You can name your own price — pay what you want — for any of my fiction or non-fiction e-books (minimum $1.00 USD; no maximum amount) when you buy directly from me via my website or through my digital sales and delivery partner, Gumroad. As an independent author whose stated…

The relationship between your protagonist and antagonist is a valuable instrument with which to demonstrate the philosophical argument inherent in your fiction. In fact, the primary purpose of your protagonist and antagonist, and how they interact, is to embody the thematic point of your work. (You… you do have a…

When should an aspiring author launch a website, set up a mailing list, and establish social media? The answer is always the same. Collectively, I think of the interactive trio of website, mailing list, and social media as an author’s marketing infrastructure. …

Big news! Kevin J. Anderson, the many-times-over New York Times bestselling author of over a hundred books (including many in the DUNE and STAR WARS franchises), has selected my fantasy novel, LIGHT OF THE OUTSIDER, along with twelve other books for the 2022 Epic Fantasy Storybundle. A little farther down…

I want to filter out Medium titles with numbers in them and see if there’s anything left to read.

“Where do you see yourself in five years?” That’s a question usually posed to would-be employees by recruiters and hiring managers. It’s lazy interviewing; don’t do it. For an independent creator and self-employed “knowledge worker” like myself, however, asking yourself that question is useful. Which is why it’s almost unforgivable…

My third novel, Light of the Outsider, is now in the world in e-book and paperback formats, with the audio book in production and on its way. It’s the first novel in my Shaper’s World storyworld. The Shaper’s World is, speaking simplistically, a fantasy setting like Narnia or Middle Earth……

When I was in the sixth grade at Barcelona Hills Elementary School, our teacher had us embark on what today might have been called a multi-disciplinary creative project. I can’t recall if everyone had the same project, or if I had decided, among several choices, to make a book. I…

I raised over $700.00 to help finance my third self-published novel without using Kickstarter, Indiegogo, or Amazon. Here’s how I did it. The Foundation: Community Your mileage may vary if you try to replicate what follows. The size — and dedication — of your community of friends and fans is why. …