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  • When A Sale Is A Donation

    Donation donated. That’s satisfying, and also never enough. I sold a book! That’s not grand news, but a specific book sold in a specific way that meant I donated the proceeds to a charity. That’s the satisfying part. Understanding the need is why I also know it barely helps, yet I do it anyway. I…

  • Cover Art Prep

    What to do in the gap between finishing the third draft of Muddling By (working title) and the fourth draft? Take a vacation, right? Ha! I did set aside the writing, but my brain popped up creating the book cover. As if there wasn’t enough to do writing the book. Years ago, I heard some…

  • Care

    Care. Care what you write about. I care about writing this, and I won’t apologize to everyone who doesn’t care I wrote it. Writing about what you care about seems so simple. Why else write? (Unless you’re getting paid and you need the money.) But also be careful. It is April 2025. I do not…

  • Books – Old Official New

    Some days are simply writers days. The title of the post may be overly concise, but including everything from today would be very wordy.How about, ‘An Old Book An Official Book The Next Book‘?Skip the suspense. Today, I got another new copy of my book about tea tales, Kettle Pot Cup; and got an official…

  • Last Minute Ebooks

    It is Christmas Eve. What’s left to do for an author? Ah, yes. Remind people that ebooks have found a niche in the harried shopping season. This is simple. This will be easy. Let’s see if I ramble on as usual. Cultural note: Shopping doesn’t only happen for Christmas. Christmas is not for everyone. If…

  • First Review Whew – Fire Race

    “Finish the next one. I want to see what happens.” OK. That summarizes it. I called a friend (definitely not an unbiased source, but a better writer than me) just to ask how they were doing after our windstorm. Fine; now, about the book… Write a book. Become an author. Then, wait for the second…

  • Library Of Congress – Fire Race

    A milestone. A celebration. I think I did it right, but with bureaucracies, I have doubts. But. I have mailed a paperback copy of Fire Race to the U.S. Library of Congress. I hope I did it right. I’ve submitted several books during the previous 22 years, so I should be practiced, but a lot…

  • Firewatcher – The Ebook

    Does it feel like the world is in turmoil? I wrote a scifi novel about that, though not specifically this. That book, Firewatcher, is now an ebook. If you need an instant distraction, there it is. Firewatcher’s origin story has been covered over on my oldest blog (Firewatcher Launched). That was the paperback. The ebook…

  • Almost A Week Off

    Almost A Week Off It’s been a week. Fire Race was officially published last week. I’m done! Ha. I’ve mentioned before that this begins the never-finished phase of writing a book: telling everyone about it. But not yet. I’ve been mentioning it every day online, but that only takes about ten minutes. There’s a lot…

  • Inventory Ugh

    Pardon me as I groan. Inventory. Inventory is also known as books that haven’t sold. Inventory is also known as potential sales. Inventory can also be heavy, bulky, and fragile. It is also necessary. I’m glad I have so little, yet probably have enough, and maybe not. Writing is one set of skills. Keeping track…