So, yeah. Prince. I know. He did stuff before Purple Rain and a whole lot of stuff after Purple Rain. He was more than his music. But I want to talk about Purple Rain because … well … I’ve always had this weird relationship to Prince and his music. If you’re reading this on my […]
Read More ...What do you do about piracy?
TLDR Version: Ron’s Basic Piracy Policy: If you are struggling financially, if the idea of spending the price of a book gives you that ugly feeling down in the pit of your stomach and that feeling driving you to go to the pirate sites for free books, send me a note (ron*at*typosphere.com) telling me what […]
Read More ...“Really” “felt” the “was”
Wherein Ron shows you some of his not so tricky tricks on how he makes his prose “better” and proves it with (of course) data … ’cause, I’m a numbers nerd at heart, you know? — Today I’m going to use the 27K novella (*) I’ve recently finished to discuss a few “simple” things one […]
Read More ...Workload and the Writer
So, yeah … remember that thing about how quitting the day job to write full time will help with the work load? Not happening. This writing gig, it turns out, is just about the same as any project-oriented corporate job I’ve ever had—the multitude of projects overlap forever, and the base skillset for “surviving” is […]
Read More ...Uncollected Anthology Podcast
I’m a few days late dropping this, but I saw the Uncollected Anthology folks did a pretty cool little podcast with Mark-the-Kobo-guy (grin) a bit ago. As I noted before, (*) I’ll be their May issue guest, so I thought you might enjoy hearing the leaders of the band talk about it for a bit. […]
Read More ...Check out KEXP …
I listen to a lot of music while I write. Today I tied into KEXP.org’s Youtube channel. > Here are three interesting and brilliant sessions that prove those arguments … inappropriate. * Start with any of them, and just let the chain roll. You could do a lot worse than just setting it on KEXP […]
Read More ...Kobo makes Hidden in Crime free to you!
Get a copy of Fiction River: Hidden in Crime, complete with my Derringer nominated story “The White Game”, FOR FREE at Kobo! 1) Go to the link above 2) Click “ADD TO CART” then go to your shopping cart 3) If you don’t have an existing Kobo account, enter your payment info (or, select PayPal […]
Read More ...“The White Game” Makes the Derringer Short List
READ “THE WHITE GAME” FOR FREE Thanks to the very fine folks at WMG Publishing you can read “The White Game” for free for the next several days. It’s a story I was particularly proud of even before this nomination, so I’m happy to see it available for wider readership. Leave it to me to […]
Read More ...How about 30% off “Saga”
We interrupt this ridiculously comical presidential campaign to let you know that you can get the entire Saga of the God-Touched Mage series (yes, all eight volumes in one great package!) at Kobo for 30% off through the weekend. How do you achieve this momentous deal? How to you acquire such vast and bounteous treasure? […]
Read More ...Free Kesha, and other contractual thoughts
If you’re a writer, I think you should be paying attention to the story surrounding Kesha and her contract. I think it’s a big deal, and I want to take a few moments to discuss it. However, since I am a male, and since this has to do with sexual abuse, I think have to […]
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