Today, “self-publishing” and “independent-publishing” are mostly the same thing.  The group contains both authors who struggled to...

Yes, that is a keyboard.  It’s a very pretty version of what I use, and while I don’t get any kickbacks (I really should with as much as...

Don’t do it. Now, let me add a few caveats to that – since my own upcoming book, FLAWED, deals with this.  It’s not that you can’t write...

What makes world building?  Is it a verbal vomit from the author about this new universe the reader has just dropped into?  Would it be...

When creating, it feels like I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and found myself in a wonderland.  I get to learn the nuances of this...

I write books.  I have these ideas in my head and the roll around until they spill out my fingers and onto the page.  The craziest thing...

There are times that an author shouldn’t write.  Well, not on their story, at any rate.  Today is one of those days for me.  You see, I...

That’s the basic story of Challenge Accepted, the first book in the Eternal Combat series.  Of course, things aren’t quite that simple....

You see, Salryc Luxx was actually designed around Sauron from the Lord of the Rings.  You know, that mysteriously evil character who is...

I am an addict. And I just finished another book!  Yes, one of those mostly done books in my list of things to finish up is now done....

Some of my astute readers may look at the picture to the left, think of a newly released fantasy book they recently read and be thinking,...

Just me, looking at my phone, my tablet, or my monitor, hoping a review comes in.  Wondering if all those people who read the book even...

In my head is a war.  It’s part perfection, part creativity.  One segment of my mind is screaming that I need to get the iliri series...

And so I moved on, learned some things, and wrote some other books.  Today, I’m in the process of re-reading book 3 of that series (while...

The more tiny tasks I add to the list, the more they add up, the more they play in my mind, the harder it is to just focus and write the...

That’s how I feel right now.  I have 2 new series being released, but advertising them is frustrating.  Why dump a lot of money into them...

I wanted to know what percentage of independent authors are successful.  Well, that’s a real broad term, isn’t it?  What does that word...

What, not the answer you wanted to hear?  Probably not.  So many people are trying desperately to crank out work fast enough to bump them...

So, I’m plotting.  I have a few hiccups in a few books that I need to work out.  I also have a raging headache that is begging me to lay...

As I mentioned in the previous post, I did a whole lot of research before choosing my publication method.  It was shocking!  Just like...