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Cover Me

Hey, kids–

I’m getting ready to launch a romance novella on Kindle. (OMG, yes, Andi does indeed write romance! F/F, in case you wondered)

It’s an indie project and the manuscript is currently with an editor (because I’m all about other people looking at my stuff to determine its suckage factor [hopefully it's low]) and I hired someone to do a cover for it.

But covers totally stress me out, people. Like, super stress.

Read on to find out why. . .

I’m not a designer or artist. Let’s just put that ou...

Interview coming up

Hi, all. I’m being interviewed in a couple of weeks by Liz McMullen.

So with that in mind, I’m wondering what readers would like me to chat about with regard to my work and whatever else you think would be cool to know (within reason, of course).

Liz also wanted to know if I want to do a reading on the show. Well, I haven’t been asked to do a reading in years, so it hadn’t crossed my mind. If that’s something you’d be into, let me know and also let me know what you want me to read from.

Drop me...

Quick n’ dirty tips, self-publishing business

Hi, kids–

So I’m getting ready to release another novella on Kindle (and other self-publishing outlets).

And that requires a few steps. Here are some of the quick n’ dirty things I do.

After I finish and fine-tune the manuscript, I send it to an editor to check it over. I also have it proofread once I’ve made the editing changes. While that’s going on, I’m working on getting a cover ready. I have someone who puts those together for me, so I find an image I want to use and make sure that I’ve pai...

UPDATE: Card and DC Comics

As some of you know, I blogged about DC Comics hiring openly anti-LGBT writer Orson Scott Card to write for its digital Superman series the other day. You can see that HERE.

Well, DC Comics has responded to the controversy over hiring Card to write on the digital Superman series. Here’s the gist, via The Advocate (link above):

. . .a company spokesman said, “As content creators we steadfastly support freedom of expression, however the personal views of individuals associated with DC Comics are...

When the personal is political: DC Comics and Orson Scott Card

I was a comics freak back in the day. And then I kind of stopped reading/buying them during a long stretch of grad school and whatever else, but I followed comics news peripherally because I love superhero stuff and all the attendant angst they go through. Plus, I’ve developed an affinity for particular artists and writers.

A couple years ago, I started reading/collecting again. Most of my stable is DC-related, though I do have a Marvel series I’m following. That’s why when this particular bit...

Talking to Myself. Sort of.

Hey, peeps–

As some of you know, I write a mystery series based in New Mexico. You can find all the info and excerpts here on my site, if you’re so inclined. But one of the other things I do now and again is I’ll interview my characters. I’ve interviewed three from the New Mexico series.

K.C. Fontero, is a sociologist and some-time college professor. She’s the main character in odd-numbered books. That is, so far, books 1 and 3 are K.C. Fontero mysteries. That would be Land of Entrapment and Th...

Questions Answered

Hi, kids–

First, go see the movie (just released) Warm Bodies. Even if you’re not much of a fan of zombie movies, I think you’ll like this one. It’s got a great comic sensibility, and the underlying message is super-sweet and exactly what the world needs, about the power of human connection. I loved it. And yes, it’s based on a book by Isaac Marion. Read that, too.

Second, I will now answer a question put to me by a reader. This particular reader really enjoyed my novella, “Some Kind of River,”...

Things readers can do for writers

Hey, all–

Caught this cool post at Writer Unboxed from January 28 (okay, so, most of their posts are great) about what readers can do for writers. Specifically, writer and editor Chuck Sambuchino provides 11 tips with regard to supporting a writer’s new book. Number 1?

Buy the author’s book.

Here’s what he says:

An obvious point, sure, but important nonetheless. Naturally, we must buy new copies of books, not used copies, for the sale to “count” and the author to get a royalty. So buy new. Heck...

Step away from the smartphone…

A couple weeks ago, I saw a story on Dateline, NBC about 4 college-aged women who “gave up” technology for a couple of weeks.

That is, no smartphones or computers. What was interesting and horrifying to me about the story was one, that they basically went through withdrawal for a while without the devices and, two, how absolutely clueless they seemed to be about interacting with people and the world around them without an electronic device.

WTF?

In one scene, for example, one of the women is goi...

Cool links

Hiya, peeps!

When I find interesting-ness on the intertubes, I like to pass it along to you, to do with as you please.

First, author and awesome savant Chuck Wendig often re-posts things from his blog “Terrible Minds.” This one is one of my faves, “Ode to the Editor.” Read it HERE.

Remember the other day I blogged on the importance of editors and those urban fantasy books I was reading? And how I said I would definitely not read further in one series, but would in the other? Well, I’m reading th...