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Ebook Launch Project

To inexperienced authors, self-publishing an ebook may seem like a simple procedure: finish writing the manuscript and upload it.  Nothing can be further from the truth and this approach is the wrong way to self-publish...

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How to Write Really Bad Fiction and Enjoy the Benefits of Rapid Rejection

  I’m an author of five books and over forty short stories along with a number of fiction writing articles.  From my experience, I’ve learned a number important lessons and I want to pass them...

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Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Becoming A Published Author.

   More and more writers are venturing into self-publishing.  Many don’t initially appreciate or understand just how confusing the self-publishing process is.  Not understanding the process can end up hurting your wallet.  Here are ten...

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Moxie’s Problem On Sale

My novel Moxie’s Problem is now on sale for $.99.   It’s Book One of the Princess Moxie series, my satiric story of an obnoxious teenage princess and her adventures with three Knights of the...

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Creating Stories: The Uses Of Setting

The story’s setting gives the readers a sense of time and location.  This allows the readers to begin building images in their minds.  The scene settings (which are subsets of the story setting) give additional...

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Interview with Jessica Maarek and Red Root Marketing

Do you have an area business in need of marketing help? Red Root Marketing and Jessica Maarek may be the answer you’ve been seeking. I’ve known Jessica Maarek for a few years. She is the...

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Second draft completed

I finished the 2nd draft of my new novel, The King Who Disappeared. Now, on to the 3rd revision, after which I’ll be looking for beta readers to punch holes in the story.  If you’re...

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Perils of Self-publishing

  I belong to a number of writing groups, both local and online. I keep encountering complaints from writers about the perils of self-publish a book. The complaints range from confusion about the process to...

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Merlin and the Spell Words: Part 2

This story is extracted from my novel, Moxie’s Decision. It’s one of the subplots. Part 1 can be found here. Back upstairs at the library, Merlin, Rowan and Cynwise sat at the table. “Never would...

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Merlin and the Spell Words

This story is extracted from my novel, Moxie’s Decision. It’s one of the subplots. Part 1 Merlin sat at a desk in his laboratory staring at his four ink-stained parchments from a recent project. The...

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