Category Archives: Writing

I’ve been in the midst of moving to a new hosting provider, and have been keeping up the “old” account to confirm that everything is setup correctly on the new account, before canceling the prior service. Apparently, the latest post … Continue reading →

So, my last post was right on the money – it did indeed take much longer than expected to get the cover done, but for different reasons than I expected. After a few days of trying my hand at creating … Continue reading →

I’m not gonna lie, this is probably the step that will take me the most time. My full time job is as a software engineer, and I have a decent bit of experience as a graphic designer from when I … Continue reading →

Now that the final self-edit is complete, I’ve moved on to actually figuring out how to get that massive bit of text compiled and formatted into what you, Dear Reader, expect when you’re reading an book on your phone/Kindle/paperback/whatever. Since … Continue reading →

So, about seven weeks after the last update, I’ve now finished the “final” self-edit of my first book. Woohoo! That didn’t take nearly as long as I thought it might. There’s still a lot more to do, of course. Got … Continue reading →

A few days ago I was at an SCBWI Tokyo event for children’s book writers, and heard this really exceptional quote from Alvina Ling, Senior Editor at the Little, Brown and Company publishing house: “Published authors aren’t necessarily the best … Continue reading →

It’s always encouraging when you pick up a manuscript you’ve been setting aside for several months…and it ends up being better than you remember. I’m completely biased, of course, but The Stonemen’s Legacy isn’t total crap after all. Apart from … Continue reading →

Just got back from reading a friend’s blog. Ara Burklund is a rather amazing writer who is literally on the cusp of breaking into that most-holy-of-holy places we all want to be…Getting Published. Less I be misunderstood, she’s not quite … Continue reading →