Today Spells of Old starts at a bit over 105,000 words. Based on where I am in the story, the first draft will be done this week. To remind people how I work, this means that once the first draft is done, I share it with friends who go through, pointing out egregious spelling and grammar issues, […]
So, I just got done listening to the first 15 minutes of Ancient Ruins from the producer, and I loved it. The narrator did an excellent job, and I have to take my hat off to her. I approved things, and presumably the producer will go to full production at this point. From all the estimates […]
When I published Ancient Ruins, I was hoping to sell 15-20 copies in the first month it was out. Every person I’d seen talk about self-publishing said that that was considered a very good start, and that many people didn’t sell any copies for over a month unless they had a following online. I had almost nothing. […]
Alright, I don’t remember what I told people off-hand about the audiobook production, but I think I need to speak about it. I signed the contract to get the audiobook produced, but that was before I got the editor who went through Ancient Ruins for me. I screwed up by not thinking things through, and only […]
I asked if people wanted to read a couple of sample chapters from other titles I’ve worked on but not finished, and since at least three people said yes, I’ve put them up. I must say that these are first-draft versions, so things may change in each of the two! Also, had a momentary heart […]
Ancient Dreams 