Book Launch: The Shibboleth Code Is Finally Available!

After a long wait and a lot of struggle, the final book in the Five Rims Series is finally available! Description: Guillermo and Mitsuki, the last humans in existence, have survived their escape through the dangerous purple ionic cloud. Their broken gunship floating helpless in space, they are picked up by a gargantuan dreadnaught, healed

Sequel Breakthrough: Finding A Way Back In

I’ve taken a hiatus from working on the sequel to The Terminarch War to finish up the short story compilation.  I’m almost ready to publish that next week, and the progress on the third book in the Five Rims series is something that has been rather stagnant to say the least. I just can’t get back into

7 Out-of-the-box Tips to Increase Book Sales

You probably landed on this page because you are an independent novelist and are tired of seeing the low monthly sales from Amazon.  You wrote a book (or four) and have hit a promotional slump.  You may also be hard up for cash as your writing life is mostly a hobby that you would like

What Andy Weir (Author of “The Martian”) Can Teach Us About Writing

This summer I burned through several books in the down time between publishing The Terminarch Plot all the other things I had to do around the house.  One of the best books I read this summer, soon to be a major motion picture starring Matt Damon, was The Martian by Andy Weir. The book is amazing, a very

Guest Post: Self Publishing or Traditional Publishing: What do the numbers say?

Today’s guest post is written by Dustin Fife who holds a doctorate in statistics.  He’s also written a few science fiction novels as well.  What he has done with this post is sheerly amazing.  He used his statistical powers for good and deeply analyzed the money earning potential of self-publishing versus traditional publishing.  If you

Cover Reveal: The Terminarch Plot

Here it is, kids.  My fourth novel.  It’s the first novel in a series I’m calling The Five Rims.  It’s listed as a science fiction adventure novel, and that it is.  It has constant action, a near-cliffhanger at the end of every chapter, intrigue, weird aliens, rich alien culture, a snarky hero who may or may

Anthony Burgess on Writing and Publishing

I’m at youth camp this week.  A blog post is coming on that Thursday. Whilst waiting for my new novel The Terminarch Plot to return from the beta readers, I decided to catch up on some reading.  I’m reading A Clockwork Orange, and perhaps the reasons for reading it should belong to another post…and that will come

5* Reviewed Novel Only .99 Cents For A Limited Time

It’s time for another promotion, and so I have listed my latest science-fiction mystery-thriller novel Come Apart for a low low Kindle price of .99 cents for this week.  It will remain .99 cents for the week, but revert back to $2.99 on Monday the 22nd.   It has garnered some really good reviews, but

Writer Beware: Oyster, Scribd and Smashwords

There is a new website called Oyster that, like Netflix, offers a service for a monthly fee of $9.95: eb00k lending.  After doing much research, I discovered how an indie publisher can list their book on the site and receive money every time a book is “rented”.  However, there are some things to think about before

Vanity Presses in Sheep’s Clothing

I’ve self-published a few books (some more successful than others) and even though I may not have a best seller out there I’m pretty happy selling a few hundred books or so, building a following, and if it takes me years to build toward that best seller, then so be it. If I don’t become