I was watching Anne Rice’s video on writing which she put up a few years ago on YouTube For those not familiar with Anne’s work, she is the writer behind Interview with a Vampire (arguably more famous in its movie form, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise) and The Queen of the Damned. Anne made vampires cool […]
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Cost of self-publishing an ebook independently on Amazon
When I was mulling self-publishing a book on Amazon, I did quite a bit of research about the cost of self-publishing. I think it’d be helpful if I outlined the costs of producing a finished ebook to anyone interested in going down this dark and lonely path. The first thing I’d like to put out there […]
Death, Divinity and the Smiling Man
Death, Divinity and the Smiling Man, a novella that has gone in name from “The story of James”, to the “Book of James, to countless other variations, and from being written in the first person to being written in the 3rd person, has finally been published. It’s a big deal to me because I happen to […]
How the story of a Drow finally captured me
If there’s one thing that I’ve always felt bad about, it’s the fact that I hadn’t read Drizzt Do’urden’s story. Basically, Drow are my favorite race in the Forgotten Realms and Drizzt is the most awesome Drow there is; It’s inexcusable. However, while walking through the book section at Virgin, I stumbled across something magical. […]