Normally people use New Year’s blog posts to talk about the past. Top ten lists take over the web (more than normal). The best and worst of a year gone by. I’m going to touch on that, but only to… Read More ›
self publishing
Rewarding Noise, Drowning the Signal
You may have noticed a certain lull in my social media presence. A dialing back on the number of tweets. Fewer quips sent to the facebook feed. Maybe even the less regular appearance of my little nuggets of wisdom here… Read More ›
That’s no Moon…
I’ve got a mission statement. Nothing like establishing a galactic empire. No, closer to crafting a fully operational story sharing station where I can target people in need of good fiction and zap it into their brain from somewhere far, far… Read More ›
Fictional Work is Hard Work
I just found the easy part of self publishing. I headed over to Amazon to scope things out for the big release next week. I figured, as with everything thus far, that the process of officially publishing (digitally distributing?) would… Read More ›
Busting through a Wall Near You
I’m a bit late on my blog post, but for good reason. Yesterday morning I sat popped open my email to not one but two nice surprises. Both my cover artist and another artist which I have been working with… Read More ›
Smash Baby
You may have noticed last week I mentioned Smashwords several times. For those unfamiliar with the site, Smashwords is an ebook publishing platform that allows you to upload your book to one site and then distributes that book across a network… Read More ›
Market your Fictional Work for Non-Fictional Sales
For all of my other Fictional Workers struggling with how to sell your books well, I’ve got a lot of things to share. My first step was to fill out a marketing plan. I have a link to one and… Read More ›
The Clams of the Wilderness
I’ve regained control of Fictional Work for the moment. Not sure how long I can fend off the constant attacks courtesy of Spencer’s buddies at D3dm4n$ Ch3$t, but I’ll try. The timing of the attack was pretty perfect, actually. I had… Read More ›
Live from the Icehole
Recently, I attempted to interview the main character of my upcoming book, Crimson Son. Things didn’t go as planned, but since I went to all the trouble to contact a secure, undisclosed facility (which actually has no outside connections, but… Read More ›
From Query to Book Jacket
I wrote a book: Crimson Son (formerly Collateral Damage). I then took a tentative step into the traditional means of publishing. Foot in the water, I decided things were a bit cold. And as a sci-fi and fantasy buff, the… Read More ›
RUSS LINTON 