Yesterday, Chuck Wendig shared the cover of his upcoming novel, Blackbirds, on his blog. (Go here to see the whole thing in all its stunning glory; it’s mighty impressive stuff! And if you’re curious what Wendig’s writing is like, I can think of a pile of worse things you can do today than dropping $2.99 […]
A Surprise Audience
An unexpected thing happened with the release of my ebook, Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors: the people I thought would buy it aren’t necessarily the people buying it. The story is a humorous coming-of-age story about a family traveling cross country in a possessed station wagon. Based on that, I figured teenagers (primarily males) […]
Lean and Mean Writing
My father had a thing for British motorcycles — particularly Triumphs. In the 70s, he had a Bonneville and a custom Trident. He loved stripping down a factory bike and turning it into a cafe racer. (Okay, so the Trident eventually became a drag bike.) There was always something neat to me about British bikes. […]
Shameless Plug
I’ve been told by some people–including readers of The Juggling Writer–that I should let people know what I’m doing and have out there a little more often. So…while I typically don’t say, “Hey, this is what I have out there to buy, listen to, or sign up for,” today I’m saying, “Hey, this is what […]
Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors Review
A big thank you to CMStewart for her review of Hell Comes with Wood Paneled Doors. It’s interesting seeing what people like about the story. So far, most people have thanked me for reminding them how much fun they used to have on road trips. CMStewart honed in on a couple other aspects of the […]
A Benefit of eBook Technology
When I completed my first novel, Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors, I obviously hoped it would be published by a traditional publisher. I finished it in the early 2000s, and it was met with the typical rejection I seem to get: “I liked this, but it’s a bit too quirky and I don’t know […]
Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors eBook
While it’s been in the 100s all week, summer has officially arrived in Texas (and the rest of the northern hemisphere). In honor of the start of summer road trip season, I’m releasing the first novel I ever wrote, Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors, as an ebook. Right now, it’s available on Amazon.com and […]
The $.99 E-Book
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal had a piece about cheap e-books. I’ve heard more than a few people bemoan the race toward the bottom when it comes to pricing stories on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other sites selling e-books. While I understand where these people are coming from (it can be hard to stomach […]
Sick of Your Own Writing
I have a little secret about the first novel I ever wrote: I’m really, really sick of it! It started out as a screenplay, which was edited several times. Then I used the screenplay as an outline for a novel, which was edited several times. Then I recorded the novel and released it as a […]
Where is the Big Literary E-Book Self Publisher?
Maybe I just haven’t seen it, but where is the big literary e-book success story? Okay, so maybe you’re thinking, “One doesn’t write literary fiction because it pays in piles of cash.” All right–I’ll give you that. Where, then, is the e-book self publishing equivalent of Jodi Picoult, Kathryn Stockett, Abraham Verghese, or Sara Gruen? […]
Self Publishing Ebooks
In the mid 90s, there was a big self publishing trend…with comic books. In the early 90s, I wrote comics for independent publishers who, just because they self published, found a certain degree of success. The companies I worked with, no matter what level of promotion, always seemed to break even…or make a profit. When […]
Random Monday Stuff
Podcasts I’ve mentioned before that I want to do a Juggling Writer Podcast. It’s still something I think about, but first — I wanted to finish the other podcast I was working on. I finished that podcast last weekend. If you’re not familiar with that podcast, I decided to podcast my first novel, a humorous […]
Chuck Wendig’s Irregular Creatures Review
I don’t read many crime novels, sci-fi stories, horror shorts, or fantasy epics. It’s not that I have anything against genre fiction (in fact, I think everybody who writes should start out with genre fiction because it’s a great way to learn structure) — it’s just usually not my kind of thing. So it says […]