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Some Thoughts on the Art and Craft of Writing
by JhawkerRon on February 06, 2016By Ronald E. Yates I was interviewed recently about the art and craft of writing in general and writing in the historical fiction genre in particular. As a journalist for some thirty years I int ... more
The Properly Equipped War Correspondent, ca. 1905
by JhawkerRon on February 06, 2016February 6, 2016 by Ronald E. Yates davis2 Having just finished the second book in my Finding Billy Battles trilogy, which ends between 1905 and 1910, I find myself still deeply immersed in the li ... more
Dealing with Negative Criticism
by wolfman141 on February 06, 2016Recently, I joined a “local” science fiction book club—a 100-mile round trip from my house—because I wanted to take the pulse of my audience for my self-published novel, Mindclone. The first m ... more
Social Media Checklist
by nicoledelacroix on February 06, 2016Have you been ignoring social media? Think you don’t have time for it? Or that ‘readers will come if my book is in stores’? Do all the different forms of social media seem overwhelming? I sa ... more
take your time to publish
by qwayrod on January 27, 2016Dear fellow writers. We all want to publish (main stream or self) and get our books out there. BUT please take your time...let your book simmer alone for a few months. Put it in the "drawer" and star ... more
Talking About Curses and the Evil Eye
by ElizabethFisher on January 22, 2016My life has definitely been blessed, but there are days when nothing seems to go right. Like a superstitious peasant woman out of the Middle Ages, I start counting since, as we all know, bad things co ... more
Promotion Cheatsheet for Indie Authors
by jdlovil on January 21, 2016Introduction You spend a week, or a month, or a year or more, writing your book. You make your way through the tangled web, which is modern publishing. Then, you wait. The sales start to trickle in ... more
Horn of the Kraken blog Artillery
by Stephen on January 19, 2016Artillery bothers me. The idea of an offshore bombardment that can slaughter an entire town where the people shooting don’t even see the people they are killing seems innately wrong. Truth to tell, ... more
Another Failure to Signal
by JulianColeman on January 11, 2016As a struggling writer, I’m usually about self-promotion, but I have to tell my story. Sandra Bland and I faced the exact same situation but our outcomes were different. First of all, my heartfelt c ... more
Review of Deluge, Edited by Allen Taylor
by jdlovil on January 15, 2016This One has Street Cred I have a lot of respect for the work of the Editor of this multi-Author volume of Deluge related stories. Mr. Taylor has gone to a lot of work to put it together. I know th ... more