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March 7, 2014
It’s My Birthday.
Hi, Rebels. I turned 28 today. When I turned 27, I had a full-time job. Now I work from home as a self-published author and an independent filmmaker. When I turned 27, I had published 6 books. Now I’ve published 28. When I turned 27, I did not run a podcasts. Now I run two [...]
March 6, 2014
If Marketing is Hard, You’re Doing it Wrong.
I’m part of a writing critique group on Facebook (a great group). One of the members recently posted, “Why is self-promoting and marketing of one’s book so hard?” Boy, get me started talking about the business of self-publishing and I will go on FORFUCKINGEVER. My comment grew so long that I decided to repurpose it [...]
March 3, 2014
Reaching An International Audience
Good morning, Rebels, and welcome back to my life. So the newest volume in the Realm Keepers is shipping to me, and will shortly be shipping to all of the amazing people who pre-ordered it. If you’re not on that list, fear not! You can still get the book, even though it won’t be numbered and [...]
February 28, 2014
Five Tips to Get Book Reviews
Good morning, Rebels, and welcome back into my life. So I want to talk to you about reviews today, and specifically about book reviews. Every indie author wants to get book reviews. They mean people are reading your book and talking about it. I have an open submission line on my website and I get [...]
February 26, 2014
WE HAD A BABY!!!
Hello, Rebels, and WELCOME BACK! If you’re a reader of the blog, you may have noticed that posts have been few and far between. I’ve been concentrating a lot of attention on my vlog recently. The interaction there has been great, and I’m loving the YouTube community I’ve been finding. But at the same time, [...]
February 21, 2014
BOOK REVIEW: Norman Oklahoma and the Bullets That Saved Christmas, by Steeven R. Orr
This book review is for Norman Oklahoma and the Bullets That Saved Christmas, by Steeven R. Orr. TL;DR VERSION: For $0.99, this is a worthy buy. Though not ground-breaking, it’s an enjoyable little fantasy/holiday/noir title with some good laughs and decent action. SYNOPSIS: From Amazon.com: “Norman Oklahoma is a private investigator who specializes in the unexplained, [...]
January 28, 2014
Is My Sociopath a Child?
Good morning, Rebels, and welcome back to my life. Something happened in my household recently that I feel the need to share with you for some reason, even though it’s going to completely gross you out. My son’s name is Luke, and he’s the cutest boy in the world, but every so often he’ll do something [...]
January 19, 2014
One Reason To Collaborate
A word of advice (if I may be so bold). I vlogged about this today and wanted to share my experience with you. The subject is collaboration. I’ve written a great many works collaboratively. The most famous is Midrealm. You don’t own it already, you say? You should go handle that. Maybe you just can’t work [...]
January 16, 2014
6 Reasons Florida Isn’t As Crazy As You Want To Believe
People love to talk about the fact that Florida is the craziest state of all of the states. Two friends of mine in particular love to harp on Florida every time something crazy happens there, and can you blame them? Someone in Miami ate bath salts and then ate a guy’s face. Trayvon Martin was [...]
