d There is a famous story about Gene Roddenberry’s pitch to NBC about his “wagon train to the stars” idea he ended up calling Star Trek. He told them that it would be a space adventure and that each episode would focus on some kind of deep philosophical or allegorical idea that commented on something that … Continue reading »
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Sneak Peek: Cover Image for My New Novel
I have been working very diligently to get the first installment of This Broken Earth out to the public on Wednesday FOR FREE. Part of this is a good cover image. I have taken lessons from the best of you who blog about cover images. I feel that this one is the best of the ones … Continue reading »
E-Book Sharing Sites and the Self-Published Author
I’m sure that many of you are guilty of visiting sites like 4Share and Scribd to find that book you really want to read. Some thrifty pirate out there has taken the file that was once a .mobi file for Kindle or an Epub and cracked the DRM and then posted it for free on … Continue reading »
3 Reasons I’m Getting My Own Domain Name
I’ve thought about it for a while, and have decided that on Monday my blog will no longer have the word “wordpress” in my URL. It will only cost me $18 a year, and here are the benefits I will reap: 1. Professional Image – My blog will no longer be “just another WordPress blog”, … Continue reading »
How to Use Scrivener to Create Easy Outlines
I use a little program called Scrivener created by the wonderful folks over at Literature and Latte (click the link to the right for more info). It is a fantastic word processing program that meets all of my novel writing needs. Today I wanted to you how easy it is to plan and outline a … Continue reading »
Samantha Shannon: The Next J.K. Rowling?
I read an article today about Samantha Shannon who will release a novel entitled The Bone Season this year. She is a literature student at Oxford University and many people say she could be the next billion dollar author, as her book will be one of seven books in a series. She has everything going for … Continue reading »
How to Network Your Writing Platform
If you are a writer and you have chosen not to network because you don’t have time and you are sitting in your writing cave, churning out tomes of material that few people see, then come out into the sunlight of social media and blogging and grab a shovel. There is work to be done. … Continue reading »
The Great Balancing Act: Writing Novels and Blogging
I have been blogging non-stop since December, and I will have to say that my efforts are paying off. While writing my novel, I have discovered the ins and outs of using Scrivener as a word processor and have posted a few articles about its use. I have been getting increasing traffic on my blog, … Continue reading »
Using Twitter Mentions to Increase Blog Traffic
I was averaging 45-50 hits a day until the last two days. I decided to try a little experiment after hitting upon this sort of by accident. It seems to work pretty well. If you don’t believe me, then look at these blog stats: What I did was simple. I started looking around my desktop … Continue reading »
