(This is the second post of my sea cook adventure. For the first post, please go here.) I’m not sure what sea cooks of old planned for meals, but I’m betting it wasn’t PB&Js, pot pies, or fettucini pasta. I’m also betting sea cooks didn’t keep log books. I… Continue reading
Adventure is both a noun and verb. I like the verb version best. “I’m going adventuring,” not “I’m going on an adventure,” although both are perfectly acceptable. Inside my chest is a tiny adventure gremlin. It spends about six months to a year growing and sharpening its little claws before it… Continue reading
Should I or shouldn’t I click the “two-star” button on that book rating? According to Goodreads, two stars means “It was ok.” And that’s exactly what I would say to someone in person if they asked what I thought of that book. Yet we all know a two-out-of-five-star rating is… Continue reading
On August 7th, 2011—almost a full year after I started my upcoming novel, A Time to Die—I had an experience that left me numb, cold, and questioning my purpose behind writing. An experience that, I’m sure, every author (and maybe even musician, screenwriter, playwright, poet, painter, and so on) dreads. On… Continue reading
[ujicountdown id=”NaNoWriMo” expire=”2013/11/01 00:00″] I just about spit out my chai latte when someone pointed out that NaNoWriMo is next month. Shouldn’t I have an author radar alerting me? For less than three years, I’ve known about NaNoWriMo and I realized I needed much more than a two-day heads… Continue reading
I’m a contracted author, which means my blog can no longer be simply an online journal. It needs purpose now, vision, poise, and professionalism, right? With a touch of humanness, of course. Many different words of advice have gone out about fiction authors blogging, or just blogging in general: Don’t… Continue reading
My 5-book giveaway for Marcher Lord Press’s 5th anniversary has ended! Thank you to all who participated and who support Marcher Lord Press. Our five winners are: Dirk Johnston (Oxygen) Joy D. Hartshorn (The Annotated Firebird Trilogy) Nathan Norman (Amish Vampires in Space) Kristen Johnson (Numb) James Nichols (The Restorer –… Continue reading
Happy Anniversary, Marcher Lord Press! Today is the fifth anniversary of my publisher, hurray! To celebrate, there are giveaways here (ends tonight) and here! (hosted by MLP author, Morgan L. Busse.) Not to mention a 25% discount on the entire MLP library (except the newly released Amish Vampires in Space, by Kerry Nietz)… Continue reading
