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October 25, 2013
Nutmeg Book Festival
On Saturday, November 23rd, I’ll be participating in the Nutmeg Book Festival. Twenty local authors will be gathering at the New Milford Train Station in downtown New Milford. We range from indie to small press and the traditionally published.
I’ll be selling copies of both of my books: We’ll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea and Armistice Day.
This is my first book festival. I have no idea what to expect, but the cynic in me would say something if I didn’t have him bound and gagged....
September 11, 2013
New Editing Assignment
I’ve just begun editing the first book in Rob Steiner’s new series, Muses Of Roma. It’s an alt history epic where the Roman Empire didn’t fall, but instead, reached the stars.
The picture at left is the working cover that Steiner commissioned for the book.
Here’s what Steiner had to say about the cover:
For this cover, I worked with professional illustrator Stone Perales. My idea was to combine something iconically Roman with an anachronism that told readers it was alternate history.
The result:...
July 22, 2013
Good Things Happen
I was fortunate to have had a chance to read Anne Charnock’s A Calculated Life. My review of it can be found here. The short version: intelligent, character driven sci-fi that proves a book doesn’t need to be a door-stopper to be good. Apparently 47North, Amazon Publishing’s speculative fiction division, came to a similar conclusion and has picked up Charnock’s book.
Congratulations Anne! Sometimes good things happen to good people.
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DED
May 3, 2013
My New Book Is Now In Print
My short story collection, We’ll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea is now available in print from Amazon and CreateSpace. What’s the difference? For you, nothing. For me, quite a bit.
CreateSpace is Amazon’s indie print publishing platform. They offer higher royalties to me without charging you more money. The problem is that no one goes to CreateSpace to buy books; they go to Amazon. Amazon has a far easier to navigate site, a recommendation engine, free shipping, (when you buy eno...
April 26, 2013
Short Story Collection Update
The print version of We’ll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea is under final review before going into publication. If all goes well, we’ll launch next week.
Many thanks go to James over at Humblenations. I can’t say enough nice things about his work on the cover. If you’re looking for a cover for your next book, go to Go On Write.com and check out what he has available.
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DED
March 22, 2013
And We’re Live…
We’ll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea is now live for the Kindle.
Description: A tiny star appears in a little girl’s bedroom. An alien’s first encounter with an Earthling is a dog. A couple find themselves adrift upon the Pacific Ocean in their hotel room. A trio of friends journey to Neptune to mine diamonds. These are just some of the stories included in this speculative fiction collection.
You may be wondering, “Why only the Kindle?” Well, Amazon Kindle owners are the ones tha...
March 14, 2013
Finally, a Cover
The cover for my short story collection, We’ll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea, was created by James at Go On Write.com.
What do you think?
With any luck I’ll wrap up the last of the production items and get it into publication before the end of the month!
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DED
February 27, 2013
No More Bad Covers
Over at the New Podler Review of Books is a post I wrote about a remedy for bad book covers from indie authors. My hunt for a new illustrator for my short story collection has hopefully taken a turn for the better.
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DED
January 8, 2013
January 2013 Status Update
A new year. Let’s hope it’s a better one.
Last summer I’d fully intended to publish my short story collection, We’ll Watch the Sunrise from the Bottom of the Sea, in the fall. Well, obviously that didn’t happen. Trying to grab someone to do the cover has proven elusive.
Travis, the illustrator for Armistice Day, suffered a heart attack after falling victim to an identity thief. As he was recuperating, I didn’t want to add to his stress load so I casually searched for another illustrator. I saw...
December 15, 2012
10 Miles Away
10 miles.
A 3 hour walk, half that for a jogger. 10 minutes on the highway, 15 to 20 if
you take the state roads. A half gallon of gas for some cars, a third or a quarter if you drive a more efficient one.
Light takes 0.000053763 seconds to traverse that distance (in vacuum). It takes sound 46.875 seconds.
There are many ways you can look at it but there’s only one way I can look at it
right now. It’s the distance from Sandy Hook Elementary School to my house.
Newtown is a lot like Bethel: a small...
