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Charleston, SC
Sometimes you just wish the world would stop for a moment to think. Why is our society, still, so brutal and primitive? Life goes on, as it must, as it should; death is an illusion inside a dream. Yet it is painful to see how much unnecessary suffering we inflict on ourselves and on each…
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But I Was Cool!
I’m trying to be cool about sales. Trying not to sink into obssesive checking on my stats every hour, or minute. How’s that working out? Give a listen to the old Oscar Brown song, ‘But I was Cool‘ to get an idea of what it’s like. They say that the remedy for one woman walking…
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$$ Sales is a function of Price $$
Money, the fruit of all labor. The first time I thought about pricing my book was when I came up on the requirement during the publishing process. Oh sure, the sugar plum fairies had been dancing in my head long before that, but I’d never given them any credibility. I knew, based on thorough research, that…
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working on the print edition
Out of the blocks and over the first hurdle. The e-book edition is out on Kindle and now the waiting begins; I’m looking forward to the criticism to start pouring in. I’m particularly worried about the way some aspects of the dialogue are going to be received. Trinidad is a place of many accents and…
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First book is out on Amazon
After all the research and indecision I chose to go with Amazon for my first book. The Obeahman’s Dagger went live on Kindle books yesterday evening, June 14, 2015. The most important considerations were the simplicity of the process and the flexibility it offered. As far as I can tell e-book sales are primary market for…
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Hello world!
I’ve been in an approach to this moment for a very long time. I’m putting the finishing touches to my first book and I mean to write at least one more. It’s called The Obeahman’s Dagger and it’s a story in the genre of Magical Realism – that’s where you’ve got a real world story…