definition of success, this was not it. This was setting up a table in a lovely shop owned and operated…
Time Flies!
So, it got to me this morning that there are never enough hours in a day. There are never as many days in the year as we think, and there are never enough years, period. Now, I’m not scheming on literal immortality, but the fact of my own mortality hit me pretty hard this week….
Formatting That Manuscript
I have typed in Word for years, and I’ve maybe used 10% of the tools it offers. Two features that I haven’t used until venturing into self-publishing are the Space After, the Section Break and the Page Break. Surely, the return key is just as good, right? Well, maybe for regular use. When you go…
So… I made some mistakes…
I got the first proof copy of my book a couple of weeks ago, and there were more than a few formatting errors, even though Createspace said everything was fine. It turns out that unless you have the formatting in mind when you create the document, there are going to have to be some adjustments…
Sticker Shock
When you first venture into self-publishing, you know there are going to be costs involved. Hey, if it was cheap, it would be a whole lot easier to break in, right? But there are some things that might escape those keen observation skills starting out and sneak up to bite you in the–wallet. (This…
