It is a fun new age, right? I mean, sure, Kickstarter (and crowd funding) has been around for a minute now—so long that sometimes it’s hard to remember exactly how interesting, unique, and exciting these things are. I love Kickstarted specifically because it’s made such inroads that it’s now NORMAL for readers to connect directly […]

It’s strange how things go in cycles and have a synchronicity to them, isn’t it? In this case it’s Wu-Tang Clan, which—not surprisingly—I’ve been very much aware of, but hadn’t come up in my sphere for a little bit. All of a sudden, though, Wu-Tang Clan found their way into being referenced in my world […]

Well, it’s about time, I say! This book—They Came Back, Stories from the Radius—is one of my favorites of all time. It’s a book that captures four of my first works (one of them still original, though!), and then brings that one forward to a new version. All thanks to a long-ago high school teacher. […]

After what has been a bit of a rocky summer here at the Collins Condo, I’m starting to get my feet back under myself, something I can tell is true because I’m starting to get projects rolling again. That’s really the only problem I have with the world of indie publishing. When the wheels come […]

My lovely wife sent me this link in email earlier today. It’s a bit from the Mammoth Cave National Park’s Facebook page, made after receiving a less-than-glowing review at some point.  Go read it. It’s brilliant. Follow the comments, of course. Now, I suppose you have to understand that I say this as someone who […]

Yep. I got sidetracked for about a month and a little. I’m sure I’ll blog about it sometime here soon, but right now suffice to say that time moves forward … well … except maybe in this very cool new Story Bundle that you can find “The Magical Mystery Cruise!,” another collaboration with Jeff, my […]

All right. Sorry for the delay. I’ve had a bit of a life roll recently, so this one took longer to get through than the others. In addition, the topic is tougher, so I wanted to focus better. So I took a little more time. JUMPING IN You might ask what the Three Laws of […]

Last post I wrote about The Three Laws of Editing Lou Anders created many years ago, and touched on how the (and particularly the First Law) created the environment for Independent publishing to grow. Today I’m going to talk mostly about the Second Law. First, let me restate those Three Laws: In a just world, […]

Through the mystical tangles of modern social media reposting, today I came across an interesting frame of reference—written originally by Lou Anders—for how the traditional publishing industry works. It was done in the mid-2000 (2006, as I recall from memory?). But given the fundamental nature of its presentation, I’d say it’s as true now as […]

The Book in a Month Dare continues. Today Brigid and I went to a little place on the corner and wrote together for one of my 90-minute blocks. That’s always fun. In general, that’s how I work. Ninety minute runs, then a break to do something else—be it business or frivolity. Then ninety more. Depending […]