Lame? YES! Also necessary? …Also YES! It’s even legitimate: this was Thanksgiving week. I spent most of it either dealing with the aftermath of my cold, taking care of my eldest who was having one, or cooking. The FROZEN DREAMS & TINSEL RAIN Black Friday sale is the most interesting book-related thing from all week.
#commissionearned
I’m mildly cheating, but only mildly. Chapter Four of BANSHEE BEACH had tons of [put something cool in here] notes, which is both necessary and a terrifying thing to do. What if you forget? …I’ve seen those things get as far as an E-ARC. It’s a valid fear.
Anyway:
Behold!
…only thing is, I don’t sell enough books to be able to effectively offer it. I mean, yeah, it’s a free country. I’m allowed to sneer. But it’ll still just come across as sour grapes; and, if we’re being brutally honest about it, that impression might not be completely wrong.
So. Buy my books! Allow me the luxury of a good writer’s feud!
Continue reading I have an opinion on an alternate history series…Two more days at 99 cents! Five four-story chapbooks, each with illustrations. Perfect for Halloween! Pick them up today!
…By the way, I got reminded today that I’m very lucky to get to do all of this. Thank you.
#commissionearned
Yes, we are going a bit early today. As the poet said: “Prepare the viands, prepare the foods, prepare the strange wines, for tonight is indeed a great night!”
…Well, hopefully nothing so dramatic as what happened after, but still.
Behold!
#commissionearned
Starting Saturday, all five of my illustrated four-story chapbooks will be on sale for 99 cents. This is a Halloween sale, so originally I was just going to do it for Anagnorisis and Revisionary – but then I decided that all the other chapbooks had horror stories in them, too, so why not go nuts? Certainly getting the whole schmeer for less than five bucks ought to be a bit attractive.
I know, I know – but I can justify this one, honest! The paperback for Ghosts on an Alien Wind is headed for the online Barnes & Noble store (it is not heading for actual stories, more’s the pity). I just need for the website to finish publishing it. It’s an experiment! If I get sales there, I will reconsider my current KU-exclusive status for my digital books.
If I don’t? Ach, well, I tried.
#commissionearned
Haven’t done that in a while, but one of the things that I am trying to do every day now is dedicate an hour for building the business. It occurred to me that publishers still actually pay money for short stories, so why not throw one out there? I mean, it’s not like I don’t have a bunch of them by now.
We’ll see how it goes.
Moe Lane
Continue reading Sent out a story today!
DriveThruRPG did not send me a notification that DARK HISTORY was up and running, but it looks like it’s available for purchase (it’s also showing up here). This is 36 pages of generic spooky goodness, system-agnostic, ranging from locations to artifacts to adventure seeds. And just in time for Halloween, thank God.
Check it out today!
Moe Lane
PS: There’s a lot of modified clip art! I swear to God, next time I’m just going to get my kids to do some, and teach them some valuable life lessons about deadlines and PitA clients in the process.
Dark History should be available there if you have a paid subscription. I’m going to give it another look-see tonight or tomorrow and then put it up on DriveThruRPG. Lemme know the typos I missed. I know that I missed some, because you always do. By now it doesn’t even bother me.
