Aaah, Spring. The birds are chirping, the sun is shining, the hay fever never ending sneezefest is happening, what more could a guy ask for? A nose removal surgery, that’s what. So between sneezing and more sneezing, I’ve joined a huge spring giveaway. You can win one of three paperback copies of Sleepless, or one […]
Category: self publishing
My Dear Friend Stress
Lately I’ve been having repeat visits from my dear friend, stress. We go a long way back, stress and me. We began to be real close during high school, and to this day, he makes sure to pop in and check up on me every couple of days. Some people know how to listen, but […]
How Did I Get Here?
It’s been a bit more than a month since I started my new career as an indie author. Of course the only thing that makes me an indie author is me claiming to be one, since I haven’t published anything yet, and I guess some indie authors would say that the kindle scout program is […]
First Chapters, Self Doubt
I’ve written the two first chapters of my new book yesterday, and invited in my old friend, self doubt. Me: Hey, self doubt, please, come in. SD: Thanks Michael. Don’t mind if I sit down. Me: That’s actually my chair… SD: Yeah. Me: Uh… Would you like to drink anything? Tea? Coffee? SD: Can you […]
Creating a Story Arc for a Crime Novel
While I’m waiting for the mysterious Kindle Scout to determine the fate of my novel, “Sleepless”, I decided to start working on my new novel. This is completely irresponsible, there’s still some work I need to do on Sleepless, whether it gets published by Kindle Press or not. However, to say the truth, I feel […]
A Focus on Happily
I needed to choose a name for this blog. Blogs have names. That’s the way it goes. My previous blog was called “assisting you shortly”. When my wife asked me why I shrugged. The URL was available. It had a nice ring to it. She told me it’s idiotic. I told her she doesn’t understand. […]
Gone Self Publishing
I’m a writer. I’ve been a writer since I was sixteen. These days I’m thirty five. Applying my amazing skill of mathematics, that means I’ve been writing for nineteen years! Which is a bit of a lie. Because there were years I didn’t write. There were busy years in which I wrote very little. All […]