Thinking about doing some self-publishing, part 2

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Yesterday I posted about self-publishing a local history book. Niche works like that are ideal candidates for self-publishing. An author with the will and skill can more effectively reach his or her target audience than a publisher, even a specialty publisher, and be more financially successful with it in the process. Yet that's not what prompted me to start yesterday's post, so let me pick up where I left off: I'm thinking of self-publishing some fiction. A short story collection or three. Digitally. My thought is, why not? These days print outlets for short fiction are few and far between.…

Thinking about doing some self-publishing, part 1

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
The world of self-publishing, especially in the digital realm, is an exciting one. Not for what it currently is, but for what it could be. There are some established authors who are doing well in self-publishing. So good, in fact, they hope to get the publishing rights back to some of their traditionally published books because they can make more money doing it on their own. Other established authors are getting together to do the same. In theory there is a very exciting future ahead for self-publishing, ebooks in particular. I say "in theory" because I also have some strong…

It’s been a while

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So it's been a little while. Hell, it's been a long while, really. No, not THAT. I mean since I last wrote. The folks who know me know that in recent years I've tackled project after project after project. From the time I took on editor duties at the now defunct DVDinmypants.com to this holiday season it's been a relentless stream of projects. Four years of Books both published and pending. Anthologies. Articles. Freelance stuff. Music. And lots more. All while holding down a full-time job, trying to be a good family man, and attempting to have something resembling a…
Writing through a rough patch

Writing through a rough patch

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There are times when the words don't come, and what words that do come make you cringe. You sit down and work, you reach your writing goals each day, but you hate every last bit of work you produce. I'm in the midst of one of those rough patches. For the last week or so I've wanted to toss my work-in-progress in the trash. It's not writer's block -- writer's block is bullshit -- it's something else. It's "this sucks, this story sucks, these words suck, why am I bothering with this?" I hate that feeling. I've mentioned a few…

Am I crazy?

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Driving home from work the other evening and ideas are rolling through my head. Sitting at a traffic light and it occurs to me, "Say, I should self-publish a science fiction anthology next year, maybe something with a Mars theme. Invite writers to submit stories, do it via CreateSpace and list it at Amazon. Yeah, that would be fun." What the bloody hell is WRONG with me?