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For a decade, friend and fellow author Katherina Gerlach has run her Indie Authors’ Advent Calendar. The calendar starts on December 1 and goes through… Read More »The last Indie Authors’ Advent Calendar

No, not my idea from the other day. I was thinking about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a.k.a. Galloping Gertie. This bridge was famous for twisting… Read More »I’m thinking this can’t be a good idea

Today, here in the States, we celebrate Thanksgiving. It is a day to reflect on what you have and be full of gratitude for it.… Read More »Happy Thanksgiving!

Tip o’ the hat to the movie Time Bandits for today’s subject line. My Muse has thrown yet another idea at me. Not like I… Read More »I’ve got a idea. Forming in my head.

“I’m going to go take a fifteen minute nap,” I tell the wife. I was up early, a little after 5:30 A.M., due to a… Read More »Naptime … denied!

Sirocco decided to get me up at approximately 5:40 AM this morning. The wife didn’t get up much longer after me. After getting breakfast made… Read More »Magdalena charges forward

The wife is working on creating a cover for one of the books she wants to release soon. She has a starry background and an… Read More »Adventures in GIMP – making a mask

As we are cleaning out the house, the time has come to release more of my library. < heavy sigh > We simply don’t have… Read More »How to turn four boxes of books into three books

I format books for ebook and print distribution for my clients. I finished up two books for one of my clients recently and prepared to… Read More »Nitpicky perfectionism for the win?

As we’re going through things in order to clean out the house we finally got around to the basket of dog toys. “Let’s go through… Read More »And the dog toy we got rid of is ….