Today Brent reads the seventh chapter of Sand, Sea and Stone “Demetrius Tate: Goblin.” If you are enjoying this podcast please take a moment to rate and review Brent’s books on Goodreads. Both Deadly Troubadours and Sand, Sea and Stone could use some love. Visit the website at deadlytroubadour.com and like the book on Facebook. Deadly Troubadours can … More SSS Ch 07 Demetrius Tate: Goblin
Today Brent reads the sixth chapter of Sand, Sea and Stone “Day One: Evening.” If you are enjoying this podcast please take a moment to rate and review Brent’s books on Goodreads. Both Deadly Troubadours and Sand, Sea and Stone could use some love. Visit the website at deadlytroubadour.com and like the book on Facebook. Deadly Troubadours can … More SSS Ch 06 Day One: Evening
Today Brent reads the fifth chapter of Sand, Sea and Stone “Talbert Gretchen: Kraken.” If you are enjoying this podcast please take a moment to rate and review Brent’s books on Goodreads. Both Deadly Troubadours and Sand, Sea and Stone could use some love. Visit the website at deadlytroubadour.com and like the book on Facebook. Deadly Troubadours can … More SSS Ch 05 Talbert Gretchen: Kraken
I’ve spent most of today rocking my three-week-old daughter. She is firmly in the stage where the only time she is happy is when she is being held. But, every now and then she falls asleep. I’ve used those precious moments to work on some editing of my work in progress, A Song in Darkness. … More Another Sneak Peak at my WiP
It is the 21st of the month, which means it is the one time a month I use this blog to directly reach out and request the any regular readers take the plunge and support me over on Patreon. The beauty of Pateron is that it allows you to directly support an individual and their … More February’s Patreon Appeal
It happens to every writer. After weeks, months, years spent agonizing over story and character, syntax and plot, you release it into the world. Then, if you are lucky, the reviews start coming in. If you are very lucky they come in like a deluge. If you are like me, it is more in dribs … More Getting a Bad Review
I followed my usual pattern. Get an idea. Brainstorm about characters and how they will interact together. Cobble together a rough plot. Decide upon a few goals for the different stages. Start writing and see what happens. As I write I learn more and more about the story I am trying to tell. I write … More An Unexpected Influence
How long does it take to judge your interest in a work? How long can you read before knowing whether or not you want to continue? I’m not sure. Not really. But I’m hoping that this opening to A Song in Darkness will be enough to make any reader want to carry on with the … More A Song in Darkness – First 532 words
Do you every feel it? You’re working hard, doing your best, trying everything you can to make your mark and get noticed. You start to feel that purchase of a little bit of traction. You feel you are making progress. And then you look over. You see someone else. The seem to be fresh out … More Ugly Jealousy
Like many of us writer-types, I belong to a few writer’s groups on Facebook. As an indie-author it is nice to have a few places where I can ask question, maybe get some feedback and also occasionally vent about things that my non-writing friends aren’t quite so interested in. One of these groups offers up … More “Who’s Your Audience?”
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