While The Veil contains fantastical elements, it is set in our modern world. So I haven’t had to create physics or biology. I’ve had to keep a lot of the story rooted in reality so the reader can buy into it. But I realise this has created a problem. My new work that I’m prepping […]
Letting Go of Reality… Read More »
Wow, a month and a half since my last post. You’d think I’d forgotten this blog existed. Truth be told, I just haven’t had much to share with the world. The Veil has stalled in edits. I mean, it’s getting there, just a lot slower than I had hoped. But with all things The Veil,
News of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated Read More »
Last night, I finished a major rewrite of the most problematic chapter in The Veil. I decided to unwind by playing some Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Number 1. I just picked it up for a bargain). I’m a child of the 70’s. Star Wars was the first film I recall seeing in a theatre.
A Video Game Should Be FUN Read More »
When viewing people’s reasons for self-publishing, one I often see is ‘I can get my book out faster.’ Today, I have to say this feels like bullsh!t to me. In some ways, I’d rather a gatekeeper hold on to my book and say “No, you can not release it, because it hasn’t had enough edits/beta reads/marketing etc.”
Even An Indie Needs Patience Read More »
During my post on my decision to go indie, I mentioned that I had also decided to create a publishing company, Red Bucket Publishing. I’m going to discuss this decision and some of the hoops I’ve found while working on this the past few days. First off, I’m in Ontario, Canada. My initial decision was
Becoming a Publisher Read More »
Self-publishers have it good in Canada. We can get our ISBNs for free. If you’re unfamiliar, ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number and is a unique number used to identify your book. Most places that you will publish, be it physical or Ebook, will require you to provide an ISBN for your work. As
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So I’ve given it a great deal of thought, and I’m finally ready to say for certain that I am going to self-publish. Almost every indie writer has a blog post where they justify their decision to skip the traditional publishing model. I suppose this my post. But instead of belaboring the point, I’ll sum
Going it Alone or Call me “Indie” Read More »
