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February 13, 2011
Updating assumptions, it's all right to be wrong
Some assumptions I had about my ebook experiment in April 2010, and where they stand now.1. I will do this just to get my name and work out there, because who really makes money off their writing?February 2011: Wrong, apparently. I actually can make money out of this, if I'm willing to work on getting more titles out and communicating with the readers.2. My audience for the ebook will be
February 9, 2011
The languages we speak
From Elaine Yeung's review of No Strings Attached: "In addition, it is quite hard to picture a Filipino setting where all the characters speak in perfectly straight English."Elaine brings up an excellent point, which I wanted to blog about, in case an international reader wanders over.I made a deliberate decision when I prepared my very first manuscript for publication that I would write it
February 8, 2011
Sneak peek: Love Your Frenemies
An excerpt from the latest book project, soon available on Amazon and Smashwords.====================================================Those who wanted to see Kimberly Domingo get hers had a lot of good stuff to choose from in the weeks and months that followed my non-wedding.It started when I found out -- through a phone call in the early afternoon, to my cellphone, which I had taken while sitting
February 5, 2011
Let's not forget email
The last post was full of shoutouts to people who talked about my books on the internet. I try to round those up and link as often as I can, especially now that I've admitted that I'm out there reading them too. :)Now I'd like to devote some space to thank those who've emailed me directly recently, for one reason or another. Through them I've learned that:- Ruel De Vera (hi, Ruey!) has read at
January 30, 2011
Around the net
A roundup of recently-discovered links related to my books. Thank you, internets, for these little surprises. Dementedchris over at Ficsation reviewed No Strings Attached: "There's a studied air in the way this whirlwind romance is written..."- Singled this out because this captures how I felt when I wrote it. I don't want to talk about it too much, don't want to affect how people read and
January 20, 2011
Filipino book readers, yes, do convene!
If you happen to wander over to this blog because you're a Filipino reader, I hope you click next to fantaghiro23's Filipino Friday post asking for suggestions related to a Filipino readers convention. It's an exciting idea!As a reader I'm not very "social" about my hobby. I rarely blog or write reviews, am not as active as I could be in readers' groups... but I buy, borrow, and read just as
January 16, 2011
FTF Kindle Report Card: An update
I posted a few months ago this Kindle report card for FTF. At the time I was amazed at October's figures, but this update is just to show how November and December totally kicked October's butt. (And January 2011 has so far kicked December's.)Fairy Tale Fail isn't a bestseller yet, not by Amazon's standards. On any given day it can be ranked anywhere between #1,800 to #8,000 on their list. I'm
January 10, 2011
Coming soon: Love Your Frenemies on your e-reader!
Not exactly the first announcement, as I've said it already on Twitter, but here it is: my next novella, Love Your Frenemies, will be released on the Amazon Kindle Store first, and then Smashwords, and then Sony, Apple, Kobo, Diesel, and maybe Barnes and Noble. A print version (most likely through CreateSpace again) will come at the very end of that process.At this stage I'm working on the cover
January 1, 2011
2011 for me
Some resolutions:1. This year I will write more.That includes finishing the SG project first (and putting up a sneak peek on this blog) within the next few weeks. And picking up on the CM project that I abandoned a few months ago. I will set aside time each day to write, and I will finish things!2. This year I will publish online more.The CM project, once finished, will definitely be for the
December 30, 2010
The God Equation and Other Stories by Michael A.R. Co
The God Equation and Other Stories (Kindle Edition)by Michael A.R. CoMathematics and religion duel in an award-winning tale about the true nature of faith and free will. ("The God Equation")Two soldiers share the unsavory task of killing someone worse than Hilter... over 500 years ago. ("Waiting for Victory")A popular childhood belief can have sinister results, when a rapist gets the short end of
