Finally, I get to the post where I talk about Hard Case Crime. If you are a Noir/Pulp fiction fan like myself, then you need to check out the imprint/publishers of the Hard Case Crime series. The Covers!!! Need I say more? The cover art …
Read MoreCharacterization by way of narrative voice, dialogue, and colloquialism as opposed to straight-up description. Also, errors and reviews.
The following is a snippet from my book, Pirate Tales. The bit is from the story “Bawdy, Bonny Sally.” The character speaking is named Riley, and he narrates the whole story: All in all, it was quite pleasant sittin’ there with this natuv girl. …
Read MoreToo Much Creativity? Too many ideas, for a writer? The eyeball bowling ball, Prof. Indre Viskontas, Ph.D. and sharing DNA with a banana . . .
Okay, let me cover the most intriguing question first–How much DNA do we share with a banana? Almost 60%. Can you believe it? And the second most intriguing question–Eyeball bowling ball? Really? Yep! I bought it in a thrift store a little over a year …
Read MoreThe Perils of being a “Seat of the pants” writer. I haven’t written in over a week, and here’s why . . .
As usual I was just “letting ‘er rip.” I was tooling along, my fingers fluttering across the keyboard. It was a joyride. Great scenes were popping in my head for further down the road. I was stopping on occasion to write a brief bit of …
Read MoreThank You All!
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who downloaded the book on the two free days. The downloads were more than double what they normally had been in the past. I was super thrilled. Thanks! I hope everyone enjoys the stories.
Read MoreLoving Draft2Digital! A brief review of publishing with/through Draft2Digital.
In my book, Format Your Book, I didn’t have a lot to say regarding Draft2Digital. This was because I hadn’t yet used it. I had watched the helpful video walkthrough that they had up on YouTube, but that was all. I had known that you …
Read More