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  • Twelve Months at Hurricane Ridge – First Proof

    Maybe this Facebook post says enough. That tenuous celebratory moment whenI think a project is done(Twelve Months at Hurricane Ridge)but won’t know until the proof copy arrives in ~2 weeks.I hope pages 32-34 work out.Stay tuned.Now, a break. Whew. (https://www.facebook.com/tom.trimbath/posts/pfbid0riUoa6KfQKFHLDhGymnTmsttsUDCMyZjzZDE2X7wyxeH4z74WbZajAdVU9QoHYP1l) And, here’s more. Today, May 18, 2026, I hit Publish on my next photo essay,…

  • I Sold A Book

    I sold a book! Yay! I sold a book. I sold a book. I sold a book. That may seem like an odd thing to celebrate, but it is all I know. I sold a book. ‘A’ as in one. A book but I don’t know which one. I don’t even know if I made…

  • Muddling By – The Ebook

    Well, that didn’t take long. Ebook from paperback in less than an hour, or two, or maybe I’m not done yet. Or maybe it is just fine. Deleted the page numbers, trimmed the book cover, massaged a few things, clicked some buttons, and Muddling By – the ebook has been launched. I hope. Someday I’ll…

  • Muddling By – Launched

    Cue the fanfare! Muddling By – A Rollercoaster Ride Through America’s Wealth Classes is launched! To be clearer about it, my newest book, Muddling By, has been published and is available on Amazon. For more of the details of the content, click over to Muddling By – A Rollercoaster Ride Through America’s Wealth Classes on…

  • Muddling By – Proof 092425

    I get to say it again. “The book is done!” and yet, not. Muddling By passed kdp/Amazon’s test of the interior and the exterior. I want proof. Specifically, I request a Proof Copy. They might think it’s done. I want proof. I will also have to wait about a week. Here’s a bit of what’s…

  • Muddling By – Eighth Draft Begun

    Authors get to celebrate being ‘done’ with a book several times: the first draft, every subsequent draft, the book build (internal), the built book (internal and external), the upload, the publication, the initial receipt, the entry into the Library of Congress, and whatever other hurdle a writer wants to proclaim as an accomplishment. Muddling By…

  • 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…

  • Amazon Author Page And Central

    (written while tired. my apology, but intuition suggested I publish it soonest.) I pass this along because it is cheap and relatively easy. Amazon has two websites that I use: Amazon Author page and Amazon Author Central. Note: I use them. They are useful, but not very useful. But they are free and informative. And…

  • 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…

  • Fire Race Is Published

    “Congratulations!” (to me) “You finished your book! Time to take some time off.” Oh, if only it was so. Well, maybe a little celebration. I slept in an hour. But yes, Fire Race, the sequel to Firewatcher, my science fiction series about humans escaping a threatening AI apocalypse, is done and available on Amazon. And,…