'Authors Give Back' Sale on Smashwords

All but two of my books are free, and they're reduced by 60%. If you need some reading material, come on over and have a look. This is for my books, this is for Smashwords Sale items. Come on in, have a browse, see what looks interesting. I just have to figure out a way …

How To: Short Story

There's a lecture series that goes up on YouTube (2020 Creative Writing Lectures BYU) and the most recent one was about short story writing. Now, anyone who knows me also knows I can't give a simple instruction without going over the limit. Truly. So I watched it (twice) and did the exercise. First, this is …

Bending Tropes

Mistakes happen. They do. Lots of people make them, and that's why they taste so sour. What did I do? Confession time, I fear. Well, I bent a trope and the rope in the trope has a knot in the end that belted me on the backside and left a blue bruise. What? Oh, okay, …

Take a Holiday in a Story

This was supposed to be: How to Find a Reader … And it started like this: Ooooooh! BookClubs - love bookclubs ... which one? There are bookclubs out there, and places readers can apply to get pre-published books as long as they do a review. There are places readers can go to find books published …

Urban Fantasy?

This is the last day! Last call for takers: Not on the Cards Last day it will be free. Come see, come see, take a chance to read a modern story of urban fantastic set in Camberwell Markets, Melbourne, Australia. http://books2read.com/NotOnTheCards Smashwords only, last day, come one, come all ... Oh, and have a look …

Who Is This Person?

Character, a Writerly Discussion: Lots of books deal with how to create characters, enhance a story with great characterisation, and other techniques – but ask this first: Why will a reader connect to this person? What’s special about them? Is it clear something needs to change? What is the journey they need to undertake to …

Smashwords in March!!

My page is here, but there are many other Indie Authors who may pique your readerly interests. Have a look, check out the discounts. And spread the word! Readers: Where to Find Books Smashwords Read an Ebook Week Catalog - This is the hub of the action, where you find nearly 80,000 multi-format books regularly priced at free …

Ahem, Hope …

Today is 26 Feb (in Australia). Tomorrow the anthology comes out. Still available for pre-order until then, but it can be in your reader ... And there's a special offer I'll make, just for you: If you can find the one error in my story, I'll send you a free eBook. You can choose which …

The Right Word

When I saw this, it brought to mind the little error in the last book ... a malapropism. What is a gator, and how can you slip it over your boots? By skinning it and using it as a gaiter! Did I change it in the story? Not yet. I could fix it in the …

14 Feb

Is it that date already? Now, I'm not the romantic type, not at all, but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the effect of romantic gestures undertaken all the time, every day, by those who are and who do wonderful things to show the person they love how much they feel. Poetry, however, is something …