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November 12, 2017
War Journal 80: The Limited Release
So here we are, years of selling shorts to better and better markets, blogging across continents, 80 war journals documenting life in these trenches, and we’ve finally arrived at a public release of my novel. I’m gonna keep this extra … Continue reading →
October 18, 2017
The Free Giveaway is Here!
Hey everybody, your opportunity to get over 200 bucks worth of entertainment is here! The Codex Swords and Spaceships SFF Giveaway has started, with over 20 authors giving out their awesome reads for free. You can grab my stuff along … Continue reading →
October 14, 2017
War Journal 79: The Clean Giveaway
I work in I.T. and love emerging technology, but for some reason I am slow on the trigger when it comes to using technology to promote my writerly products. I think the combination of me being old school, you know … Continue reading →
October 6, 2017
War Journal 78: My First Audiopub
Today I get to announce the completion of yet another side quest on my road to writer fortune and glory; my first time ever getting published in audio format! My story “The Wind You Touch When You Run” is up … Continue reading →
June 2, 2017
War Journal 77: Brevity, the Soul of Twit
So I’m on this road to self publishing this book, and there’s a couple of things I needed to do in conjunction. Book Publishing Side Quest One: increase web presence. I’m pretty sure studies show that on average 0% of … Continue reading →
May 29, 2017
War Journal 76: The Book Deal
When I first started the war journals, I didn’t have a single pro sale to my name. You guys have watched me work my craft, work that slush, going from none to one to dozens of sales. The best part … Continue reading →
April 15, 2017
War Journal 75: The Shift in Gears, The Seriously Funny
It was a good while back, around the time I started this blog, that I decided it made better sense to build a name in this industry writing short stories before I started writing books. That way I could hit … Continue reading →
February 3, 2017
Intelligence Report: Becoming Hero
How would you fine folks out there like a story where a comic book hero, whose life is constantly besieged with enemies, lost loves, and insurmountable odds on a near-weekly basis, finally gets tired of it and decides to kill … Continue reading →
January 20, 2017
War Journal 74: Two to View
I meant to do this last week, but life got in the way… this time in the form of my nephew who came to visit. He’s 18 now, and because of my former life as a military servicemember and deployed … Continue reading →
December 15, 2016
War Journal 73: A Very Beamon Christmas
‘Tis the season to use the word ’tis! Plus friends and fam come around or toss you invites for you to come around. I don’t know what it’s been about this year, but it’s been a woodwork type of season … Continue reading →
