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I’ve spent the last week dogsitting my sister’s Irish Wolfhound/English sheepdog mixes, Sookie and Elrod. They’re two gentle giants who would—probably—leave the house alone if left to their own devices, but I feel obligated to hang out with them and make sure they feel comfortable. Since dogs primarily spend their day sleeping, hanging out implies [...]

I’m starting a new weekly feature on the blog, Tip Tuesday, where I pass on a few things I’ve learned about writing craft, self-publishing, editing, and the culture and community of authors. If you like what you’ve read, please throw a LIKE at the bottom of the post and share with friends you think could [...]

This is a breakdown of a recent KDP Select experiment (a six-day sale 6/22-6/26) I ran on three short fantasy titles of mine—Sword of Kings, Assassin, and Seven Into the Bleak—to see if visibility for one would mean sustained visibility for all. Read Part I here. Promotion Previous Select sales I’d run were too off-the-cuff [...]

As many of you know, in an attempt to promote some of my shorter fantasy titles, I recently (June 22-26) held a six-day sale of three of my short stories: Sword of Kings, Assassin, and Seven Into the Bleak. I thought I’d give an analysis of what I was aiming for, what I achieved, and [...]

My cascading six day fantasy sale continues with Seven Into the Bleak, FREE on Amazon.com today and tomorrow (June 25 – 26) only! Synopsis A band of companions–each with his or her own reasons–delves deep into the heart of the Bleak, the infamous and horrifying cavern world miles beneath their own. But their dreams of [...]

Thank you! That’s what I have to say after seeing my fantasy short Assassin reach #1 in Historical Fantasy and #2 in Epic Fantasy on the Amazon “free” lists. With your help, I’ve reached some stratospheric levels after just under 2 days on my Amazon free sale. Thanks again for everyone’s amazing support. Please avail [...]

My cascading six day fantasy sale continues with Assassin, FREE on Amazon.com today and tomorrow (June 23 – 24) only! Synopsis For almost twenty years, war has raged between the mountainkingdomofThraceand the sea-faringlandofAndal, exhausting both nations. Prince Lowan, the educated and debonair second son of the King of Thrace, has arrived to make peace with [...]

Thanks to a lot of promotion and support, my two day sale of fantasy short story Sword of Kings went to #3 on the Amazon Best Seller list of  ”Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Fantasy > Epic” (and #201 on the overall list). The rating will fall quickly, since the sale ended at midnight, [...]

My cascading six day fantasy sale starts today with Sword of Kings, FREE today and tomorrow (June 21 – 22) only! Escape for a time to the kingdom of Mercia… Synopsis “My sword is dying.” King Andreas was confident, bold, courageous…until his sword–the living symbol of his power–began to crumble in his hands. With his [...]

A thousand year old sword loses its magic and a kingdom hangs in the balance… A young prince must make a terrible choice to stop a war… A band of adventurers faces death and glory a mile below the ground… Escape this world for a short time with three tales of high fantasy—Sword of Kings, [...]