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faq’s i get about being an author
When people I know find out I’ve written and put out a book (Dragontamer’s Daughters), they usually ask me one or more of the following, which prompts the replies you see below. Q: Seriously?...
View Articleokay, i’m begging
Okay, “begging” is too strong, but it’s meant to get your attention. How about “asking-real-nice?” So here goes: please, please, pretty please with sugar on top, if you’ve read either or both...
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31 things no one tells you about self-publishing
Though I have no regrets about self-publishing my debut novel, Dragontamer’s Daughters, there are several things I wish I had known beforehand. It would have saved me time, effort, money, and...
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Back from Germany, and various writerly items….
I spent the last two weeks (or so) in Germany, visiting with family and sightseeing. I went over with my wife and younger daughter, Ally Jane, to meet up on spring break with our older daughter, Beth,...
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along came a whiner: james patterson wants the feds to bail out books
Recently, mega-author James Patterson took out an ad in the New York Times Book Review asking for the government to bail out libraries and the book publishing/selling industry. If Patterson’s name...
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a pair of belated birthdays
Various things have kept me too busy until now to note that June 1, 2012 was when I published Dragontamer’s Daughters, Part 1: Pearl and June 2 was DTD 2: Stormcaller. Though there have been some...
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“no way” to the sfwa
Casual fans of sci-fi and fantasy might not be aware of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, a group founded in 1965 to promote the interests (primarily financial) of writers in the...
View Articleso i got that goin’ for me, which is nice
Yesterday, I received some appreciation from the folks at Wattpad.com, where anyone can read both Dragontamer’s Daughters books. As I’ve mentioned before, Wattpad is a site where anyone can upload...
View Articlepublishing “dragontamer’s daughters” (the traditional way)
The process of trying to get a book published has been very educational. After I had finished (or thought I had finished) writing Dragontamer’s Daughters in August 2010, I set out trying to get it...
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publishing “dragontamer’s daughters” (the indie way)
Several months into the attempt, I realized that it would be extremely unlikely to get my novel Dragontamer’s Daughters published by traditional means. If this were 1992 instead of 2012, I’d be...
View Articlelooking back, looking ahead
2013 was a good year for my budding writer career: I started (in earnest) drafting Lost Dogs, my next work; I learned a lot at the Bay to Ocean conference and I joined the Eastern Shore Writers...
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this week’s sci-fi food fight
Sigh. You know, I was going to blog about another of the big influences on my writing, but once again, current events in the speculative fiction realm have reared their ugly heads. [warning:...
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bay to ocean conference 2014
This past Saturday (February 22, 2014), I attended the 17th annual Bay to Ocean writers’ conference, held at Chesapeake College on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The weather was surprisingly spring-like (I...
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interview on jan bowman’s blog
Author Jan Bowman was kind enough to interview me about Dragontamer’s Daughters, the Navajo Water Project, writing and publishing indie-style, and who I like to read. Drop by Jan’s blog and check it...
View Article“lost dogs” on “papa’s world”
Queen Anne’s County TV, the local cable show where I live (in Scenic, Convenient-to-Nowhere, MD) has launched a new show, “Papa’s World,” (a reference to “Papa” Ernest Hemingway). Every episode will...
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