Greetings all. I’m rather late on my monthly update, for which I apologize. In fact, I only just now realized I never did an update for October! However, there has been a lot going on. October was a very long, full month. It started with a little excursion to Tulsa, followed by many weeks ofContinue reading “Plans for November…and Beyond”
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Plans for July
June was another whirlwind month. It started off a bit rough, but returned to an even keel by the end. Very little in the way of book production, but progress was made in other areas. This month, I am hoping to return to some kind of production routine. I would like to finish up aContinue reading “Plans for July”
Plans for June
May was a very spectacular, very busy month! So busy that I haven’t been able to get to this until now. While I didn’t do a lot in the way of writing or translating, I did make massive progress in other areas, and even managed to release a new book in between! June is thusContinue reading “Plans for June”
Plans for May
April was a month that started with great promise, but somewhere in the middle things got rather disorganized, and I was never able to get them put back together again. Even so, I looked over most of my proof of the next book and made a modicum of progress on translations as well. This monthContinue reading “Plans for May”
Writing Anthropomorphic Fiction
Anthropomorphic fiction is a genre that many writers have explored over the millennia, myself included. Writing with your main characters as animals rather than people can be an interesting, and in some ways even liberating, experience. However, with freedom comes responsibility, and thus there are certain rules that one must follow in order to writeContinue reading “Writing Anthropomorphic Fiction”
Plans for April
March was a very full, fairly productive month. It saw the semi-final review of my next book, Knights of Aralia Book II: Evil Rising (slated to go on pre-order sometime this month), as well as the continuation of my several translation projects. April looks to have great prospects. In addition to continuing the above projects,Continue reading “Plans for April”
Marketing Matters: Book Reviews
Book reviews are one of many marketing tools available to authors and publishers. A glowing review from a recognized source can really work wonders for your book’s reputation, while a well-circulated negative review can just about ruin your chances of success. But regardless of whether a review is positive, negative, or somewhere in between, thereContinue reading “Marketing Matters: Book Reviews”
Plans for March
February was a very full month, and though I did not quite finish all I had hoped due to some unavoidable delays, I nevertheless did finish some and got very close to the rest. I cannot complain in the least. March could prove a very hectic month indeed as I work towards other goals asContinue reading “Plans for March”
Writing Professionally
The business side of things is an aspect that many creative types like to ignore or minimize as much as possible. And this is fine if you just want to write as a sideline or a hobby and aren’t at all interested in making a full-time career of it. But what if writing as aContinue reading “Writing Professionally”
Translating Your Work
One way to potentially expand your audience is to offer your work in more than one language. This is especially true if you have extensive distribution networks in countries and regions where a given foreign language predominates. I made a post on translating some time ago, but the emphasis of this post is how toContinue reading “Translating Your Work”