Today is March 7th, 2017. That means it is exactly ten years since I published my very first novel, Fallen. Ten years ago, the self-publishing landscape was very different. This was in the BK days—Before Kindle. Back then, there were only three options to publish your book. One was the traditional route. Another was to pay…
2016 is finally at an end. Man, this has been a pretty awful year, hasn't it? From the deaths of beloved celebrities to the election of quite possibly the most unqualified, inexperienced, ill-tempered, idiotic President in American history. And, of course, there was Batman v. Superman, which we're better off just…
You may have noticed some new covers appearing for the Vanguard series. I recently made the decision to update the covers. I wasn't quite sure how to do it. The first iteration of Season 1 featured comic book-style artwork by Mat Nastos and though it looked excellent, I got a number of comments from…
Last night, I was shown this blog post by Claude Forthomme. The link was shared with me by a fellow indie who was surprised by Forthomme's headline, "Only 40 Self Published Authors are a Success, says Amazon." Only forty? That seems pretty low. Especially because the definition of success is extremely subjective.…
So the year has come to an end. I only put out one new release in 2014, and that was the first Luther Cross story for Pro Se's Single Shot Signatures line. But despite that, it was a pretty productive year. I completed the entire first season of Vanguard, which clocks…
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. There's a lot of reason to believe that pulp is alive and well in the mainstream. Seems like every new TV show has pulp elements in it. Superheroes, a total descendent of the mystery men from the pulps, absolutely dominate the box office.…
Last month, Chuck Wendig posted an entry on his terribleminds blog, entitled Self-Publishing Is Not The Minor Leagues. Like a lot of Chuck's posts, it's a great read. I'm just going to quote a small portion of it, because you should read the whole thing: The attitude that pervades self-publishing…
There are a lot of self-publishing outlets out there. The first question you have to ask yourself is whether or not self-publishing is the right avenue. And if it is, then the second question you need to ask yourself is how will you go about doing it? Print on demand services are great, but the vanity publishing industry can quickly bankrupt you if you’re not careful.
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