Today, according to Smashwords, The Silver Ring has been downloaded 1,000 times at the site. What this means exactly, I’m not quite sure. Even though someone downloads it — and with Smashwords you can download a number of different formats — it doesn’t necessarily mean anyone is actually reading it (which, despite what some people [...]
The Hint Fiction anthology isn’t slated to be released for another eight months, but it’s already up for pre-order at Amazon for those of you kind generous folks who like to pre-order now so you’ll be pleasantly surprised months down the line when a package arrives at your place. According to the product details, the [...]
I’m mixing things up for this week’s Freaky Friday Fun. After my last post about The Silver Ring (which is now up to 221 downloads so far, thank you very much), I felt it was only fitting to read a little bit of it to y’all. (Well, the real reason is because Smashwords allows authors [...]
Before we begin, you know how I said I didn’t think it was possible to unsubscribe to comments once you subscribed? Well, I was wrong. You can unsubscribe very easily, apparently. When you receive an e-mail, there’s a link you can click on to manage your subscriptions. However, on the site itself, if you’re subscribed [...]
Isn’t it funny how the times change? Years ago someone would be crucified for suggesting writers self-publish their work. And those that actually self-published their own work, well, they were looked down upon as jokes. Nowadays though, with publishing being where it is in the barrel, self-publishing has become tolerated, if not almost accepted in [...]
I got an e-mail a few days ago from the editor of a place called the Web Fiction Guide, which is “a community-run listing of online fiction. We list anything that is original and story-oriented (we don’t list fanfic or erotica), and that is available to read for free online. As with other online media [...]
Well yes, this is a new site — actual friggin website, baby – but the title of this post refers to the piece of art below. You see, I recently uploaded my sf action novella The Silver Ring onto Kindle. I set the price so that it would be as cheap as it can get (right [...]
