Monthly Archives: August 2013

An International Collaboration between Authors

Posted on August 31, 2013 by thewoodlander

One of the great things about blogging is the opportunity you get to interact with lots of wonderful people from around the globe. One such person I’ve had the fortune of meeting is Anthony Lance, a fellow author residing in … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

Ebooks: Cheap, or Inexpensive?

Posted on August 25, 2013 by thewoodlander

One year when I was a kid, my older brother received an electric guitar for Christmas. It was one of those cheap Harmony guitars, the kind you used to find in the back of a Sears catalog. It even came … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Elmore Leonard dead at 87

Posted on August 20, 2013 by thewoodlander

I don’t usually post news articles like this, but I’ll make an exception for Mr. Leonard. Fellow writers, we have lost a great one: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/books/elmore-leonard-master-of-crime-fiction-dies-at-87.html Readers of this blog know I mentioned Mr. Leonard frequently in my posts on writing. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Leave a comment

THE WOODLANDER | Animated Book Trailer

Posted on August 17, 2013 by thewoodlander

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks creating a trailer for my book The Woodlander. I’ve never done animation before (as if you couldn’t tell), but I did all the work myself, including the music. It was a lot of fun, but I’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

On prologues (with excerpt from The Woodlander)

Posted on August 3, 2013 by thewoodlander

  Depending on how you look at it, there are either a lot of rules when it comes to writing, or no rules at all. While I’d like to think of myself as an outlaw, there are certain conventions I … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged , , , , , | 11 Comments