A couple of weeks back, I assigned Harlan Ellison’s “‘Repent, Harlequin,’ Said the Ticktockman” in my Science Fiction class. As I was getting ready for class, I pulled up a couple of clips from Erik Nelson’s brilliant Ellison documentary, Dreams with Sharp Teeth, just to give my students a better sense of the writer. The…
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There’s a LOT of marketing advice out there for indie writers, and I’ve read a lot of it. Many of the posts and pages that promise to let you in on the Secret to Making the Bestseller Lists are just rehashes of the same ol’ same ol’ advice–have a platform, use social media, be giving,…
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My short story, “Walk a Mile,” is now available as a free download on Smashwords. It’s also available for 99 cents at Amazon, but I expect that price will drop to free as well once Amazon gets its bots to work figuring out that a competitor has the story at a cheaper price. Like some…
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I’ve been a little bit quiet on the blog lately–been finding that the demands of my day job are just a little more…well, demanding of late. And, when I do have idle moments, I’ve been working on revising and editing my next book. This one’s going to be a post-apocalyptic YA novel, and the feedback…
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