I’ve hummed and hawed about this for a while but I figured I might as well share the business data from foray into self publishing. So far I’m off to a slow but from what I’ve read average start. I released my first novel Legacy as ebook only on the 17th of December. I started…
As an aspiring writer one think that has become clear to me is that getting exposure is as important as writing. It doesn’t matter how good your work is if no one reads what you’ve written. It can be discouraging and depressing to put in countless hours of time and effort to finish your manuscript…
Tricks and Traps – Part 5 Everything went badly very quickly after I found Polly. Normally these things are easy enough question a few reliable informants, follow the trail of clues or bodies, and then you just have to kill the filthy Kine before it kills you. But tonight everything just went wrong…
Originally posted on Gods of Advertising:
I like to think I’m a good writer. I like to think I’m a good presenter. Alas, I still haven’t figured out how to sell a client a piece of work they do not want to do. Has anyone… really? Precious few clients are predisposed to do breakthrough work.…
Sometimes when you’re dreaming up locations for your writings or just have a case of writers block looking at real world locations can give you much needed inspiration. To that end I’ve found five places in Europe that have an almost fantastical appearance. All of these are real places that anyone can visit but…
By Alexander Ballard Published February 13, 2014 A few days late but its ready at last. Tricks and Traps – Part 4 Down and out, desperate and poor, however you wanted to describe the people who lived in the Hive it wasn’t a compliment. No one lived there if they could avoid it. It was a…
By Alexander Ballard Published February 02, 2014 As always I encourage people comment, criticize, and suggest directions for the story. Tricks and Traps – Part 3 Closed curtains kept out the worst of the mid-afternoon light, but there were still long lingering lines that penetrated the darkness with overly bright sunshine. Not bothering to…
The Einstein Intersection by Samuel R. Delany My rating: 1 of 5 stars I gave this book the best chance I could but in the end I found it completely unreadable. The writing style was confusing at best. And it might have just been my copy or the they way it was written but it…
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