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Chase of a Lifetime on Smashwords, Kobo, and More...

When I first published "Chase of a Lifetime" on Amazon, I opted for the lender program and with that program I wasn't allowed to distribute the book anywhere else for three months.

It's been three months and COAL is now available on most major retail web sites where e-books are sold. I'm still working on getting it up on Allromanceebooks.com and a few more sites.

But here are a list of places where it is for sale:

Smashwords

Sony

Barnes & Noble

Apple

Deisel

Kobo

And still on Amazon.

I know...

Fred Karger Ends Campaign

I just received an e-mail from the Fred Karger staff informing me that he's ended his campaign for President. It's been interesting to watch. I've enjoyed posting about it for significant historical reasons. Here's the e-mail below as I received it.

Statement by Fred Karger LAGUNA BEACH, CA - “After 2 ½ years of campaigning as a candidate for President of the United States I am officially ending my historic campaign today June 29, 2012. It’s been one hell of a ride, and I want to thank the th...

Writing About a Medical Marijuana Dispensary for Next Book in Chase of a Lifetime Series

Writing about a medical marijuana dispensary sounded like fun when I first started. I'm finishing up the next book in the Chase of a Lifetime series, "Chase of a Dream," and I needed something interesting for one of the characters. For those who have read the first book, the character I'm talking about is Cain Mayfield. He's Len Mayfield's grown son from his first marriage to a woman.

In short, Cain shows up in Los Angeles in the beginning of the book and he moves in with Len, Jim, and...

Do Authors Need Outlines?

I spotted an interesting post about writing outlines, written by a young blogger I've been following who I think is very talented.


I commented about being on the fence with regard to outlines. I've written outlines with some projects and I haven't with others. For me it all depends on how fast the story is coming, and whether or not I have it outlined in my head...if that makes sense.


And for me it's only with novels. I never use an outline for a short story. Something (or someone) inspires m...

Teens Raise Money Through Kickstarter

I've posted about kickstarter before. It's a web site where struggling artists can ask for financial support for projects they are working on. If people believe these projects are worthy of support, they can patronize the artist through kickstarter. I published a guest post about what author/publisher Cecilia Tan is trying to do here.

In this case it's a group of teens.

The authors and editors behind Canteen Magazine work with under-served Harlem 7th-graders to promote a love of reading, writi...

Amazon, Dorchester, Vacuous Nasty Bloggers, and Thoughts From Nora Ephron...

This seems to have been a particularly evil week on the Interwebs for nasty bloggers. I read where one extremely decent elderly gay author (who happens to have great books and great sales with a great publisher) was ripped to shreds on one particularly vicious blog. As a result, he announced he no longer wants to write. I've seen so-called gay fiction authors attack other authors in public, which is something I rarely see people in other professions ever do (try to get a doctor to trash, or e...

Another Way for Libraries to Evolve That Involves Self-Publishing

I've been watching how libraries will change in the coming years because I've always been a library supporter. I've seen doom and gloom posts that say libraries are dead, and I've also seen posts that say libraries will evolve into something different...more like community learning centers.

I tend to agree with the latter. I don't think libraries will ever disappear. And the article to which I'm linking might be an indication as to how they will evolve in the near future. Also take into accoun...

Fred Karger, Latter Day Saints, Stop Hate

Fred Karger has been in Utah recently, and the ads he's running seem to be targeting the Latter Day Saints more so than his oponent, Mitt Romney (who happens to be a Mormon). Karger made a video to which I'll link below. But here are a few things I thought were interesting.

Karger has been waging his crusade against the church’s electioneering since he helped co-found Californians Against Hate in 2008 to battle efforts to repeal California’s amendment allowing same-sex marriage. Keeping an eye...

National HIV Testing Day: June 27th

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Should I Change My Blog Title to "Raucous Manx?"

I've been thinking about changing my blog title to "Raucous Manx." That's right, you heard it here first: "Raucous Manx." A friend of mine on social media recently commented that there's a great deal of vitriol on the Internet these days, but no one really does it well...not like Truman Capote would have done it if he were still alive today. (I'm also working without spellcheck today, thanks to google blogger, and I'm seriously thinking of moving this blog to wordpress sooner than I thought I...