Writing

  • My Second Month on the Hypothetical Job

    Wow, my hypothetical first month as CEO of New HarperCollins went by in a flash! It feels like it’s only been a week. Goes to show how much we’ve done and how far we’ve come. I thought it would be a couple years before we overtook Random Penguin as the #1 publisher in the land.… Continue reading

  • Happy Dance!

    SAND is now published! Sorry, no videos of me dancing a jig around my office. YouTube has new algorithms that block any video of my unrhythmic spasms from landing on the internet. True story. I do have a video of me uploading SAND to my Kindle Direct Publishing account, though. (Am I the only person… Continue reading

  • Readers Don’t Get Fatigued; Editors Do.

    Someone on Facebook pointed out that the zombie bestsellers right now are largely self-published titles. Even on the print side, where POD books are ruling the roost. I saw a thread on KB recently about how well someone was doing with clean urban fantasy (no graphic sex), even though they’ve been told nobody wants this.… Continue reading

  • A Google Hangout Extravaganza

    I’m hoping this takes place on Thursday, the 9th of January, around 7PM EST. It all depends on whether or not the USB Thumb Drives arrive in time. If they don’t get here until Friday, I’ll do it then. What am I doing? A Google Hangout that you don’t want to miss. I’ll be packing… Continue reading

  • Don’t Anyone Put Me in Charge

    By my count, half of the top 10 bestselling science fiction authors on Amazon right now are self-published or published with Amazon. Leading the pack is A.G. Riddle, who has been killing it the past few months with two novels that hang around in the top 50 overall on the paid Kindle store. B.V. Larson has… Continue reading