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 →
Several years back I began compiling a timeline of what writing projects I was working on. It’s always interesting to see how much builds up over time, and it’s easy to keep up with–just note the start and stop dates. … Continue reading →
No one wants to take the author’s word for it that his or her writing is good–not the slush pile reader, not the editor, not the editorial board, not the marketing staff, not the sales force, not the average reader … Continue reading →
Come on, really–what DOES it mean? Sending query letters to literary agents was one of my more useless wastes of time and energy, but one submission–and it might have been the last one to an agent, a couple years ago–brought … Continue reading →
