I’ve blogged several times about my short story strategy. To restate it briefly, I’ve found that it works best to self-publish all of my short story singles for free, and to take them down when I have enough of them (+40k words, usually about 10 stories) to bundle into a collection. I earn more this… Continue reading Refining my short story strategy
Category: Short Stories
Spring Shorts Story #3: Christopher Columbus, Wildcatter
Wow, has it really been almost three weeks since I finished another short story? I really need to get back into the game. Still, this was a fun one, and I’m really looking forward to turning it into something great. As with the two previous stories, I used the Mythulu cards to come up with… Continue reading Spring Shorts Story #3: Christopher Columbus, Wildcatter
Spring Shorts Story #2: Prison of Dreams
It’s been a little crazy over here, which is probably why I’ve found it so difficult to write lately. It’s not a function of time so much as brainspace, and I really need to find ways to refill the creative well. But I did manage to finish another story this week, and I think it… Continue reading Spring Shorts Story #2: Prison of Dreams
Now available for pre-order: Beyond World’s End (Collected Short Stories #4)
Why I won’t be publishing “The New Covenant” as a free short story single
For short stories, I typically self-publish them first as free ebooks, until I have enough of them to bundle together in a collection. I’ve found that this is a great way to give new readers a taste of my writing and engage my already existing fans. It also helps to market the collections, which is… Continue reading Why I won’t be publishing “The New Covenant” as a free short story single
Spring Shorts 2022 Story #1: “Blight of Empire”
Finished the first short story of the writing challenge that I’m calling Spring Shorts 2022, which is to write 12 short stories before Memorial Day. This one is titled “Blight of Empire,” and it takes place in the distant future, where the galaxy is full of failed terraforming projects and a massive galactic empire rules… Continue reading Spring Shorts 2022 Story #1: “Blight of Empire”
Slight Change of Direction
I’m currently a little over 54k words into the rough draft of Children of the Starry Sea, the sequel to Star Wanderers and second book in the Outworld Trilogy. Most of my novels fall somewhere between 40k and 80k words, so if this was a typical WIP, I would be pretty close to finishing it.… Continue reading Slight Change of Direction
New Free Short Story!
I just published a new short story! This is one of the ones I wrote for NaNoWriMo 2020, and was heavily inspired by The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe. Check it out!
New Free Short Story: The Promise of King Washington
I’ve got a new short story single out now! This one originally appeared in the anthology Again: Hazardous Imaginings: More Politically Incorrect Science Fiction, and if you read it, I think you’ll see why. It was one of 13 stories (out of more than 200) to receive the highest rating on the review site Tangent… Continue reading New Free Short Story: The Promise of King Washington
Unpublishing The Other Side of Reality
It’s been a good run, but I think it’s time to take this one down. It was always more of a fun side project, a cute little story written more for myself than for anyone else. It’s gotten to the point where I think I have too many free short story singles out, and I… Continue reading Unpublishing The Other Side of Reality