Loose Leaf Stories

I have no work ethic. I know, I’ve written several novel and that takes a lot of time and effort. No argument. But that’s not the same as work ethic. Aron’s got a work ethic, and so do most people that I know, but not me. It’s that word ethic: “the discipline dealing with what is good … Continue reading »

Volume 2 of The Dead Beat is already considerably longer than the first collection. It includes more stories and almost twice the word count. But it looks like it’s going to be even longer. As Aron and I are working through edits, it’s becoming increasingly clear that be need another story to explain things that … Continue reading »

I’ve been able to maintain a pretty good zen over the last few days, but today is really trying my patience. I’m still having trouble with Barnes & Noble not displaying two of our ebooks on their site. I can’t get anyone from B&N or Smashwords (who publishes the ebooks) to talk to me. Smashwords … Continue reading »

I hope that no one has really noticed the problem, but I’m having some issues with Barnes & Noble. About a week ago, they suddenly stopped carrying ebooks of In the House of Five Dragons and The Dead Beat, vol. 1. I’ve written both B&N and Smashwords to try to figure out why, but so … Continue reading »

Yesterday, I discovered that I hate doing interviews. How’s that for a first-world problem? I don’t like it when people take enough of an interest in my writing to bother asking me questions about it. Poor Erica! But I do hate it. When I have to talk about my writing and my life, I just get annoyed with … Continue reading »