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 […]
Month: November 2014
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. […]