This month I’ve rebranded my covers. Here’s the thing. I love my old covers. You should love my old covers as well. You should have posters of them in your bedroom. You can check them out in my previous posts, they’re fantastic. I’ve had at least 3 different reviewers gush about them, and several people […]
Weekend Promotion and Upcoming Release
Some fun stuff is about to take place next week, starting this weekend. Let’s talk about it, shall we? First of all, there’s a weekend sci-fi and fantasy promotion going on, and all the books participating are sold for 99c. Moth to a Flame is there, so if you don’t have a copy yet, this […]
Moth to a Flame Released
Moth to a flame was released last week, to the sound of trumpets which is only in my head. A few days after the release this happened: Which is fantastic, heart warming and awesome. Additionally, just before its release, Sleepless was on a blog tour (which means that a lot of blogs reviewed it in […]
Release Date and Cover!
This weekend I got an e-mail from my friend, Shahar Kober, regarding the cover of Moth to a Flame. It went something like this: “I began working on something, and I was just about to add the town, when suddenly I thought it’s cool as it is. What do you think?” My reply: “Yes… and […]
Spring Giveaway
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 […]
The work-in-progress blog tour: Moth to a Flame
Bar hopping is so 2014. Blog hopping – that’s what the cool kids are doing these days. Or so I keep telling myself. I can’t go bar hopping, My youngest son turns into a ferocious screaming monster if he wakes up and finds us gone (This was actually tested last week. My Mom who babysat […]
Sunless Sea
So, lately I have been playing a game called Sunless Sea. Just to make sure there aren’t any fans out there pulling their hair out – I’m working diligently on the sequel to Sleepless… But when I put the little ones to sleep in the evening my brain melts into porridge (When ice melts, you get […]
Giveaway and… Second phase for sequel
Two exciting things are happening this week (Pertaining to me. I’m sure there are other exciting things that are happening as well): 1. Goodreads Giveaway – I’m giving away a paperback copy of my book in Goodreads. You can check it out at: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/123869-sleepless. Check it out. Seriously. I’m not at all repeatedly refreshing the Goodreads […]
It’s Alive!!!!
Oh Yeah. I’m the proud owner of a book in Amazon. For all you strange people who have never published a book before, I really recommend the experience. I’ve done it four times already, and it never gets old. There’s a certain “I can conquer the world” feeling when placing a book on Amazon. After […]
Almost there…
Wow! Would you look at this fancy site! Why, I could take my kids to play in it, it’s so fancy and nice. I have been struggling today to make it so fancy. I’ve been down in the terrible pits of despair and angst, like every time I do “web stuff”. You’d think, seeing as […]
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 […]
My New Site!
I have a new site! It is http://strangerealm.com/ and it is awesome. I’ve spent the morning fiddling with things like Mail Chimp and Google Analytics. I’ve transported my entire blog (all 13 posts!) to this new, fancy site. Fancy is a strong word. It’s quite… bare. The IRS has a more colorful, happy site than mine. But […]
Onward and Upward!
So up until now, my next immediate step was in a gray area. Would Sleepless be published with Kindle Scout? Will it be me? When, why and how? Now I can answer the questions to myself and to anyone who’s interested: Q: Will Sleepless ever be published? A: Of course, silly questioning person. It’ll be […]
Oh Well…
So… No kindle scout for me. Not for Sleepless, anyway. Disappointed? A bit. Not dramatically. I’ve written five books before Sleepless. I’ve received 6-9 rejection letters for each of them (three were published). I’m used to rejection letters. The only thing different in this one is the e-mail I got straight afterwards: Dear Michael Omer, […]
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 […]
Goals
I’ve been told that as a writer, I should have some goals. When I say told, I mean I read it in some blogs. So the person who gave me that wonderful advice is not necessarily aware of my existence. But he told me to have some goals, and have goals I shall. So, my […]
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 […]
Amy
So where does Amy (The protagonist of Sleepless) come from, originally? During my honeymoon, which we spent in the far east, we visited China. If there was something we really fell in love with in China (and there was a lot to fall in love with), it was the tea houses. Each tea house was […]
Hot and Trending
Okay, wow. So it took only six days, and look what happened! The Kindle Scout first phase is dependent upon the votes of the users. It’s only natural for readers to vote for books that are in the “Hot and Trending” category, since there’s a bigger chance that they’d get the free copy (which they […]
Storium
I’ve been a gamer once. It wasn’t even that long ago. I loved playing video games. In fact, I still do! I recall the joy of playing Mass Effect, Walking Dead, Legends of Grimrock and many more. My digital game library sports more than a hundred games. I once (for two years) created a complex […]
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 […]
Kindle Scout
My book is up on Kindle Scout! It’s awesome, no doubt about it. I emitted a very unmanly shriek of glee this morning when I got the e-mail, really let out the twelve year old girl in me. There’s a link, people are nominating my book (I know that because I am standing over their […]
In Narrowdale… Or Eerie Indiana?
When I was a child, there was a TV series I loved, called Eerie Indiana. It was about a kid who moved into a town (called Eerie. In Indiana. Duh), in which strange things constantly happened. The theme song, which echoed in my head for years afterwards showed Elvis, Bigfoot and a… dog jumping in […]
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 […]