Contemplating my next move, even though I have no idea how to play chess. Things have been quiet around here over the past few weeks, and not much writing has been done. Not for want of trying – I’ve managed to get nearly a thousand words done over my last couple of days off, but it’s […]

Back when you could tell who the real pirates were by their uniforms I went to Target the other day to buy some new balls for my dogs. As I walked out of the store, a thought occurred to me. I’d just paid five bucks for two small pieces of round rubber that my dogs […]

Up until recently, I’ve really been struggling with my writing. I’ve been concentrating on my “Self-Publish or Die” five-year writing plan and the business side of things, and haven’t been working too hard on the actual writing side. Which is stupid really, since I can’t publish if I don’t write. My brain has been ticking […]

There’s a big discussion going on over at Rachelle Gardner’s blog at the moment (one of the many I currently cyber-stalk but have yet to post comment on), and it’s something I have started to think about since re-working my long-term writing plan. One of the things I have learned about self-publishing from various sources is to […]