Writing and Publishing: Inspiration Part 1 – J.K. Rowling
Today, I read this tweet by Rowling: “Even if it isn’t the piece of work that finds an audience, it will teach you things you could have learned no other way. (And by the way, just because it didn’t find…
Writing and Publishing: Don’t Be Afraid
It took me 18 years to publish my first story. I don’t mean that it took me 18 years to write it, I mean it took me 18 years to finally have the courage to publish it. I edited and…
Writing and Publishing: Why Write?
Sometimes people ask me how come I like to write.Growing up, I wasn’t a good reader. I rarely read at all. My reading assignments at school were scarce and the few books assigned didn’t call to me. We rarely (or…
Writing and Publishing: Revising “Breakup”
I have finished revising the first short story in my collection of short stories (soon to be published), A Drop Of Fantasy. The first story is called The Breakup. I hope you like it! I wrote it when I was around 22…
Writing and Publishing: N.A.V.S.A. Merchandise? Not Really…
I have never really created a NAVSA logo. I tried once, but it didn’t work. Maybe I should try again! Or maybe I should have a give away for best logo and give wonderful prizes! No, I don’t know… but…
Writing and Publishing: How Big is the N.A.V.S.A. Series?
I started writing the N.A.V.S.A. series back in 1998 (before I even got married!) because of a dream I had one day. The dream included Dylan and Rebecca in a scene that actually became one of the first scenes in…
Writing and Publishing: My Next Book Project
I know I should probably start working on the second N.A.V.S.A. book, Werewolf Phenomenon. I’m not. I know. I’m sorry. The good news is these stories are already written. Just like Part 1 was written 3 years ago (it was…
Writing and Publishing: CreateSpace
KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing) now offers a paperback option. Kindle also handles createspace.com, which is a service to get a paperback option. Since the KDP paperback system is fairly new, I decided (after reading a bunch of reviews) that I…
Writing and Publishing: Publishing on KDP
I finally published something. After 18 years of wanting to do it and telling people I was going to do it… I did. Now, nobody knows I did yet. Except if you are subscribed to this blog, of course (and…
Writing and Publishing: I Have Published!
After 18 years, I have finally published the first story in the N.A.V.S.A series. Once called “Genesis”, finally published as “The Recruit”. Read the how Rebecca Sawyer becomes part of a world she never thought existed in her introduction to the North…