Over the past couple months I’ve started to work on creating physical copies of my books. I’m starting out slow and just using Amazon to make them. I’m aware there are other ways but right now formatting is a pain to me and I just want to lock down one… Continue reading
Books need covers. Even ebooks. Even standalone short stories. I make my own covers for very cheap: nothing. I download royalty-free pictures from Unsplash and then make the cover with Canva. 1600×2560 is the size. It’s fun to pick different fonts and effects, though I’m not always strictly following the… Continue reading
On Amazon I have my ebook prices set to net me a 70% royalty. Cha-ching. The way it really works is not so simple, though. Regardless of the country of the Amazon marketplace that sells the book, the buyer still has to be located in a qualified 70% territory. I… Continue reading
I’ve been working on setting up my Payhip. This is an online store that lets me sell electronic copies of my books to you. If we keep things just between you and me, I can offer them at a discount. Yay. Yay! I won’t be selling standalone short stories on… Continue reading
I was in 7th-grade music class when the terrorists flew planes into the towers and so on 25 years ago. This confused people. “I was in music when I heard,” I said, and possibly wrote in a poem they made us write in English class. People thought I meant that,… Continue reading
This is going to come out sounding like the intro to one of my stories but I’ve been having oatmeal for breakfast nowadays because oats are good for your heart and can reduce cholesterol levels. Actually, oats are a truly wonderful food for human beings, but the problem is they… Continue reading
I learned about rucking a couple years ago after I read Arnold Schwarzenegger’s book Be Useful and discovered his workout app. I am a big Arnold fan even though he did that one thing that one time. Rucking is when you exercise by carrying around weight in a pack. I bought… Continue reading
Happy Labor Day. Labor is very important. I really appreciate the day off, as well. We have a lot of crap to bring to the house. I’m excited to get it looking like a real home. This whole saga has been distracting from the writing, though that seems to be… Continue reading