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August 21, 2014
Special—Michael Brown Justice
What is justice? Webster defines it as “the process or result of using laws to fairly judge and punish crimes and criminals.” In the Michael Brown case, I’m afraid many, many people don’t understand the word. We’ve all seen the signs being help up during the Ferguson protests—people want justice. That’s natural, that’s normal. Any […]
August 20, 2014
Writer Wednesday—Blogging
What makes a blog popular? Beats me. No, really, I have no idea. I have a handful of “fans,” if you will, but it’s not like thousands of people read my posts. Too bad, I guess, but I’m okay with that. Maybe someday I won’t be, and I’ll stop. Anyway, I can tell you what […]
August 18, 2014
Prep Monday—Go Home and Be Angry
More stuff going down around these parts—again, if you haven’t seen the news, you’re living under a rock. It’s tense, all over the area, and the 24/7 coverage is really, really wearing. And yes, I can only imagine how it feels to actually be living in Ferguson right now. Sad, mad, glad, and afraid. The […]
August 15, 2014
RHP—New Division, New Imprints!
Some of you may have heard, via social media, that RHP is expanding. Yay, us! We just brought out two new imprints, and added staff! First, we will now be listing all of our literary fiction under the imprint Equidae. Oh, it’s still Rocking Horse Publishing, never fear, but we’re at the point now where […]
August 14, 2014
Ferguson
I rarely do an extra blog post during the week, but I have a few things on my mind. We’ve been inundated with the news the last few days, the Michael Brown shooting up in Ferguson. I’m going out on a limb here, and saying this is less about race than it is about respect. […]
August 13, 2014
Writer Wednesday—Amazon
Okay, fine, I’ll write about the latest from Amazon. So there. The great dispute between Amazon and Hachette seems to be over E-book pricing, right? Here’s my opinion: Who cares? Oh, I’m sure Hachette authors care—it’s their livelihood, after all. And Hachette cares, because they also make money off E-book sales. And Amazon cares because […]
August 11, 2014
Prep Monday—Why Are You Prepping?
Two big things in the news lately: internationally, the Ebola breakout, and almost-nationally, an incident here in St. Louis yesterday. There are many, many articles on the web about how to protect yourself from Ebola, so I’m not going to cover that specifically—the best advice is to isolate yourself if the disease makes it way […]
August 10, 2014
Introducing Harness Anthologies
Introducing Harness Anthologies.
August 8, 2014
RHP—New Release!
The incomparable Raymond Alexander Kukkee has a new novel being released today—well, technically, it was released some time ago, but the second edition is brand new, cover and all! A small boy, abused and neglected, reaches a sanctuary: Floyd’s house. Floyd will know what to do. Floyd knows everything. But when Fletch is dragged away […]
August 6, 2014
Writer Wednesday—The Cost of Doing Business
There’s a lot of debate and discussion about how best to promote one’s books, and it mostly centers around cash. If you have a product, aka a book, that you’re trying to sell, you’re in business. As the old adage says, “You have to spend money to make money.” There are two basic ways to […]
