Across the Universe: Beth Revis and the perfect chapter-short-story-social-media-publicity-stunt
This morning, I couldn’t believe the subject line of an email from Publisher’s Weekly. “THE BEST FIRST CHAPTER YOU’LL EVER READ.” All …
The Adventures of Tom Slayer and other stories
In preparing a story for submission this morning, I was sorting through my old stories. In that process, I stumbled onto these …
Old Fashioned American Road Trips (and DragonLight)
First, Road Trips Yup. We’re off. We borrowed a van, scrimped for gas, and headed out for a tour of the south …
Writing about Faith, Aliens, and Winnie the Pooh
Yesterday after we had our new pastor over for an old-fashioned pot roast lunch, complete with my wife’s to-die-for homemade chocolate pie, …
Are Blog Tours Helpful or Just “Hype”-ful?
I’ve been emailing Austin Boyd back and forth a bit this week about his blog tour, trying to get his impression of …
The Return: Let’s All Review Page One
Yesterday, I wrote my thoughts on The Return‘s front cover, back cover, endorsements, and stuff. Today, I’d like to do a quick …
The Return: Judging a Book before Page One
To be fair, I should judge The Return by a little more than its cover, right? But we do need to start …
Why Writers Must Enjoy the Game of Writing
Image via Wikipedia It seems things got pretty serious around here last week. And that’s a good reminder for writers. The business …