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November 13, 2012
What’s New?
Sorry about the lame title, but really, there might not be enough coffee in the world today! Anyway, here’s what’s happening: REDUCED is currently unavailable on Amazon – sorry about that, but it should be back up in a day or so; just had to make a few tweaks. However, on November 17 – that’s [...]
November 8, 2012
Fiction or Prediction?
This is REDUCED. REDUCED is a work of fiction. Probably. Mostly? REDUCED tells the story of a group of people, friends, and one woman in particular, Abby. After a major government screw-up, the world has changed. No utilities, no Internet, cell towers eventually fall – especially out in the woods, where these survivors have chosen [...]
November 6, 2012
REUSED
Thought I’d post a few exerpts from REUSED, due out in December – that’s next month, folks! “At ease, Major Blake.” The older man lowered himself carefully into a chair and turned to study the younger officer. As Colonel Barton’s recent replacement in St. Louis, he was familiarizing himself with the new command and had [...]
November 2, 2012
Rocking Horse Publishing
It occured to me that I hadn’t mentioned our publishing branch lately, so let me update you a bit on that aspect of our bookstore: RHP is a division of All on the Same Page Bookstore; you can reach our page through the store website. We are accepting manuscripts as of RIGHT NOW, and we’ve [...]
October 31, 2012
Book Events
In the last year, I’ve hosted a lot of book events. A lot. We have authors in the bookstore almost every Saturday – that means about 50 events, and counting! And every author is different: some bring in a crowd, some have just a few wander in that day; a couple of them haven’t had [...]
October 29, 2012
Ghost Story
I was asked to attend a book signing on Saturday night at The Book House here in STL, and another tonight at the Rendezvous Cafe and Wine Bar in O’Fallon, Missouri. For both, I needed a spooky tale – so here it is: Abby made her way north, through the darkness. She’d hated to leave [...]
October 26, 2012
REUSED
Colonel Barton has been replaced, and the new commander is sending his henchman, Major Blake, to scour the outlying areas and remove any insurgents. Abby and the girls have remained in the cave at the camp, relatively safe for now, but plans are underway to eliminate all of them…for personal reasons, known only to the [...]
October 24, 2012
Selling Books
I read a blog this morning that talked about book sales numbers, and what was needed for a traditional publisher to even take a second look. That number was 20K. Twenty thousand books sold, for a self-pubbed book, in order to be noticed. That’s a lot of books. To date, I’ve sold over 100 copies [...]
October 22, 2012
The Book Blurb
This goes hand-in-hand with editing – your book blurb should tell the potential reader what the book is about. Simple. That’s all it does. It’s supposed to make someone want to read your book. Why is it so hard? I’ll tell you: because you’ve just spent a significant amount of time writing 80K words, more [...]
October 19, 2012
The Importance of Editing
Quite a mundane title for something SO VERY crucial. Yes, I said it. You cannot be an author without having an editor. I’ve read a lot of books lately – I check every one that comes into the store. We have a lot of very talented authors here in STL, and every book has something [...]
