Forgot To Mention
on Nov 7, 2009Clicking on the title will take you to my new site. It looks a LOT different from this one. But I think it works...

Moved, Left Forwarding Address
on Nov 7, 2009I'm pretty much up and running on Wordpress. I'll visit from time to time...

Vanity, Thy Name Is BRW
on Nov 3, 2009 in vanity homework ballpark books Ah, I should have done my homework first. I submitted because I liked the name. Then, after submitting, I checked them against Preditors & Editors. Guess what. They're a vanity press. They sent an email the other day asking for a ballpark figure of h...

Dazed and Confused
on Nov 3, 2009 in wordpress bogus confused widgets link daze sidebar Well, I got the Wordpress thing going and...I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Like, I want to get an "about" link on the main page, but I don't see how to do it. And the sidebar only has room for two widgets? How bogus is that? Time to call in th...

Baby, I Was Dead-Ass Broke!
on Oct 25, 2009 in sister broke molecules dead Banks ass Nike computer hydrogen Banks. I hate 'em. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. Well, you can, but don't let your neighborhood Nike boys know that.So what's broke mean? When you've got lint in your wallet and no job? But what if you have $25K computer system at home...

Speaking of Fishing...
on Oct 23, 2009 in publisher coincidence fish fishermen field of dreams agent Ah, the timing was perfect. Seemingly minutes after I wrote that post about agents and publishers being fish and writers the fishermen, I received two nibbles within days of one another. One from a publishing house, another from an agent. Is this a c...

Black Rose Press
on Oct 21, 2009 in domain Nook black rose press Kindle publishing Sony is not a reality, but I reserved the domain name the other day. Since starting this journey, I've always said I'd like my own publishing house. It doesn't matter whether I'm the only client, or if I have a stable. I'll tell you this, though--it'll be...

Promise Fulfilled
on Oct 18, 2009I remembered to bring my camera to CapClave. I did not use it. But I brought it, and that's what counts, right?No. I'd promised to post some pictures, but I don't have any. So technically, I reneged. The whip, please...Met up with old friends and mad...

I Promise
on Oct 16, 2009 in guinea pig camera ranting podcast mirror ball disco promise capclave CapClave is tomorrow. This time I promise to bring a camera. Whenever I go to cons, I always make that promise, but I rarely follow through. I think the last time I brought a camera to a con was a couple or three Balticons ago. When I come back from...

An Author's Work Is Never Done
on Oct 14, 2009 in publisher queries marketing Rewrote my query letter because my editor had some suggestions. I think it's a better letter as a result. So I edited all my models (saves time) both for "mainstream" and erotica publishers. One publisher's entry in Writer's Market said authors who h...