It is 7:41 a.m. on a cold, blistery morning. Instead of snow, it has managed to rain for several days and the sky resembles the appearance of dirty cotton. The cinnamon crops on my farm are slowly climbing up out of the ashes (my breeding of chickens is not going well), website tweaks for my […]
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Musings and Opinions
Pricing E-Books to Read vs. Buy
Came across this article from Chuck Wendig today. Steve Weddle talks about e-book pricing from a reader’s perspective and compares it to pricing in stores. The article eBooks Bought, Never Read is definitely worth a read — especially if you’re an author unfamiliar with retail from the business side of things. When you offer folks […]
Deep Thoughts (Not Deep Old Ones)
Been in a very contemplative mood lately, in part because I’ve been focusing on background work for a novel, some re-organization (although my office is currently a disaster zone) and my fascination with the Occupy movement. It’s hard to talk about Occupy without getting political, but the reason why I’m interested in what’s happening is […]
Having a Saleable Novel Doesn’t Make You a Sell-Out
I was at a writer’s conference this past weekend called A Weekend With Your Novel. These are the same folks who put together Write By The Lake and other, similar programs. I had taken a class from Christine DeSmet way back in the day, when I was in college, and was familiar with the depth […]
A “Few” Announcements
Hi everyone, I have a few announcements to share with you today! 1) It has just been announced that I’m the new Marketing Director for Steve Jackson Games. You can read the announcement on the Steve Jackson Games website. Coupled with the work I’m doing with John Kovalic, I now have a sane “day job” […]