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Cover Reveal - A New Cover for Mack 'n' Me: Arach

 Here is the third cover in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series from  Moonchild Llilja fro Fantasy Book Design.This is the new cover for book three: Mack 'n' Me: Arach, the third book in the series. 

Words from the Editing Process - Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host

 Today's words are from the second book: Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host. This edit was like the last one and took two very full days to complete. Here are some words from the last day's work:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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ship?” but he didn’t argue, and seconds later I was torn apart in a flash of

Cover Reveal - New Cover for Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host

The second new cover for the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series has arrived. It is the work of cover artist, Moonchild Llilja fro Fantasy Book Design.This is the new cover for Mack 'n' Me: Blaedergil's Host, the second book in the series. 

Words from the Editing Process - Mack 'n' Me: Origins

In addition to organizing new covers for this series, I'm also giving them another round of edits prior to formatting them. Since I have a few days between work-for-hire contracts, I'm putting in some long hours and focusing solely on edits every day. It's a good thing there's not a lot that needs tweaking... Mack 'n' Me: Origins is the first book in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series, and

Cover Reveal - New Cover for Mack 'n' Me: Origins

 The book covers for the first four books in the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series have arrived!Okay, so they've been arriving over the last couple of months, and are the work of cover artist, Moonchild Llilja fro Fantasy Book Design.Today, it's time to meet the new cover for Mack 'n' Me: Origins, the first book in the series. Add caption    

Yesterday's Words #10 - Mack #6

 Not so many words, yesterday - after3 days of high intensity writing, my brain decided it needed a break. What does that look like? I find it hard to focus - and I mean harder than usual, which is really something, and I feel like I'm struggling for every single word. I took a break, did a little more administration - and played a computer game in a session not destined for Youtube. I still put

Yesterday's Words #9 - Mack #6, & More Flash & Poetry

Day 3 went well, and I'm about to head into Day 4, so I'll just drop this here and run. Enjoy!Mack 'n' Me #6<!--[if gte mso 9]>

Yesterday's Words #8 - More Mack, Flash & Poetry

 I'm trying out a new routine and a new way of approaching the words. So far, so good, but it's only Day 2. Here are yesterday's words:Mack 'n' Me #6 (Chapter 29):<!--[if gte mso 9]>

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Yesterday's Words #7 - Mack06, a Poem, and a Piece of Flash

Yesterday, I put words down on four projects: a work-for-hire piece, Mack 'n' Me #6, Another 365 Days of Flash Fiction, and Another 365 Days of Poetry. A brief sample of those words (except for the words on the work-for-hire) is as follows:Mack 'n' Me #6 (Chapter 28):

We didn’t wait any longer, but hauled ass aboard the shuttle and found
ourselves some inconspicuous corners. I didn’t feel like

There is More Than One Path... or You Don't Need a Publisher or Agent to be a REAL Writer

Going through the various bits and pieces, today - FB, Email, blog pass - and it hit me again that the amount of pressure there is on new writers to find an agent and follow a traditional publishing path is incredible. All of the attitudes, worries, myths, fears, prejudices, and pressures that I encountered when I started out in 1991 are STILL THERE.And they're wrong.It doesn't have to be this