Articles
An Explanation.
Yes, yes, I’m a novelist. But if you keep writing novels long enough, you generally build up a lot of non-novel pieces of writing as former generations of writers tended to collect pencil shavings. I’ve taught writing classes, given public speeches, directed workshops, been on panels, written speeches for other (better) speakers, researched white papers, run blogs, and also written more than my share of articles both for readers and for other writers.
I’ve also moved through life for more years than I care to lay claim to, and that tends to provide experience of its own that adds to the pile quite without my intending it to. I’m quite sure this list will continue to grow, too.
Most of articles, essays, and general meanderings are here, arranged in some sort of order so you can find them of use, if you’re game to venture among them.
Many of the acticles here refer to the term anchored author. You may well wonder what that is. This article here will explain: ”What the hell is an anchored author?”
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Index.
About My Books
It Might Read Better In Klingon
Sherlock Holmes Had A Secret Lover?
The Truth About Book Reviews – The Good, The Bad And The Really Ugly
What Inspired Solstice Surrender
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Book Covers
Honestly, Really, I Love My New Cover
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Bookstores
Another industry shake up – POD presses in B&M stores
Don’t Miss Out On All The Fiction You Can Get
Review of Fictionwise – On-line Bookstore
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Career Management for Writers
11 Good Reasons Authors Need To Stay Healthy And Fit
Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances
An End to Euphemisms – Is Erotica Right For You
Career Strategy – The Two Step Career
Do You Have What It Takes To Be An E Author?
Don’t Reject Small Presses–You Can’t Afford It
Finding The Best E-Publisher For Your Novel
Getting Your Partner To Actually Be A Partner
How I Performed Hara-Kiri On My Career
How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field
How Running A Blog Can Help Your Fiction Career
If You Really Want To Quit Your Day Job, Get A Strategy
More Day Job Options For Anchored Authors
Move Your Day Job To Better Suit Your Writing Career
Quitting Your Day Job – Just Where Do You Stand These Days
The Hidden Class of Writer – Authors With Day Jobs
The Home-Based Day Job – Pitfalls For An Anchored Author
The Ultimate Goal Of An Anchored Author’s Career
What NOT to do for yourself — Your taxes.
The Writer’s Other Classic Curse and Four Ways to Deal With It.
Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It
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Conventions
The Don’t-Miss Party of the Year
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eBooks and eReading
A Can Opener For E-books – And Your New Best Friend
Advantages And Drawbacks Of Both Paper And Pixel Books
Do You Have What It Takes To Be An E Author?
Don’t Reject Small Presses–You Can’t Afford It
Don’t Miss Out On All The Fiction You Can Get
Ebooks – What Format Should You Get – Decide Now
Electronic Books –Overlooked, And Shouldn’t Be
The Truth About Book Reviews – The Good, The Bad And The Really Ugly
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Foreign Editions
It Might Read Better In Klingon
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Good Stories & Good Story Tellers
Damned Good Story Telling, Really Unexpected Place To Find It
Don’t You Just Love Medieval Stories?
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Historicals and Historical Romances
Don’t You Just Love Medieval Stories?
Historical Cheat Sheet – 5th & 6th Century Britain
Historical Research … Aarrgghh!!
Sherlock Holmes Had A Secret Lover?
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Just for Fun
Please Sir, The Cat Ate My Book
Snicks – Decoration for Plain Text
Spit Coffee on Your Keyboard Opening Lines
They’re out there, moving amongst us
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Marketing & PR for Writers
5 Reasons An Author Newsletter Is Still A Good Idea
6 Social Networks You Can’t Live Without As A Fiction Author…And Why
12 Things You Must Do To Market Your New Small Business
Are Professional Newsletter Services Worth it for Anchored Authors
A Working Definition of Social Networking and Web 2.0 For Writers
Book Tour. Blog Tour. What’s the Difference and Why You Should Care
Book Trailers Add Another Blow to the Midlist
Brand Yourself With Your Email Address – Don’t Waste The Opportunity
Event-Driven Author Marketing and PR
Get Your Own Domain — And Use It
Here’s a Quick Way to Leave An Indelible Impression On Your Readers.
How to Ask To Guest Blog in 20 Baby Steps
How to Assess If A Social Network is Worth Your Time
Install a Favicon Icon For A Professional Look On Your Blog
How to Think Strategically About Your Web Presence – Once And For All.
How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field
Learn Basic CSS and PHP. It’s Worth It.
One Trick That Will Drive Traffic To Your Blog, Guaranteed
Only For The Really, Really Stupid–How To Run A Blog And Write Novels And Work The Day Job
PR & Marketing for Authors – Just Do It
Seven Tailored Uses For Google Alerts
The Advantages of Using Advanced Themes For Your Blog
The Basic Aims Of A Fiction Writer’s Blog
The Basic Steps of A Book Tour
Why You Should Avoid Crotch-Grope Marketing
Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It
Your Brand is Everyone’s Responsibility
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Money Stuff
How To Get To Quitting The Day Job Faster
Money…A Great Tool For Anchored Authors
Payday Tactics — How To Calculate Your Top-Out Figure
What NOT to do for yourself — Your taxes.
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Motivation for Writers
A Cure for Monday Morning Blues
Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances
And Yet More Reasons to Stick With Your Writing Schedule
Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly
Here, Take My Ballet Mistress. Please.
How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field
How to Find the Energy to Get Out Of Bed In the Morning
How to Pull Yourself Through a Manuscript
If You Really Want To Quit Your Day Job, Get A Strategy
It’s Not Just Writers Stuck With A Day Job
Quitting Your Day Job – Just Where Do You Stand These Days
Reaching Your Goals – Four Mighty Little Tricks To Making It
Talk Yourself Into Being More Creative
When the Words Just…Won’t…Come
The Writer’s Other Classic Curse and Four Ways to Deal With It.
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Plotting, Planning & other Techniques
Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly
Historical Cheat Sheet – 5th & 6th Century Britain
Historical Research … Aarrgghh!!
Nag Yourself Into Solving Story Problems — Off the Clock.
7 Ways to Avoid Distractions When You’re Writing
Six Ways To Get Back Into Your Writing Session Quickly
Talk Yourself Into Being More Creative
When the Words Just…Won’t…Come
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The Publishing Industry
Another industry shake up – POD presses in B&M stores
Book Trailers Add Another Blow to the Midlist
Don’t Reject Small Presses–You Can’t Afford It
Finding The Best E-Publisher For Your Novel
How On-Line Marketing Helps Level the Playing Field
It Might Read Better In Klingon
It’s Not Just Writers Stuck With A Day Job
Publishing Terms POD And The Amazon Thing
Quitting Your Day Job – Just Where Do You Stand These Days
The Hidden Class of Writer – Authors With Day Jobs
The Home-Based Day Job – Pitfalls For An Anchored Author
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Romance & Erotica
An End to Euphemisms – Is Erotica Right For You?
Don’t You Just Love Medieval Stories?
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Small Business Management
12 Things You Must Do To Market Your New Small Business
Your Brand is Everyone’s Responsibility
What NOT to do for yourself — Your taxes.
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The Reading Life
Advantages And Drawbacks Of Both Paper And Pixel Books
Damned Good Story Telling, Really Unexpected Place To Find It
A Can Opener For E-books – And Your New Best Friend
Don’t Miss Out On All The Fiction You Can Get
Ebooks – What Format Should You Get – Decide Now
Reader’s Roadmap (2007 Edition)
Reader’s Roadmap (Print Version)
Review of Fictionwise – On-line Bookstore
Spit Coffee on Your Keyboard Opening Lines
Teeny Bits Of Heaven – How To Get More Reading Into Your Life
The Truth About Book Reviews – The Good, The Bad And The Really Ugly
They’re out there, moving amongst us
Ways to Kill Off Your Collection – And Your Friends
What You Can Do For Your Favourite Authors
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Technology for Readers and Writers
6 Social Networks You Can’t Live Without As A Fiction Author…And Why
A Can Opener For E-books – And Your New Best Friend
Advantages And Drawbacks Of Both Paper And Pixel Books
Another industry shake up – POD presses in B&M stores
A Working Definition of Social Networking and Web 2.0 For Writers
Ebooks – What Format Should You Get – Decide Now
Electronic Books –Overlooked, And Shouldn’t Be
Get Your Own Domain — And Use It
Here, Take My Ballet Mistress. Please.
Install a Favicon Icon For A Professional Look On Your Blog
Learn Basic CSS and PHP. It’s Worth It.
Microsoft Outlook for Writers – 7 Tailored Uses
Portable Apps for Anchored Authors-Mobility Perfected
Seven Tailored Uses For Google Alerts
The Advantages of Using Advanced Themes For Your Blog
The Humble Microsoft Briefcase
Use the Force, Luke…or…Technophobes United
A Writer’s Text Editor – Liquid Story Binder XE
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Time Management for Writers
“Banking” Writing Hours Pays Off With Interest
A Cure for Monday Morning Blues
Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances
And Yet More Reasons to Stick With Your Writing Schedule
Finding More Time To Write On Weekends
Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly
How to Assess If A Social Network is Worth Your Time
How to Astonish Yourself into Writing More Often
Microsoft Outlook for Writers – 7 Tailored Uses
Monthly Scorecard – How Did You Do
More Day Job Options For Anchored Authors
Move Your Day Job To Better Suit Your Writing Career
Nag Yourself Into Solving Story Problems — Off the Clock.
Only For The Really, Really Stupid–How To Run A Blog And Write Novels And Work The Day Job
Six Ways To Get Back Into Your Writing Session Quickly
Stop Watching Bloody Television
The Home-Based Day Job – Pitfalls For An Anchored Author
Write During Your Lunchbreaks-It’s Worth It
Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It
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Writing More
“Banking” Writing Hours Pays Off With Interest
Adjusting The Anchored Life To Suit Your Circumstances
And Yet More Reasons to Stick With Your Writing Schedule
Finding More Time To Write On Weekends
Getting In The Mood to Write, and Your Head Back Into Your Story Quickly
Here, Take My Ballet Mistress. Please.
How to Astonish Yourself into Writing More Often
More Day Job Options For Anchored Authors
Nag Yourself Into Solving Story Problems — Off the Clock.
Six Ways To Get Back Into Your Writing Session Quickly
7 Ways to Avoid Distractions When You’re Writing
Stop Watching Bloody Television
Talk Yourself Into Being More Creative
When the Words Just…Won’t…Come
Write During Your Lunchbreaks-It’s Worth It
Your Average Word Count — Why You Should Track It
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