• Challenge,  Kickstarter Campaign,  On Writing,  publishing

    Secrets and Lies Storybundle

    FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE MYSTERY… Kris put together what I think might be one of the best mystery StoryBundles in a long, long time. And I feel really lucky to have a book in this one, let me tell you. Here is the link to get it:  https://storybundle.com/mystery There are some amazing novels and stories in this bundle and if you love mystery, you don’t want to miss it. I even have one of my Cold Poker Gang novels in this called Dead Hand. It would be a good one to jump into the series with. https://storybundle.com/mystery On another topic, all the surveys went out today on The…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    Card Sharp Silver

    Not Counting This As a Day of Writing… But I did work on Card Sharp Silver: A Cave Creek Novel, but just didn’t make enough forward progress to count it, either in time or words. But I did get back on it and cycled back to get it in my head again, got to where I had left off and went, “Damn, this is fun.” No clue where I am going from there, but I typed some and got moving forward again. Felt great! Not really stuck, it has just been a week or so to believe with all the business work. I have about five stories left to get…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  workshops

    A BUNCH OF WORKSHOP BUNDLES

    And I Mean a Bunch!!… And some of these bundles would make fantastic holiday gifts for your writer friends. Or for yourself. And they are all less than buying each item on its own. And they can all be found on Teachable. So going to list them right here, just for fun. To start, there are four different Lifetime Subscriptions…. Workshops. Lectures. Study Along. Las Vegas. Then for the Pop-Ups, there are both 5 and 10 bundles. There is a bundle of the four Futures Workshops, maybe four of the best workshops we have done. There is a bundle of three Negotiations Lectures. And an Advanced Business Lectures bundle. And…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  Writing in Public

    Bundles in BundleRabbit.com

    Many of you know my fondness for bundles… I find multi-author bundles a fantastic new addition to the publishing world, great for both authors and for readers. But mostly for readers. I hear all the time about how hard it is to find new books. Well, bundles are a great way. I bet many of you didn’t know about this fantastic place called Bundlerabbit. Now unlike bundles I normally push here, Bundlerabbit bundles can be bought at a very low price on Amazon, Kobo, B&N, and on BundleRabbit. And the combinations of novels and authors are unlimited. For example, in this very cool bundle called Guns of the West, I…

  • Fiction River,  News,  On Writing,  publishing

    Fantastic New Bundle of Bundles

    SF&F BINGE READERS BUNDLE… Storybundle.com has done something special. It has put together a group of bundles in a bundle. And kept the price at normal levels. Since I am writing a Thunder Mountain novel right now, it is great luck that in this bundle is a bundle of my first three Thunder Mountain novels. You want to know the world I am writing in now, grab this. And you’ll also get some other amazing books. Including a bundle of three different Fiction River fantasy volumes. If you haven’t sampled the amazing work and writers in Fiction River, this would be a good place to do it. That alone is…

  • On Writing,  publishing

    Two Bundles With Two Novels

    Two Major Bundles Happening Right Now… And I am lucky enough to have books in both of them. MOONSCAPES BUNDLE and DARK CRIMES BUNDLE Both can be found at www.storybundle.com Even more fun, both bundles support the fantastic AbleGamers.com charity. I’ve talked about AbleGamers.com a few times over the last week or so. They are stunning. Both bundles also have a volume of Fiction River for a selection of short stories. And the new Dark Crimes Bundle also has a Year’s Best Crime and Mystery volume in it. Talk about a lot of reading. Moonscapes Bundle has one anthology and nine science fiction novels. Dark Crimes Bundle has two anthologies and…

  • On Writing,  publishing

    Some Bundle Fun

    Bundlerabbit is Nifty!!… If you folks are not familiar with Bundlerabbit, you should be. Especially as a writer. They are doing some wonderful stuff and the website is great. You can load up your work there and curators can put together bundles, or you can curate a bundle if you want. All the details are on the site. Like Storybundle, you can buy the bundle right there on Bundlerabbit, but unlike other sites, Bundlerabbit puts the bundles out for sale online in all the normal places like Amazon, Kobo, and so on. Over this last year I have been in a few bundles through Bundlerabbit and hope to be in…

  • Fun Stuff,  On Writing,  publishing,  Recommended Reading

    Nifty Bundle from BundleRabbit

    The Haunted Bundle… In case you folks are not familiar with Bundlerabbit, you should be. They are doing some really interesting new things. Get on their mailing list for some amazing deals from top writers. I am part of a bundle there called the Haunted Bundle. You can buy the bundle not only through Bundlerabbit, but through Kobo, Amazon, and other places. Nifty, huh? Twenty stories. Kris has a story in the bundle as well. (The story I have in the bundle is a “Ghost of a Chance” story that originally appeared in Stories from July.) One nifty feature of the site is go to the location of the bundle…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing,  Recommended Reading

    Some History About a Thriller

    Some History! The Pulse Pounder Thriller bundle only has two days left before it vanishes. The book I have in the thriller bundle is called An Easy Shot: A Golf Thriller. Yes, it is possible to write a golf thriller. This book has an interesting history. This book, as many of my books do, started suddenly when I got a call from an editor who needed a book quickly to help start a new line of books. He had the first twelve books purchased, but the company sales force seemed to be having issues selling the idea of the line, so he needed a first book to help them. He needed…

  • Challenge,  On Writing,  publishing

    New Bundle Starting! One Ending!

    New Bundle Starting and One Fantastic Bundle Almost Done Last Day on a Great Bundle!! Just one day left. Click on the image on the left to go directly to the bundle. Don’t miss this one. New Bundle!! There is a fantastic fantasy bundle just starting. It’s called The Epic Fantasy Bundle. Kris has a full novel in it called Heart Readers and it also has novels by Allen Drury, Brandon Sanderson and Tracy Hickman, among others. And it has Fiction River: Unnatural Worlds in it. Kris and I edited this one and it’s a great one. And since we are doing a , this bundle would be a great way to…