Despite a strong desire from the beginning of my writing days to write novels, for many years I found myself unconsciously kowtowing to what now seems the tyrannical pedagogical assertion that writers “learn by writing short stories” and only then … Continue reading →
I think a couple years ago I would have thought “Arboreal Ghosts” another “excellent painting” to add to my “body of work.” But what the painting really is, and I think I see this with newly-opened eyes, is another “decent … Continue reading →
This past month Double Dragon Publishing generously allowed me to correct an italics formatting problem that came up in The Martian Marauders. I’d noticed that on the Kindle format, as well as on the paperback version, some paragraphs that are … Continue reading →
Jack Commer, Supreme Commander, the second of four novels in my Jack Commer science fiction series, has just been published by Double Dragon Publishing as an eBook in a variety of formats, all of which can be downloaded from the … Continue reading →
The following is a partial list of discoveries I’ve made in the last few years that have benefited my own writing, and which I also find myself attuned to as I read others’ writing. I’m not trying to pose as … Continue reading →
There’s an implied responsibility in being a writer or an artist, fine print in the contract we tend to blow past, so eager we are for the download. And this responsibility is to get objective about what’s coming up from … Continue reading →
The fourth book of the Jack Commer series, Collapse and Delusion, has been accepted for publication by Double Dragon Publishing. I just finished this novel, which showcases the core characters from the series and begins at the wedding of September … Continue reading →
Title changes are usually wrenching, but they also offer much relief after you finalize your decision. In my case I try to decide what an ideal reader would make of my novel title. If I see that the title is … Continue reading →
The Martian Marauders, the first novel in my Jack Commer science fiction series, is now available in a paperback edition as well as the original eBook version from Double Dragon Publishing. If you go to The Martian Marauders page at … Continue reading →
I can’t remember, nor does a Google search tell me, which of the great science fiction writers said, more or less: “Keep the manuscripts in motion until they are bought.” I think it was Heinlein but it doesn’t really matter. … Continue reading →
