Michael McClung's Blog, page 7
March 20, 2013
Truth, one shard at a time
To stand and face your love without expectation, or even real hope of its return- this is the purest form of commitment I have found.
March 15, 2013
This is why I write
This 5 star review from persephone/kor at the Australia iTunes, the second Amra book. This is why, when somebody gets what I'm trying to do:
Short version: Awesome. Love love love love love and adore.
Long version: Have fallen in love with intriguing characters who seem real despite being much more awesome (or interestingly and somehow endearingly awful) than reality allows for. Fallen in love
Short version: Awesome. Love love love love love and adore.
Long version: Have fallen in love with intriguing characters who seem real despite being much more awesome (or interestingly and somehow endearingly awful) than reality allows for. Fallen in love
March 13, 2013
status: rebooting
What is the definition of insanity, according to (I think) Einstien? Doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.
So I'm currently in the process of evaluating my life and finding the crazy bits. And hopefully eliminating them. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, remember that I love you, Dear Reader, and not at all in a creepy way.
So I'm currently in the process of evaluating my life and finding the crazy bits. And hopefully eliminating them. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, remember that I love you, Dear Reader, and not at all in a creepy way.
March 6, 2013
Hiatus
My friends,
If you've been following this blog over the last few months, it will come as no surprise that I've been having a hard time of it lately, for all sorts of reasons. I like to keep most of my personal stuff separate from the blog here, except for general noise. SomethingSticky, in this latest incarnation, is about my writing, and associated posts. But when my personal life affects my
If you've been following this blog over the last few months, it will come as no surprise that I've been having a hard time of it lately, for all sorts of reasons. I like to keep most of my personal stuff separate from the blog here, except for general noise. SomethingSticky, in this latest incarnation, is about my writing, and associated posts. But when my personal life affects my
February 10, 2013
Ignore this post
No really, ignore it. I'm just writing it because I need to write something. Anything.
My teeth hurt. Left side molars, up and down. The kidney stone(s) chime in occasionally, like a Greek chorus of pain. The pain medication is 1) not terribly effective and 2) makes me feel like I have a fever coming on. In addition, I've got a fever coming on.
Money. I have none. I've been here before, I'll
My teeth hurt. Left side molars, up and down. The kidney stone(s) chime in occasionally, like a Greek chorus of pain. The pain medication is 1) not terribly effective and 2) makes me feel like I have a fever coming on. In addition, I've got a fever coming on.
Money. I have none. I've been here before, I'll
February 8, 2013
Draft 2 Digital vs Smashwords: No contest
So I've been testing out Draft 2 Digital, and can honestly say that up to this point it blows Smashwords away in three very important areas: Ease of use, reporting, and customer service.
Ease of use: You don't need to know how to do anything except make a word document. You send it to them, and it will automatically be formatted. You choose what sorts of extra material you want- dedication,
Ease of use: You don't need to know how to do anything except make a word document. You send it to them, and it will automatically be formatted. You choose what sorts of extra material you want- dedication,
January 25, 2013
This space intentionally left blah*
What happens when you have a few days of enforced idleness? In my case, the expectation is getting some writing done. Did that happen?
Not so much, it turns out.
Today was a day where absolutely nothing had to get done in my life - a rare thing indeed. It's now 10 pm. I got no forward progress in on any of my fiction. I did edit, format and upload my (free) phonics primer, but that's work that
Not so much, it turns out.
Today was a day where absolutely nothing had to get done in my life - a rare thing indeed. It's now 10 pm. I got no forward progress in on any of my fiction. I did edit, format and upload my (free) phonics primer, but that's work that
January 13, 2013
2013
Previously I listed out how many sales
I would need to make at different price points in order to make it to
minimum wage money as a writer. And that was instructive and all, but
sales are not something that are easily corraled. Like cats, they
come when they feel like it, an there is only so much you can do to
coerce- er, influence sales to come your way.
With 2012 all over but the crying,
I would need to make at different price points in order to make it to
minimum wage money as a writer. And that was instructive and all, but
sales are not something that are easily corraled. Like cats, they
come when they feel like it, an there is only so much you can do to
coerce- er, influence sales to come your way.
With 2012 all over but the crying,
January 11, 2013
Obviously, I'm not writing for the money.
2012 went in the right direction. No breakouts, but quarter-on-quarter sales continued to increase. Honestly it would have been freakish good luck to break out of triple digit dollar sales with only one full-length title, one short story collection and a handful of shorts on offer. 2012 was mainly about exposure.
2013, if things go well, will see the Amra series boosted to three titles,
2013, if things go well, will see the Amra series boosted to three titles,
December 30, 2012
Rules
I broke a rule today. One of my few rules. I promised my son something, and I've got no idea how I'm going to keep it.
Christ.
Christ.
