by Douglas | Jan 26, 2021 | Non-Book Projects, Random Thoughts & Ideas
The ball is really rolling on Twitter, and I’m picking up steam in that community. I finally hit over 1K followers! A lot of support came from fellow indieauthors, the writing community, and readers such as yourself. I realized I’m a bigger hit there as an...
by Douglas | Oct 3, 2020 | Random Thoughts & Ideas
The best stories are ones in which the author can include things of which they are an expert, perhaps even experienced firsthand, but often you still need to research a subject. Even a few brief mentions in an action scene can allude to hours of web-searching and...
by Douglas | Mar 26, 2020 | Book Projects On The Horizon, Random Thoughts & Ideas
Sometimes, a big scene can stick for years in the head of an author. You plan out a series, you know some key events that will happen, but you just can’t write as fast as you can think up scenes. This causes some big scenes to replay in your head for a couple...
by Douglas | Mar 13, 2020 | Book Projects On The Horizon, Random Thoughts & Ideas
We hear that sometimes Amazon strikes a bunch of reviews from a novel, for whatever reason. It either doesn’t trust the reviewer or relationship of the author. So overnight, without warning, you can lose a lot of good reviews. That may or may not have happened...
by Douglas | Nov 15, 2019 | Random Thoughts & Ideas
This past weekend I had an awesome event in Minneapolis called GalaxyCon. It’s the biggest event I’ve ever gone to, depending on how one might rank the Mn Renaissance Festival. GalaxyCon was expecting over 30,000 guests for the weekend, and they packed...
