C.A. Sanders's Blog, page 25

Cabin Fever in the Springtime

Because of my recent medical troubles, I’ve been stuck at home. It’s killing me. Usually I love to be at home. I do my writing and editing here. It’s comfortable. My easy chair fits my ass perfectly. I have all the coffee I could want. Yet, it’s still killing me.

Normally I go out in the morning, either to the gym or too the park. I also walk dogs and do some obedience training at the local shelter, or just pick up trash along the road (I have a grabber, I don’t use my hands). But I can’t do...

Why I’ve been gone

Sorry I haven’t been posting lately. I’ve been having some pretty serious heart issues that have kept me off the computer. I’m ok for now, but i’ll need more tests.

On the bright side, the 99 cent sale went well. I’m glad. The extra money will help pay for these bills.

Last Day For 99 Cent Sale

Just a reminder: today is the LAST DAY to get The Watchmage of Old New York e-book for 99 cents. Yes! 99 cents! 99 pennies! A dollar minus one cent! 3 times 33 cents! All of these things!

Wiggle Cat and Wiggle Shaq like it. So will you. (See how happy they are?)

Watchmage is also shortlisted for a whole bunch of awards right now, but you’ll be hearing tons more about that in the near future. If you like Historical Fantasy, word play, mythological creatures, well-developed characters, intere...

A Great Metaphor For Treating Depression

I saw this on Facebook today and had to share it. There are a lot of people in pain that don’t get treatment because of the stigma. A very good friend that I love very much is one of them.

The Knowledge Paradox

I am and always will be a strong proponent of education. I think that knowledge is power, if not physical power, than personal. It’s one of the keys to wisdom and understanding, something that we all lack.

Wisdom = Knowledge + Experience + Empathy (not a verified equation, just a theory. Work with me here.)

Knowledge and Experience are relatively easy to come by. You study. You live. That’s all there is to it. Empathy? That’s harder to come by. There’s a danger of elitism that comes with know...

A Beautiful Day, A Hard Day

Today Mercy College’s English Department has its induction ceremony for the English Honors Society, also known as Sigma Tau Delta. Part of the ceremony is an award called The Valerie Z Lewis Award for Excellence in Creative Writing. I will be there to witness this, as I am and will every year.

Valerie was my girlfriend. She passed away very suddenly and tragically in January of 2013. Even after 3 years, the wound is fresh. I doubt that it will ever truly heal. Val was a fantastic writer, publ...

Paid Promotion Works…Sorta

This month, to coincide with the 99 cent sale for The Watchmage of Old New York, I signed up to advertise in several newsletters. It worked. My sales have shot through the roof! I’ve never had a sales rank so high. At what rank do I get to call myself “best selling?”

I don’t know if it’s cost effective yet, but I think that it’s a better plan that just using free sites. Use both. Use Twitter, use your blog, join a promo club like #RRBC. Try everything.

Try everything: that’s a pretty good mot...

Down With the Sadness

I try to keep my blogs about my psych issues scarce, but I’m going to write one anyway. I’m not ashamed of my illness–it’s a chemical imbalance in my brain, not something I brought upon myself–but there’s still a terrible stigma against it. Even my own father doesn’t understand and thinks that I’m lazy. It rubs off on me, and though I rationally know that it’s not something I can control, I feel like I’m a lazy slacker that doesn’t deserve respect or happiness.

Then again, when I was diagnose...

My Browser Is Stalking Me

I’ve noticed this for a while now, but I never said anything about it: I think my browser is stalking me.

Every time I click on an article, or browse a shopping site, or surf anywhere, I soon see ads related to them. Right now on Facebook, I have ads for Star Wars toys, Doge shirts, and costume elf ears (which shows you the kind of geek I am). Amazon sends me ads based on the books I look at. Facebook shows me “Trending” subjects based on what it thinks I want. Twitter does the same.

My brow...

Wiggle Wiggle

This is taking over the Internet. I can’t stop watching.

It’s hypnotic, man.