Mystery Novel
No matter what your subject matter, from non-fiction niche material to mysteries or historical romances, every writer’s toolbox should contain many of the same things. These include a computer with word processing software (which is standard equipment these days), a decent printer, an up to date dictionary, a good style guide (I still rely on [...]
A lot of people who read my first mystery, Big Lake, have been asking me if there will be a sequel, and if so, when it will come out. Folks have also asked me if Big Lake, which is available as an e-book in Amazon’s Kindle bookstore, will have a printed edition. To answer the [...]
As I reported in my last blog, I uploaded my mystery novel Big Lake to Amazon’s Kindle e-book publishing program on Saturday, and it went live about noon on Sunday. I announced that the book was available in my RV blog, and by the end of the day, 26 copies had sold. I was really [...]
As I wrote in my last blog post, The Rules Have Changed, I am taking some first steps into e-book publishing, and I will be sharing my progress in blog posts here. I’ve spent a lot of time reading and researching publishing my books for the Amazon Kindle recently, since Amazon is responsible for the [...]
For years, the big traditional publishing companies had a lock on the industry. If a writer wanted to get published, he had to play the game – first you get an agent (almost impossible), then your agent gets your book read by somebody at a publishing house (again, almost impossible), then your book gets picked [...]