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May 2019 Progress Updates

In case you haven't noticed, I recently took a vow of silence.

No, not really. I don't think my moderately-extroverted personality would cope well with that. However, I did decide to be a little quieter online over the past month so that I could focus on getting certain things finished. And by “certain things,” I mean the books that everybody has been waiting on for a ridiculously long time.

Okay, it hasn't really been a ridiculously long time, but a year is kinda long in today's indie publis...

Avengers: Endgame Movie Review (SPOILERS!)

So, I'm writing this hours after seeing Avengers: Endgame.

I'm fine.

Okay, I'm not fine.

I should say right now that I don't think it's possible to do an in-depth spoiler-free review of this film. Because Endgame is full of surprises, which extend even to the fundamental structure of the plot, I think that it's much better to go in knowing absolutely nothing in advance, if possible.

So, some very brief, spoiler-free thoughts: Endgame is not perfect, but it's pretty darn close, in my opinion....

Cover Reveal: Circus Phantasm by Naomi P. Cohen

Today, I'm participating in the reveal of the beautiful cover for Naomi P. Cohen's upcoming book, Circus Phantasm!

[image error]Going to the Circus that night was a whim, but it would change their lives forever. When siblings Emma and Nemo Reeve went to the Circus Phantasm, they expected tantalizing glimpses of magic. Instead, they are drawn out of the cage of secrets they have built, and swept away from their small town lives. Here, their hidden magical talents can flourish. They can travel with fantas...

Not Write Now: Available Today!

It's time to give up on your writing career. And my latest book is here to help you. Not Write Now: A How-Not-To Guide for Writing Fiction, is available to purchase in ebook and paperback form today!

Just so we're absolutely clear, I'm joking about you giving up on your career. This is a humorous, reverse-psychology guide to writing, as the synopsis will explain:

[image error]You’ve read all the self-publishing pep talks.

Your book still isn’t published. Or finished.

So why not try a different approach?

N...

The Ugly Bullet Journal Method (Updated 2019 Edition)

A very long time ago, when I was a mere author hatchling, I wrote a blog post on “How to Make an Ugly Bullet Journal.” Or something like that. I'm not going to go back and find the post to check the title, nor am I going to link to it. Instead, I want to start from scratch and do a fresh take on on the bullet journal method…or rather, my modified version of the method.

I'm going to assume that you've probably seen pictures of bullet journals on sites like Pinterest. Beautiful, artistic journa...

Pre-Order Not Write Now Today!

I'm very excited to announce that my first-ever non-fiction book is now available for…GET BACK HERE; I saw you slinking away at the mention of the word “non-fiction.”

AHEM. I'll start again. Yes, my next book is a work of non-fiction. But it's one of the fun ones. Here, check out the synopsis:

[image error]You’ve read all the self-publishing pep talks.

Your book still isn’t published. Or finished.

So why not try a different approach?

Not Write Now isn’t like any book on writing you’ve read before. It won’...

Announcing Fairy Tale Central!

I'm honored and excited to be one of the bloggers promoting the launch of Fairy Tale Central this week! Here's the official “press release” from Arielle Bailey, Faith White, and Christine Smith:

Once Upon a Time two girls had a dream. A dream of a fairy tale site, an internet library, if you will, for all the fairy tale lovers of the land to gather and converse. To learn, to read, to fangirl/boy, to bask in the goodness that is fairy tales.

As this dream blossomed, the two girls recruited a t...

Automation: The Future of Fiction

As an independently-published author, I try to take advantage of every new technological marvel that can reduce my workload and make my process more efficient. In fact, in pursuit of this goal, I'm willing to go where other authors may fear to tread.

For example, letting artificial intelligence write my stories for me.

Stop laughing. This is SCIENCE. You're not allowed to laugh at science!!!

That's better. Now, where was I? Ah yes, automation. Last year, through the remarkable technology of B...

Cover Reveal: The Witch Isn’t Dead

Previously, on “All My Plot Bunnies”…

“I'm releasing a box set of Afterverse stories revolving around the Wicked Witch of the West! They'll be free to my email subscribers, and will be available sometime this summer!”

“Malcolm got dragged to the Emerald City against his will and became a reluctant surrogate dad to a young Wizard of Oz!”

“Todd had a whirlwind romance (ha ha) with the Wicked Witch of the West before he met Amy!”

“The story of Cordelia's first boyfriend is finally going to be re...

Cover Reveal: The Wicked Witch of the East

After yesterday's scheduling shenanigans, we are back on track with our daily cover reveals of the four episodes of The Emerald Cycle. Check out this post, this post, and this post for a recap of what's been going on. Basically, we're taking a tour through the Afterverse as I reveal the covers and synopses for new “Book Zeroes” that will be released FREE to my email subscribers in the summer. (Sorry for shouting; there's an unwritten rule that every time an indie author writes the word FREE,...