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Reposting a series of tips I published for last year’s NaNoWriMo— Writing Productivity Tip #3—WORK ON DIFFERENT PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME This one works best for people with ADD, or low boredom thresholds!  (And it doesn’t work for everybody.) Each writing project has many phases: research, plotting, writing the first draft, doing the rough […]

Here’s the first chapter in my new holiday story featuring Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., “Naughty & Nice.”  If you enjoy it, you can read the whole story for only 99¢ 1 Santa Claus was an unnatural. That made perfect sense—I just hadn’t thought of it before. The jolly bearded guy in the bright-red suit came […]

Book bundles are a great way to get a lot of excellent novels at a real bargain price. I’m part of a new set, Book Bale, which contains my novel CLIMBING OLYMPUS, as well as THE JESUS INCIDENT by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom, STARPLEX by Robert J. Sawyer, BIRTHRIGHT by Mike Resnick, FUTURE PERFECT […]

For those of you embarking on the National Novel Writing Month project, NaNoWriMo, you’ll start out with enthusiasm and excitement…hopefully enough to carry you through thirty days and the end of your opus. Okay, I’m a prolific author. Over the next week or two, I’ll be re-posting eleven tips I’ve compiled over the years.  If you […]