by Dan | Mar 11, 2017 | Book Reviews, Indie publishing, the Immortal Knight Chronicles, writing
I just got this lovely email from a reader and had to share: Re: The Immortal Knight Chronicles. I have read books 1 and 2 and tried to write a review for them but couldn’t. I want you to know how pleased I was with both of them. Once I started I was unable to...
by Dan | Dec 31, 2016 | Galactic Arena, Gunpowder & Alchemy, Indie publishing, the Immortal Knight Chronicles, writing
2016 was a good year for me. Back in March, I released Vampire Outlaw. Book 2 in the Immortal Knight Chronicles, it was my 5th published novel, my longest book and the one I was most proud of at the time. It took me a long time to research and a long time to write...
by Dan | Dec 1, 2016 | Galactic Arena, Indie publishing, writing
Well, I did it again. I set out to write a short novella and I went and wrote a longer one. 45,000 words at the end of the first draft, probably will end up at 50,000 at final draft. I can’t help it. So, I’ve finished the first draft of the second of the...
by Dan | Oct 4, 2016 | Galactic Arena, Indie publishing, Sci-fi, Space
Excitingly (for me) I have my first comments back from a beta reader on my latest book and they are incredibly invaluable, as always. Without someone else’s eyes on your work, you can’t get an idea of how a story reads and what comes across – and...
by Dan | Sep 20, 2016 | Galactic Arena, Indie publishing, Sci-fi, Space
When the author can’t control his word count? As I’m not a full-time writer, I have been attempting to write shorter novels so that I can release more of them and release them more often. I was unable to keep the last two under 100,000 words (assuming 250...
by Dan | Sep 15, 2016 | Book Reviews, Galactic Arena, Indie publishing
It’s been about 3 weeks since the launch of Orb Station Zero, the first of my new science fiction series. It has done really well, sold many more than I ever have before and has been well inside the top #100 in all the relevant scifi categories on Amazon since...
