For a long time now, I’ve been used to going through one keyboard a year; that’s twenty keyboards over the last twenty years, at least. The reason for that is multi-faceted. First, I type a lot and I type very fast, so my keyboards take a lot of abuse during that year. Second, I am […]
Out In The World Goes Live
The sense of satisfaction that I get when I push “publish” or “upload” can only be matched by sleeping in on a rainy Saturday morning. That, or a big bowl of popcorn and my favorite movie, viewed from the most comfortable couch you could ever imagine. But lest I bore you with my rather simple […]
Cover Reveal – Out In The World
Book four in the Oliver & Jack series is moving along nicely. Most recently, Bookfly Design and I finalized the cover, which I’m including for you now, so you can see what I see, which is Bookfly’s amazing attention to detail, and a terrific hand at bringing the tone and feel of the book to […]
Edits and Read-Through for Out In The World
Books don’t write themselves, as anybody could tell you. While writing a book, I look more like this: Than this: But what might not get as often a mention is that books also do not edit themselves. For that you need, at the very least, a beta-reader (mine is the unrivaled talent of Wendy Rathbone), […]
Call Me Sentimental
While tumbling through Tumblr (a bad habit that I cannot seem to rid myself of), I sometimes come across items that are useful (such as recipes), or valuable (such as the way to search for a word’s origin), and, if I’m lucky, something that reminds me what it means to be human. Some might say […]
Working on Nano
This time around, for NaNo 2015, I’m like the slow starter in a horse race. My excuse is a Very Bad Cold, the kind my dad used to say needed lots of bed rest, ice cream, soda, and comic books. Well, I’m doing all of that, and seem to be getting better, though the comic […]