Indie Authors for Ben Wolverton
For those that haven’t heard, author Dave Wolverton’s son Ben was severely injured in a longboarding accident a little over a month ago. A number of indie-authors have decided to donate all sales from the month of May to help with his expenses. I haven’t yet gotten many sales at all, but I’ve decided to join in on this. I know there’s only about 3 weeks left in May but if you were interested in buying my book (in ebook or print), please do so now to help contribute. You can also contribute directly or buy any of the books linked below. The following is copy/pasted from the original blog promoting this idea. Help young Ben Wolverton recover from a bad skateboarding accident by buying books from these authors, who have...
Read MoreDesperate Upload in Print!
Desperate Upload is now available in trade paperback format at Amazon. Feel free to check it out! I’m not entirely sure how to tell Amazon that it’s another format of the ebook already on the site, but hopefully the different editions will be linked before too long. Honourable Mention Another of my stories received an Honourable Mention from Writers of the Future! I’m not going to reveal the title of this story yet, as I’m not sure what I plan on doing with it. I may revise and resubmit. It eventually will be released in some form, however. Updates I know it’s been a long time since I’ve made my weekly updates. That just shows how much I’ve been failing in my goals. I’m not going to focus on that failure, though, but...
Read MoreDesperate Upload up on Nook and iBookstore!
Awesome news! Desperate Upload is now available on both Nook and Apple's iBookstore. Unfortunately, I can't link to the latter as I do not know how to access iTunes Store on the web. Just search for it, though, and you should be able to find it.
Read MoreMillion Dollar Outlines
Just finished David Farland‘s book ‘Million Dollar Outlines‘. I learned so much, I feel a little overwhelmed. I’ll likely have to go back and reread sections. (Some areas confuse me, for example at one point it seems he’s saying to start a story with a detailed setting, and then in the very next section said never to start with a setting. I know I must have misunderstood.) While I don’t think I could go as all-out in an outline as described in the book, as I’m more of a discovery writer, or ‘pantser’, by nature, a hybrid approach may just be the ticket to improving my skill and the stories I tell. What I learned in this book about character and conflict development alone will, I think, vastly improve my...
Read MoreDesperate Upload Reviewed
Desperate Upload has received its first review on Amazon.com! I know, not the news I’m supposed to be’s posting about in the weekly update. I just had to share, however. As for my writing progress this week, I only hit a little under 250 words. I don’t have an exact count, as I was also deleting stuff as I edited my last story, so the software word count is not accurate. I have started work on my next story, but as it promises to be my longest one yet I am taking a new approach and going to try outlining ahead of time. This means I may not get started on my actual writing this week. I’ve never outlined before, always writing by the seat of my pants, so it may take me a bit to wrap my head around it. In other news, now that I have published...
Read MoreI’m (self) Published!
My first ebook is now available! This is an updated and revised version of the story that received an Honourable Mention a little over a year ago from Writers of the Future. A young boy is all that stands between a commando team from Mars and a deadly attack on Earth’s orbital station. Jon Whyte is a kid born and raised on his family’s freighter Stardream as it carries cargo all over the solar system. On a yearly return to Earth Station, the Stardream is intercepted by a commando team of marines from Mars, who are ready to strike the first blow against Earth in a war of independence. BONUS STORY: Four Minutes A young single mother finds herself the target of the Men in Black. This short story ebook is currently available...
Read MoreNo Progress
Well, this week I did terribly. My word count is exactly 0. I don’t even have a good excuse. All I did this week was watch three seasons of Dexter on Netflix. I did, however, get my story back from Penumbra. So, I was able to send the story to an alpha reader, and got an extremely useful critique back. I just need to implement it. My goals for this week will not only include getting 1000 words written, but also finishing up the new draft of this story and trying to sell it at a couple more markets before I have to send it off to Writers of the Future. Share...
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