Loose Leaf Stories

I’m just about done with the first draft of the second volume of The Dead Beat. Good news? Not really, no. I’m about to start screaming and flinging myself into windows like a crazed bird. I’ve reached the final story of this collection and realized that in ten stories, I haven’t placed nearly enough information … Continue reading »

…what the hell I’m doing. As a profession, being an author is a dice-throw at best. Being self-published holds almost no chance for success. Aron and I are just now breaking financially even on our books. (That is, earning enough to pay for the cover art.) In a good month, we make about $30 on books. … Continue reading »

I’ve been stewing over this for a couple days and want to say something. It bothers me that some writers get into trouble with their readers over the things that they write as though they themselves had committed the acts of their prose. Not me. I’m not the one that this has happened to. I write pretty … Continue reading »

With some time out for Skyrim and reformatting the media center, I’ve been working furiously on the ninth story of The Dead Beat, volume 2. It’s titled Flowers and is the beginning of the final events of this book. That means ramping up action and intensity, which always freaks me out. What if the scene isn’t … Continue reading »

In just a few more hours, it will be the end of the year here. In many places, it’s already 2012. Happy New Year! I’m going to be happy to see 2011 go. It was a rough year. Aron lost his job and we’re going to be dealing with the debt leftover from that for … Continue reading »