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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is Probably Going to Suck

Well, the new Amazing Spider-Man 2 trailer looks fucking horrendous. Why does this franchise learn nothing from the successful/unsuccessful actions of other franchises? I’m just pissed off at the story (or lack thereof). Who is the movie about? Green Goblin? Electro? This new stupid mechanical Rhino? Because the trailer gives equal weight to all three [...]

The Most Important Book You’ll Ever Buy

Someone ELSE is awesome, and for once I’m going to talk about them instead of me. If you listen to my podcast, you’ve heard about the Self Publishing Podcast. It’s run by Johnny B. Truant, Sean Platt and David Wright. It’s pretty much the leading source of all awesomesauce advice about how to make it [...]

October Sales and Strategies

So, the last royalty report came in on Friday. That means it’s time to review how things are going and adjust strategies accordingly. First of all, here’s my graph of the last three months of sales, organized by store. I left out numbers (sorry, I’m still not comfortable giving that out): So, let’s address the [...]

Save 50% on Midrealm

Hey, so this is pretty cool. For those who don’t know, Kobo is an international ebook marketplace much like Amazon. Unlike Amazon, however, they’re HUGE in the international market. Also, because they’re not as big as Amazon and therefore act less “corporate,” they have an amazing track record of taking care of indie authors. This [...]

Thoughts on Parenting

This post was inspired by this other post here. This lady wrote an article bashing the idea of motherhood being the most important job in the world. I replied with a comment that got so long, I figured I’d re-purpose it as a blog post. I edited and expanded on some things, because The Guardian [...]

Editor Pet Peeves, Part 1 — Commas, Independent Clauses and Double Sentences

I offer independent editing services for other fiction authors out there. Most fiction authors need an editor before they’re ready to go to print—some more so than others. It’s rare that I find someone who doesn’t need at least some proofreading before their manuscript is ready for publishing, independent or traditional. There are certain things [...]

A Day in the Life of an Editor (with RJ Blain)

Hey everyone, and welcome to my first guest post ever! RJ Blain is a fellow indie writer and freelance editor who I’ve met through Google+, and I’m having her on to have a little discussion about what her editing life is like. I hope you find the info useful to you as a writer, publisher, editor or [...]

What Makes a Perfect Christmas Present?

Well, it’s getting on toward that time of year. Yes, Christmas time approaches once again, its jingling sleigh bells approaching from the darkness and storm like the funeral peals of doom. Or like the tinkling sounds of happiness and love, depending on how depressed and/or single you are this holiday season. It’s been a crazy, [...]

How to Publish a Free Book on Amazon

I had someone ask me how to publish a free book on Amazon today. It came as a bit of a shock. I learned how to do this so long ago, and it’s such second nature to me, that it was almost beyond my ability to understand how someone didn’t already know it. But actually, [...]

Interview with Shot Lister Pro Developer Zach Lipovsky

This one is a real treat for the filmmakers out there. If you haven’t heard of the app Shot Lister Pro, you should be ashamed of yourself. I wrote a review about it way back in August of last year, calling it one of the best apps I’ve ever used on set. From that article, [...]