When we arrived this morning at the Crystal City, we emerged from far beneath the earth through a one-way door and out into a brisk morning. Normally, being a lazy sort of adventurer, I’d have chosen to sleep in. There… Read More ›
Writing
The Ancient Art of Miàn duì Gōngjí
Over the weekend I manifested a new superpower to be added to the growing list alongside Making Shit Up and Where’s Waldo Echolocation. No, not invisibility. It would be useless anyway because I’d give myself away with the clacking on… Read More ›
Acknowledgments
I’m on the precipice. I should really say “we’re” on the precipice. There were so many people involved in this process, when I sat down to write the acknowledgments for Crimson Son, I was at a bit of a loss…. 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 ›
eBook Math and the 500 Pound Gorilla
I’ve uncovered a whole host of eBook distribution services – Lulu, Vook, BookTango, Pressbooks, and Ebookit. I’d advise checking out all of them if you have an interest in eBook distributors. I’m going to stick with last week’s choices, Smashwords… 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 ›
George Carrick Walker
An excerpt from Crimson Son George Carrick Walker (June 23, 1948 – ?) was a cryptanalyst for the National Security Agency during the Cold War. Much debate surrounds this clandestine Augment and his role in a number of what became high… Read More ›
A Day of Fictional Work
First off – for anyone that missed it, I sold a piece of flash! Go check it out! Per request, I figured I would share a bit more about my typical work day. I’ve already given a pretty in-depth look… Read More ›
A Very Creepy Christmas
With less than two weeks to go out in my blaze of short story submitting glory, I’ve been battling holiday demands and trying to carve out writing time. I’ve gotten back a couple more rejections since and have yet to… Read More ›
RUSS LINTON 