Dear Blog Friends, One of the things I read, when I first started this journey into the wilds of epublishing (what feels like such a long, long time ago) was that formatting a book was one of those difficult and time-consuming things best done by a professional. Now maybe I’m speaking too soon, but after …
May 22
“Voice Like a Cello” and “Bear Country”
Dear Blog Friends; Since last week’s pairing of short stories was so successful, I decided to put up another pair. Making the cover art was a lot easier this time. I guess practice makes perfect with anything, even new software. I was originally going to pair “Voice Like a Cello” with another short story I …
May 20
Free Fiction Spotlight: Clarkesworld
Dear Blog Friends, I was talking about short story submissions the other day, and realized with shock and alarm that many of my reader friends don’t know that there’s a wealth of free (and cheap) fiction out there to read on the web. So I present you with “Free Fiction Spotlight” where you can …
May 18
Seeing Things, Part 7: Rewrite, Revise, Rinse, Repeat
Dear Blog Friends, If you just started reading now, you’re in the middle of the story, so I’ll recap. Back in 2002, I wrote my first novel. There’s a certain blissful moment only available to novice writers where you have written something and haven’t yet gained the skill to see how much work it needs. …
May 17
Cover Art: Emily’s Fifth Birthday
I’ve been working on using Gimp to make cover art for a pair of my short stories that I intend to publish soon. I’ve never used Gimp or Photoshop before, but I had a copy of Gimp that I downloaded when a friend raved about how much she loved it. I found it quite difficult …