This week has been a welcome back to novel writing for me. I’m in a pretty good headspace for it right now. Deadly Troubadours is being sorted and shipped, which is a great relief, even if it is me doing the sorting and shipping (with assists from the Mrs.) Now I can really sink my … More How I Write
With getting 300 copies of a book with cover misprints, I do feel a little like I got a dealt a bit of lemons. So, just like the cliche commands, I am going about making some lemonade. Since I have an abundance of books and March is Deadly Troubadours birthday, the entire month of March … More Preview of a Goodreads Giveaway
Over all today has been quite solid. Taught some classes at school. And since it was Wednesday we had club time. I am one of the teachers in charge of the English club. We do a variety of things in club. Sometimes we play English games. Sometimes we sing songs. Last week we played guess … More Frisbee Girls
I feel like I’m topping a peak. Not only have I managed to update this site daily for over a month, which is huge since last year my longest streak was 5 days, but I’m starting to make actual writing progress. Sure, it has only been three days, but it feels great. Filling up pages … More Three days of writing…
Last week I received the order of books I funded through Indiegogo. That means I’ve been getting ready to stuff a lot of padded envelopes with a lot of books. That is a great feeling and overtime I think about it I am thrilled and humbled from all the support I have received from so … More The Importance of Reviews
There once was a magical time when I could eat dinner, let things calm down and then go sit at my computer and comfortable write for an hour or so. This let me make steady progress in things I was working on. Say, sequels to fantasy novels. As a for instance. I miss those sweet … More Why So Tired…
I’ve been in an ongoing process of getting my book, Deadly Troubadours, printed. Recently I shared how the cover was finalized and then how the cover was misprinted. To compare this to Star Wars, because all things relate to Star Wars, the last post was my Empire Strikes Back. A down ending. Unsure of how … More Cover Saga, Part 3
Today was supposed to be a fairly momentous occasion. In late December I hit the goal of my Indiegogo campain to print a run of my first novel, Deadly Troubadours. I was thrilled not only to be able to go through with my printing plan, but also with the tremendous support I received from so … More (Mis)Covered
Most of my adult life I have been teaching Eglish in Japan. Straight out of college I came over and taught in a Junior high school in a mid-sized city. After doing that for four years, and with various adventures and disasters that make up teaching spirnkled in, I moved up, or perhaps over is … More Teaching English in Japan
This is going to be a more personally revealing post than normal. Generally, I prefer to stick to tales of dragons, super-heroics or other such fantasies. But I don’t think that is going to happen today. I have a headache. I’ve had it since waking up about twelve hours ago. It’s waxed and waned, but … More Migraines and Acupuncture
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