Part 2: Print Resources This second part of A Writer’s Toolbox covers the print resources I keep close at hand to aid in my fiction writing. If you missed part one about the online resources I use, you can check it out here. I’ll admit, I’m not as quick to buy a printed book as I once was. With ebooks and audiobooks, I consume perhaps 20% of the print books I used to. So, when I do buy a book, it’s one I know I will reread. That goes double for instructional resources. The following… Read Article →
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Part 1: Online Resources Writers need tools they can rely on to help build their best story, edit it, publish and publicize it. Unfortunately, much like the hardware section at Lowe’s, the plethora of options can be overwhelming. In this two-part series, I will share what I use and invite you to comment with tools you have in your writer’s toolbox. This first part will take a look at online resources. Let’s face it, most of the time it’s easier to throw a search into Duck Duck Go (or [sigh] Google) than it is to… Read Article →
It will take every ounce of Rom and Drood’s wits, skill, and luck–plus a bit of help from on high–to survive the night, destroy the monster, and get back in time for a pint.
The story from Fresh Starts is coming out as its own ebook. Rom and Drood are at it again–off to save some backwater village from imminent doom. This time, the two aging heroes may have bitten off more than they can chew when they find doom is exactly what’s coming, in the form of an unstoppable mass of roiling, rippling evil. Now, it will take every ounce of their wits, skill, and luck–plus a bit of help from on high–to survive the night, destroy the monster, and get back in time for a pint. Dawn… Read Article →
This week I tried yet again to alter this website and failed in the attempt. Monday I spent over twelve hours trying to do something with my site I see so many writers do: provide a free ebook download to new subscribers. After reading this, if any of you have a solution you can break down into step-by-step instructions, please go to the contact form and clue me in. Please. Here is what I did. First, I researched an email marketing provider. I read reviews on MailerLite, MailChimp, and others. In the end I went… Read Article →
Writers conferences are fuel for my creativity. Gathering together with hundreds of other creatives generates a vibe, a visceral buzz and hum of energy that floods my circuits with a desire to knock out twenty-thousand words at one go. I love writers conferences. At least the ones I’ve been to. I started attending writers conferences in 2016 with the Pikes Peak Writers Conference (my home, first conference, and first love). That year I met NYT bestselling authors Kevin J. Anderson, Rachel Caine, Joe R. Lansdale, Jeff Lindsay, and Wendy Corsi Staub. My story idea–for I… Read Article →
I got comfortable with the idea of being a self-published author. Then a publisher said yes.