Fallen off on the blogging this year – I would say it’s because I’m busy but I think I’m basically always busy. What really happens, I suspect, is that in very intense periods I can find it difficult to reach
Make a noise
One of the unspoken commandments of Earbud Theater is that we should try to do something with every episode that we’ve never done before. I’m cutting together a new piece now, called Bubbles, and while it’s going to be far
Derelict in my duties
It feels like I do more self-promotion than ever, which I’m sort of ambivalent about. I have come around to its necessity in the era of the “personal brand”; and it has actually had positive benefits to my career; although
Rolling multiple rocks, because Sisyphus was a punk
I just turned in my cut of Habitat. The producer may have a tweak or two, but I think the show is basically in broadcast form. Which means we just need to get our finished artwork in, and then count
Four-Star Foreword
I think the saying is that the sweetest sound anyone can hear is the sound of their own name. Not sure who said that – probably Dale Carnegie. I’ll refine the idea to say that the sweetest sound a writer
Stages of Sleep
When you’re a writer in this world of empowered direct publishing, sometimes “finishing” a work is really just a matter of saying “I’m not rewriting this damn thing any longer”. That’s a power you need to use responsibly, since even
Coordinated assault
Today may be an important one for the novel – we got two reader reviews on Amazon, both positive 4-star recommendations. One also posted on GoodReads, for additional exposure. While the editorial reviews from IndieReader and Kirkus have been tremendously
Kirkus!
Kirkus Reviews is one of the oldest still-operating review services in the country, launched in 1933. In recent years, they have branched out to allow direct-publishing authors to purchase reviews. The reviews are not guaranteed to be positive and they
The critic are raving
Great piece of news today – IndieReader.com has posted a review of Seeing by Moonlight, and it’s glowingly positive. 4.5 stars out of 5, even: SEEING BY MOONLIGHT is a thoughtful and intricate story, with enough food for thought to