You know how it is. You are some place, maybe waiting in a long line, or at the car repair shop. You strike up a conversation with someone. You talk about the wait time, or the weather, or the food, or some safe topic. Inevitably, the conversation will get around to the business of what … Read more
We’ve been talking about the paths to publishing for the last few weeks. Every author is unique. One author’s publishing journey is right for them but might be wrong for you, and so I’ve laid out some general information so you can make a wise business decision about the publication of your books. Remember, you … Read more
Tropes DAMMIT! So What the Hell? Who cares about all this shit? I was asked this the other day in reference to why I have been focusing on genre tropes for the last several weeks. Here’s an example of why genre and trope matters. I was recently approached by a person who wrote a book. … Read more