Fallen like acid rain,
Burning instead of cleansing.
All I want is my sins absolved away:
Tell me it’s okay to feel this way. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #41: Fallen”
Creativity Sessions: Questions to Ask Your Alpha Readers
I’ve been discussing the revision process for Manuscript: Alpha of The Warden of Everfeld: Memento since completing the first draft way back in July. (That really does feel so much longer ago than two months…)
Since my alpha readers are nearly finished with their reviews, and I am (basically) finished with my own first read-through, I thought I would share the actual questions I typed up for my alpha readers to answer. Continue reading “Creativity Sessions: Questions to Ask Your Alpha Readers”
Color Schemes – All My Words Are Lost At Sea
I know what you’re thinking:
That I’m hiding,
In these dusty old books of mine.
Don’t you know you’re always on my mind?
I’m in here trying to find,
The right words to recite to you. Continue reading “Color Schemes – All My Words Are Lost At Sea”
Haiku Sunday – Wedding
“Wedding”
A simple vow and
exchange of rings is all it
takes to make Mom cry.
Steve D
Friday Write-Day: Revisions and Putting Yourself Out There
My read-through progress slowed considerably over the last week or two, and not for any reason I can readily identify. With the past three days off from work in the run-up to wedding weekend, I have been able to make considerable progress, getting through about 220 of 275 pages.
Continue reading “Friday Write-Day: Revisions and Putting Yourself Out There”
Moonlit Musing: Unreciprocated
Gutted
Love is just like any other domesticated pet-
If it isn’t fed, it will waste away
To nothing. Continue reading “Moonlit Musing: Unreciprocated”
Marketing Your Novel: Where to Begin?
Disclosure: I work for a marketing firm. While I have no formal education in marketing or business and would never claim to be an “expert”, working in online marketing for two companies over the last four years has taught me a lot. This series will explore the marketing strategies I will use to promote my upcoming novel. Also, I know free stock photos are lame. I’ll get my own legit photo for this series at some point, I promise.
Telling people that I work in online marketing typically induces one of two reactions in people. Either, “holy crap, how could you work in such a scummy, manipulative industry,” or “wow, marketing my work is so intimidating, where do I begin?” Continue reading “Marketing Your Novel: Where to Begin?”
Moonlit Musings – Sufferings
I am not so strong as to be glad of my sufferings,
And yet not so weak as to wish them forgotten. Continue reading “Moonlit Musings – Sufferings”
Haiku Sunday – Forever
“Forever”
What if Forever
never meant eternal — just
Beyond Reckoning.
Steve D
Friday Write-Day: Numberbrag & Blogging is Weird
Numbers are cool. They can be enlightening or maddeningly erratic. Either way, I like to take some time every once in a while to review the stats for RSPC. Let’s jump in.
It’s the humble-number-brag! Continue reading “Friday Write-Day: Numberbrag & Blogging is Weird”
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