Year: 2014

  • I’m sick…but I STILL kicked Bashtyk Nokyd’s ass

    I couldn’t sleep last night because I couldn’t breathe last night. (Matt was sick for two weeks, the Kid has been sick for one, but is still sick—and now it’s my turn. So I sat up all night writing. I got 20 Sentences, which doesn’t seem like much until you realize that each Sentence is…

  • BASHTYK NOKYD takes a nosedive…

    There comes a point in every series where things go wrong. No. Let me make that a bit clearer. There comes a point in every series where things go “monster-jumps-out-of-your-closet-and-bites-your-head-off” wrong. I have met the monster, and it is Bashtyk Nokyd Takes The Longview. And here’s the thing. Even after you’re wandering around with your…

  • The Indie Authors’ Advent Calendar? Brilliant!

    I think both readers and writers will find this a simply brilliant idea. A group of writers has banded together to create a series fiction advent calendar. Each of the writers has done a series story, and different parts of it will be posted throughout the advent season. You go to the calendar, click the…

  • Interview with a school kid: HONEST answers on writing, school, and life

    I got the following email this morning. =========== If you wouldn’t mind, I would like to ask a few questions about being an author. Why did you decide to be an author, instead of something like… A coach? What made you interested in being an author? Would you suggest to other people, that they should…

  • Passed 5000 words on Bashtyk Nokyd. Plus new snippet

    Last week was rough. Got fewer than three thousand words done TOTAL on the episode. Today started a little better. Got 2113 words for the day, and I like what I got. I also managed to get the Bashtyk Nokyd tracking bar up in the right sidebar, so if you’re so inclined, you can follow…

  • Moon & Sun: I’m now clear to write in my world again!

    I didn’t want to say anything about the fact that I was pursuing the removal of the non-compete clause from my contract until I heard one way or the other. I got the news today. The non-compete clause for my Scholastic contract is dead, and I’m now free to write stories in that world again.…

  • Something Fun: The Whole First Chapter of the Longview 1 Audiobook

    Something Fun: The Whole First Chapter of the Longview 1 Audiobook

    I’ll have the full audiobook available from my own site in a few days. The audiobook is over two hours in length (nice for a few days of short commutes), and for early purchasers, I’ll be offering it for less than what such audiobooks usually go for. Questions are welcome, of course. 😀 Download as…

  • The View From Fifty-Four: Writer On A Mission

    Writing was, and is, my passion. I worked at my fiction from the time I was twenty-five until I was thirty-one without ever making a dime, and never begrudged a minute of that time. While I was writing, I was happy. I was creating. I was learning to write better. I was finding my stories…

  • The Live Brainstorming Chat (video)

    This runs about an hour, and this time there are only a few seconds of dead. [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”light” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”1″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”1″ show_youtube_icon=”1″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”false” initial_volume=”100″ disable_keyboard=”0″]cXqd5saCQpk[/wpdevart_youtube] The How To Write A Series Class Download as PDFPrint Page

  • Cool free stuff for you during my Birthday Week

    I turn 54 this week. I’ll have a post on that in a couple days, but for today, I have some presents for you. Today (Monday, Oct 6, 2014—through Monday, October 13, 2014) Readers: For every fiction book you buy from my shop for $5.99, I’ll give you one $2.99 book free. Astute readers will…