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August 5, 2014
Fantasy Women
You know, lots of people have written about fantasy women. Most probably better than I can. But I’m going to give it a go anyways. Fantasy has a problem with women. THE token (or Tolkien?) books in the fantasy genre (Hobbit and LOTR, of course) are, unfortunately, the worst offenders. The Hobbit does not have a female [...]
August 4, 2014
VLOGANOVEL—Nightblade: Episode Four
Welcome to the VlogaNovel for Nightblade: Episode Four. In the past I’ve posted EACH new VlogaNovel video as its own post on this blog. But that cluttered up the feed and turned a lot of people off. So now I’ll just be posting a single post, and updating it with each new video. The video [...]
August 2, 2014
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #11—Audiobook Recording (Part 1)
Recording an Audiobook I begin the audiobook narration for Nightblade: Episode Three! The raw recordings usually run for about two hours, after which I mixdown the audio and publish it via ACX. Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to write [...]
Online Direct Sales for Self-Published Authors
EBOOK DIRECT SALES The other day, Chuck Wendig called direct sales the future of publishing. I couldn’t stop smiling. I couldn’t stop smiling because (and yes, I’m tooting my own horn—because I’m sick of “not to toot my own horn,” and this is pretty damn awesome) I came up with my own direct sales strategy [...]
August 1, 2014
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #10—Editing the Book (Part 2)
How Do I Edit A Book? Editing begins! Hopefully I’ll bang out the first edit in the next two hours of video and Nightblade: Episode Three will be ready to publish! Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to write a book, [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #9—Editing the Book (Part 1)
How Do I Edit A Book? Editing begins! Hopefully I’ll bang out the first edit in the next two hours of video and Nightblade: Episode Three will be ready to publish! Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to write a [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #8—Writing the Book (Part 5)
How Do I Write A Book? We’re more than halfway through the first draft, and I’m dashing off a quick half-hour before going to a family dinner. Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to write a book, how to [...]
July 31, 2014
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #7—Writing the Book (Part 4)
How Do I Write A Book? We’re more than halfway through the first draft, and I’m dashing off a quick half-hour before going to a family dinner. Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to write a book, how to [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #6—Writing the Book (Part 3)
How Do I Write A Book? The first draft is going strong! I’m really happy with it, and in this second hour I hope to bang out Chapter Two of Nightblade: Episode Three! Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode Three #5—Writing the Book (Part 2)
How Do I Write A Book? The first draft is going strong! I’m really happy with it, and in this second hour I hope to bang out Chapter Two of Nightblade: Episode Three! Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live-write a book and self-publish it, all on streaming web video! You can watch and see how to [...]
