I’ve done a bunch of these contests now (four SPFBOs, two SPSFCs, three BBNYAs, a SFINCS, and some others), and one thing I know as a participant is that it’s fun seeing your book progress through the competition, and it’s also nice to know what’s go...
Here they are! Got some great stuff to read coming up. For blurbs and bigger pictures, see the team page at Athena’s place here.
After participating in SPSFC twice (#1 and #3) with Daros and Kenai, and lacking a book to enter this year, I decided to try my hand at judging. I’ll be part of the Peripheral Prospectors team this year, led by Athena over at OneReadingNurse.com. Our...
So, I’ve done NaNoWriMo for the past five years, and I’ve written a whole bunch during these Novembers, the majority of four books and a good chunk of Daros (my college was trying to illegitimately sack me during November 2020, so writing suffered th...
Here’s a recap of how it went for my first attempt at selling books and games at a convention. I was at Crash City Con 2024. The registration was easy, the hosts were kind and helpful, I met cool people, and it was overall a fun experience. In terms...
I landed a BookBub featured deal about a month ago for my mystery novel, What Grows From the Dead. I’ll abbreviate the book as WGFTD for ease in typing from here on out. BookBub featured deals are competitive – I’ve been applying for them for five ye...
This article on my writing process was posted as part of a blog tour for What Grows From the Dead. It was originally posted here. Writing past your headlights It’s late, and your trip’s been long and difficult. You’re off the main road, trying to fol...
This article on my writing process was posted as part of a blog tour for What Grows From the Dead. It was originally posted here. Writing to genre – challenges and shortcuts I’m here to talk about my mystery book, but I have been publishing books for...
Vampire Steve is a character in What Grows From the Dead. This was a character guest post as part of that book’s blog tour, originally posted here. Transcript of Taped Interview: Stephen Janewicz, session #2 Date: November 3, 10:45am Background on th...