This author’s note originally appeared in the October 3rd edition of my author newsletter. To subscribe to my newsletter, click here. When Mrs. Vasicek and I got married, we decided that there would be no smart devices or screens in our house beyond the master bedroom. Our reasoning had mostly to do with personal health… Continue reading 2019-10-03 Newsletter Author’s Note
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2019-08-15 Newsletter Author’s Note
This author’s note originally appeared in the August 15th edition of my author newsletter. To sign up for my newsletter, click here. It was not an easy decision to enroll all of my Star Wanderers books into Kindle Unlimited. For years, this was my flagship series, not only on Amazon but on all platforms. Enrolling… Continue reading 2019-08-15 Newsletter Author’s Note
Rethinking the blog
It seems that I’m constantly in a state of retooling my writing career, moving from one area to the next a bit like construction projects at a university campus. And every time that I start to retool something else, the blog gets neglected. Well, it’s time to retool the blog. A couple of months ago,… Continue reading Rethinking the blog
Extra Sci-Fi S3E5: Dune – Origins
It’s always fascinating to learn how the big name authors got their start. As a fan, it pulls back the mystique a bit and makes those authors more relatable, and as a writer, it’s enormously encouraging to learn that even the big names had to pay their dues too. I wonder what Dune would have… Continue reading Extra Sci-Fi S3E5: Dune – Origins
New plan for the newsletter
So my fiancee helped me to put together a proper newsletter template for my email list, and it looks pretty good! Much better than the template I wrote myself, and I’m not a programmer (she is). This gives me the opportunity to make some changes to the way I do things, and I’ve decided to… Continue reading New plan for the newsletter
Good things are happening!
It’s been a while since I posted a general update here on the blog, and while I’ve been sharing regular updates to my mailing list, enough has been happening that I suppose I should let all the rest of you know what’s going on. First, I decided to pull out a bunch of investment money… Continue reading Good things are happening!
New short story goals
In the last few months, as I’ve reworked my business plan, I’ve put a lot of thought into what I want to do with short stories. I’ve written about two dozen of them so far, and while I don’t expect to be known as a short story writer, I do expect that short stories will… Continue reading New short story goals
Late December Update
It’s been a while since I posted a writing update on this blog, but seeing as I intend to blog a lot more actively in the coming year, I suppose I should start with an update. First off, my current WIP. I’m making good progress on Gunslinger to Earth, and should finish it in early… Continue reading Late December Update
A Change in Direction
This is going to be a rather long post. I’ll preface it with some demographic trends among my generation, then tie that in with my situation and how I got here. From there, we’ll see where it goes. I was born in the early 80s, which technically makes me a Millennial, though it doesn’t always… Continue reading A Change in Direction
Why money should not flow to the writer
Yog’s law states that money should flow to the writer. It’s an old aphorism in the publishing industry, from a time when self-publishing was synonymous with vanity publishing. According to this 2003 post by Theresa Nielsen-Hayden: For years now, we’ve been dinning Yog’s Law into young writers’ heads: Money always flows toward the writer. Alternate… Continue reading Why money should not flow to the writer