Category: Writing
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So you want to make money writing…
More and more these days, I get emails from people asking me how they can make money writing. I’ve given different responses over the years, but they all sound similar to this most recent one :: [name redacted], That’s quite the story, my friend. Thanks for sharing. Off the top of my head: Forget about…
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My Commentary on the Slice of Life Ballad
The following comes from the original email in which I delivered my manuscript to Ellie for the Slice of Life ballad. I knew that my work can be kind of dense at times, so I used the postscript of the document to write her an explanation. It explains the major thrust of the poem :: Hey sister, Though…
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Slice of Life has hit Bookstores!
Remember that transmedia project from 2013? Well the Slice of Life book is now available in print! I worked on the Slice of Life book in between projects the summer of 2013, turning a ballad into a polyform poem that would represent the whole of the project. The book, as you’ll see below, is something like…
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Don’t Kill Your Darlings. Exile Them.
I don’t believe in writer’s block, but man was I stuck on this novel. I say that in passing, but I’m forgetting that some of you don’t know I finished the third draft my fourth novel (my first publishable novel). See the update bars < if you’re looking at this on a laptop. Mobile will have them below /. So that…
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Your First 1000 Copies
Several of you have asked what I think about self-publishing and whether I would recommend any resources for selling your first 1000 copies. I have strong opinions concerning self-publishing that I’ll withhold for now and defer instead to some outside resources like Tim Grahl’s book. Your First 1000 Copies sounds like an audacious title. But…
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New Free Stories from Conference Readings
For the convenience of my fellow conference attendees, I added the stories that I read during the Bedtime Stories reading series.
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Fairytale Photographer for Kids :: The Chicken Steeper
A STORY NO ONE CAN DUPLICATE… Remember our custom-made fairytale photographer? In Mark’s words: The thought was simple: a series that caters fairy stories to the personality of your child. We’d tell each stories using words and photographs, just like we did with Cold Brewed. This isn’t something I’ve seen done before… and I’m all about trying…
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50 Reads for Writers
Often I get questions like: If you didn’t go to school for writing, how did you learn? How do I improve as an editor? Are there any good books out there for writers? What’s wrong with this story? …among others. A long while back I shared twenty-three books. I’ve since expanded that list to a nice, round fifty. If…
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New Stories, Poems, and Menu (Downloads to Follow)
Hey gang, Added a few new stories and poems. I also nested the fantasy stories from my Gergia world under the stories tab. Soon to come : downloadable versions (.pdf; .mobi; .epub) of new stories and poems. But first I have to transfer everything to WordPress.org – that’ll take awhile, but hopefully by winter you can download singles for free.…
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New Stories and Poems
Hey all you vagabonds and wild people, quick note: I’ve updated the bibliography with some recent sales, added some new poems and a fairly old Gergian fantasy story about pirates. Hopefully I’ll have some of my new literary fiction to put up here soon. See some of you tonight at drDoctor. Carry on. Join this…
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The Vagabond Librarian: a pledge
I wanted to create a bit of a bookend to that last season of blogging for those of you that have followed consistently. And honestly for my own closure, I needed a way to say a good goodbye to that particular season. I made a little pledge for us. I’m calling it The Vagabond Librarian pledge – it pretty much…
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Notes from Heschel: The Architecture of Time • from 54 poems at 27
Techno-civilization / breaks existence – time for space – / more objective(s), more to place. / Having more ain’t being more, / might of space still dies at time’s / borders. Existence beats its / heart not in spaces, but times.