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December 6, 2021
This December, Win an Autographed Copy of Sketches from the Spanish Mustang AND…
This month, I'm giving away an autographed copy of my book Sketches from the Spanish Mustang to not one but TWO lucky winners!
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November 29, 2021
(Almost) Two Years in Review: An Exercise
Two years is a long time to review, and these past two years really feel like 20. Still, I think it’s necessary for some of us to look back on where we were and what we’ve accomplished. If anything, it’s a record. While I know it’s not quite December, I still feel the need to…
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November 26, 2021
A Semi-Not-Horribly-Regular Newsletter #3
BIG (HUGE) Transit News! As announced on October 21st, a new sci-fi series Transit will kick off with OUT OF DUE SEASON: THE FIRST TRANSIT, and I have a deal for YOU! An Offer For You! Would you like to read this novel FREE before it comes out? If so, you can sign up to…
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Would you like to read a novel FREE before it comes out?
BIG (HUGE) News! As announced on October 21st, a new sci-fi series TRANSIT will kick off with OUT OF DUE SEASON: THE FIRST TRANSIT, and I have a deal for YOU! An Offer For You! Would you like to read this novel FREE before it comes out? If so, you can sign up to receive…
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November 18, 2021
A Poem: Castle in the Sky
The following poem was written in the late 1980s, although I don’t remember the year exactly. At that time, I was introduced to free verse poetry through a creative writing class I was taking. What struck me today (for the first time) was the idea of a castle in the sky, one of the central…
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November 16, 2021
What Just Happened? An Incomplete Journey of a NaNoWriMo Newbie – Part 1
I decided this year to attempt NaNoWriMo, the annual crazy-making festival that urges writers to whip out 50,000 words in just 30 days. I journaled a bit of my thought process leading up to NaNoWriMo, which you can read here on the Pikes Peak Writers blog, Writing from the Peak. On December 7th, I’ll tell…
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November 8, 2021
How To: Give eBooks a Little Push — Part 2
Last week, I wrote a little article on what I’ve included immediately after the last bit of text of each of my eBooks: the “Thank You for Reading” page. Because no one wants a full rehash of that article in a Part 2, please head back a post to see what Part 1 is all…
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November 1, 2021
How To: Give eBooks a Little Push — Part 1
This post (and the next) are geared toward the self-published authors out there and describe a way to push (or “gently nudge”) readers to share their work in an easy, accessible way. A while back I updated all of my eBook offerings on Amazon.com for aesthetic and practical reasons. I also added a little push…
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October 30, 2021
The Third Hop: Another Great Kindle Vella Blog Hop
Kindle Vella lacks any sort of built in marketing. As a result, many authors who are trying out this new platform (which you can read all about here) have to be as creative as possible so their work is seen and appreciated. With that in mind, this is the third Blog Hop, a collection of…
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October 25, 2021
How To: Become a Vicar of Virality
Virality (vīˈralətē) – the tendency of an image, video, or piece of information (such as an e-book) to be circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another; the quality or fact of being viral. If we look at Google’s Ngram of the word, we’ll see a massive spike somewhere around the mid-2000’s. Of…
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