Novel Feedback
Finally, I am getting feedback on my novel from virtual strangers. This means, they have no face-to-face connection to me, no reason to flatter or hold back their true assessment. These comments are...
View ArticleWe’re Moving On Up…
Authonomy has a ranking system where other authors can back an unpublished book. The higher the novel climbs in the ranking, the more eyes look at it. If it makes it to–and stays in–the Top 5 for a...
View ArticleA New Addiction
Authonomy is addictive. I am a goal-oriented chap. Authonomy is a like crack to an overachiever like me. The site dangles the huge, yummy carrot of making it to the Editor’s Desk in front of hopeful...
View ArticleTwo Cents
There is a great line from a Jay Brannan song that says:I should have million of dollars, ’cause every asshole’s put two cents in. I have been receiving a lot of useful feedback from the authors &...
View ArticleCapritare: Completion
I just finished the (almost) final round of editing on Book II in the Capritare series. Now, it’s time to reprint for one last perusal. At this point, my beta-readers also get a first look at it in...
View ArticleWriters Are Kooks!
This comes from a series of public online messages between another writer and yours truly. I found it, ummm, a bit disturbing. Names have been changed to protect the innocent. I shall refer to my...
View ArticleReview: FREEBORN
By chance, I happened upon an opportunity to share the first three chapters of FREEBORN with a stranger–Alexandra Davidoff. We ‘met’ in an online forum where I was seeking feedback on the Pitch....
View ArticleBeta Comments: FREEBORN
Holy FREEBORN, Batman! Apologies for neglecting the blog posting over the last couple days. I have been churning out a chapter a day on FREEBORN. So far, I have been receiving amazing feedback from my...
View ArticlePublisher’s Feedback: Capritare
I haven’t sent out any queries for Capritare in over two months. In fact, with the new novel in the works, I haven’t referred back to my submission tracking sheet in a long while. Today, I received...
View ArticleYA – Weird is ALWAYS good
I barely had FREEBORN written before opportunities to throw it into a few contests arose. There is a *possibility* that the manuscript may not have been completed when I entered it into at least one...
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