My two collections on Amazon, Stir and The Short Cool Summer, have had some readers, but the writing of poetry requires practice. This new project is exactly that, practice, so I’m posting it to read on Tablo. It will be updated as I add works to it. Right now there are 6-7 pieces. Check it… Read More New Poetry: The Flat Circle
Busy weekend. Lots of Running about. Small amounts of writing getting done. However, I have added some extra poems to this… I’ll be adding to it periodically, but click here to read.
Tablo is now moving into the publishing business, at least into the distribution side. Click here to check out the details of that. In essence, you pay $99 per year/ per book, to have your stuff published on iBooks, Amazon, Booktopia, Barnes & Noble, and the rest of the 10 largest ebook retailers. Tablo gives… Read More On Tablo’s New Publishing Plans
I’m celebrating a milestone and will be largely away from my computer. But some good posts about publishing will be incomprehensible by this week. I’ve been weighing WordPress and Tablo, and I’ll have some thoughts to share.
Since I last made updates, Tablo has made large structural changes to how it publishes and distributes books. Consequently, I’ve had to make some changes as well. The big takeaway is paperback publishing and retail distribution is now available. Given that the prices seem to be per year, per book, rather than a one-time fee,… Read More Changes in Tablo Prompt The Rise of Poetry
Here’s the new Unnamed Journal. It’s chock full of weird dark goodness. Also, Tablo changed how it’s web site worked recently and I didn’t notice (which is to say, I ignored the email alerting me to it). And I’ve added a thing that I’m a chapter-and-a-half deep into, as a new novella. I won’t get… Read More New UJ, New Tablo Novella, Everything Is New!
Here’s where we are on my Civil War novel. I just finished Chapter 7 of a planned 15. Chapters are averaging somewhere between 4,000-5,000 words (rough estimate). This will put me at about 70,000 words, reasonable size for a novel. If I finish in the next six weeks or so, I can let it lie… Read More The Sword Update
I laid out the steps some weeks ago on my Ello page. If you like having your stuff iBooks, Tablo takes much of the work out for you. Here’s the basics: Step 1 – Put Your Book on Tablo. You can write (or copy-paste) your work there with their Bookmaker software, which is intuitive and… Read More How to Publish Stuff on iBooks, using Tablo…
I just put the most satisfying words – THE END – an author ever composes onto Void. The last three chapters will be available in their entirety in the next issue of Unnamed Journal. Which means I’ve finished almost a week ahead of my June 1st deadline. Which means I’ve hit all my deadlines this year –… Read More That’s Three Novellas Done, Gang.
Climax done. Now for denouement. I’m toying with making rumors of a characters demise greatly exaggerated. I don’t know if I like the character or just didn’t like the death I had planned. It’s all in the soup, folks.
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