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The Past Versus the Future (plus a draft cover for my next short story!)

As I mentioned during a recent post, I’ve just started a graduate school program working toward a Masters in Military History. I’m about three weeks in, and I’m positive I made the right choice. I love history, and military history … Continue reading

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Phase One Is Complete: My Results Using KDP Select

About two weeks ago I offered The Sins of Acheryn for free on Amazon, using three of my five “free days” through KDP Select (for an overview of that, see my previous post here). I decided on using only a … Continue reading

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Just Released: The Sins of Acheryn fantasy short story

As promised, I’ve just released a new short story through Amazon! The Sins of Acheryn is now live. Here’s the description of my latest fantasy story: The Sins of Acheryn tells the tale of the cataclysmic fall of a vanished … Continue reading

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Delving into the mists of time – in fantasy, and in reality

Some of you may have noticed my absence from the blogging world over the past two months. Of course you did. You’ve just forgotten. Over the autumn months, I was quite prolific. I have five short stories that I really … Continue reading

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The First 97 Mistakes are the Worst

A few days ago I was rifling through my Nook library. On a whim, I decided to open up The Perishing Land, my apocalyptic horror story that I offer for free on Smashwords. It took all of a second, on … Continue reading

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Amercia vs America: High-profile examples on why everyone needs a copy editor

Thought I’d pass along this well-written opinion piece posted on CNN a couple of days ago (Why ‘Amercia’ needs copy editors, by Merrill Perlman). It’s not that Ms. Perlman’s op-ed position is particularly controversial, but she calls attention to a part … Continue reading

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Feeding the e-Beast: will the eBook revolution overwhelm authors? #writing #reading

I just read a very interesting article published in the Christian Science Monitor. It was actually published almost a week ago, but I was so busy I had to save it for later. I’m glad I came back to it. … Continue reading

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Meet amazingly gifted #photographer Frank Schillinger @grindmaster #ebook #writing

I’d like to introduce you all to Frank Schillinger, an extremely talented photographer who hails from Germany that I met through blogging. Frank has a breathtaking portfolio, and is looking to expand his presence into the world of book/eBook covers … Continue reading

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Now this is embarrassing: the lightening that would have struck twice #writing #editing

I published a blog update shortly after the beta readers for The Prince of Graves had finished their work. The article, Lightening Strikes and Hoards, described how my beta readers had found some pretty bone-headed grammar mistakes. One of the … Continue reading

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I’m featured tomorrow at Literary Word of the Day. Please come check it out!

I wanted to let everyone know that The Literary Word of the Day, a Facebook page that “talks authors, books, and word games” contacted me last week, asking if I would do a “cyber interview” for their site. I can … Continue reading

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