2016 Breakdown

For those of you in self publishing that might be interested, I thought I’d release my sales numbers for the year. I ran a fair number of promotional campaigns through Amazon and I’ll be honest, while the ROI was great for me, that was to be expected in a year where I didn’t release any …

Dumbassery

Third go around at publishing a book and I’m still making mistakes. I’ve been a little concerned at the seeming lack of initial sales for Reliance my new Western Thriller but then it’s been my experience that it always takes a little bit of time for any book to gain some traction. I’m also guessing …

Burnout

I was out with some friends last night, a pretty rare occurrence for me and I was talking to one of them who I have not seen in a while just catching up and we got to talking about what he was doing with his writing and of course the fact he was suffering form …

Titles…

Ok, I’m getting the feeling that while everybody likes the layout, they’re not digging the title and that’s cool. I’m used to title changes from the film world. Nothing I’ve ever written has ever had its title survive all the way to the end with the exception of one film and I’m not talking about …

If a tree falls in a forest…

I’m considering doing a series of short videos on writing. I’d like to share my past experiences writing for film and TV as well as my current experiences as an independent writer of fiction. I know it all sounds sort of egocentric and I guess it is to a point but it’s really about passing …

Same as it ever was…

I started Devil’s Gambit twenty years ago. I was a young writer, very sure of myself. The internet was still in its infancy and most of your info on all things military came out of white papers and the “Jane’s Group” one of the largest public disseminators of semi classified information (for a price) available. …

Promotions and Reviews

Ten days ago, I decided to try a promotion package for Devil’s Gambit to a service with an extensive Twitter presence (well way more extensive than mine anyway). Now bearing in mind, I’m a new to the scene writer. Twenty plus years of writing for film and TV doesn’t mean shit other than it does …