For years, decades actually, I held tightly to the idea that the only legitimate market for my stories were the official magazines and book publishers. My beliefs have changed just slightly. I would still strongly advise old-fashioned publication for new writers. Nothing gives you instant recognition and feedback like a paying market putting your words… Continue reading Why Self-publish?
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Life after Pub-date
The life of short story fiction is erratic, unless it’s one of those very rare monster classics. You write the story, after months or years, it finds a few pages in a magazine or an anthology, and then after its short selling season, it vanishes off the radar — in most cases, forever. Hey, if… Continue reading Life after Pub-date
Artwork for a Book
Emperor Dad isn’t the first story I’ve published, or had published. The bulk of my fiction has been short stories in the magazines. It isn’t even my first book. That honor goes to Clean Slate Word Processing for the TRS-80 back in 1983. This was my big push as an independent software developer. I wrote… Continue reading Artwork for a Book