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Business Post: Going Wide - Ebook & Audiobook; A Quickstart Guide (2)

The Process

When going wide, your decision is whether to go direct with a retailer or go through a consolidator. There are numerous consolidators out there for ebooks (very f...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 25 preview

Of course it was not as simple as that. Where the sect cultivators might have undertaken a simpler series of tactics to deal with the village, perhaps even pushing forwards with fierce determinatio...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 24 preview

An hour later, the group was nearly two thirds of the way to the ghost village. Wu Ying and Dinh Don had flitted ahead of the group searching for scouts. The wind whispered a warning to Wu Ying as ...

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Writing Update: March 2023

So I promised a much broader update, rather than the brief one we did in (late) February. As usual, I'm late because life (and in this case, work and illness) got in the way. Apologies, but here's ...

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Business Post: Going Wide - Ebook & Audio, A Quickstart Guide (1)

I've recently seen a lot of discussion about going wide (i.e. moving away from exclusivity for audiobook and ebook and being listed on other retailers). I figure I should make a post about it all h...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 23 preview

Day after day, encounter after encounter. Battles became routine as they delved further, going from every few days to every other day to a daily occurrence. The team took turns doing battle, Bich T...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 22 preview

The rest of the day passed in relative peace – if you called warding off intrusive personal questions from Minh Trac peaceful. The man seemed to not understand why anyone would be unwilling to pr...

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Business Post: Writer Conferences (3) - A List of Recommendations

We talked about writer conferences, your goals and what you should do. You might note I'm not discussing how you should conduct yourselves. There are a million and one such articles out there, so i...

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The Second System Apocalypse Anthology ebook is now available!!

The System Apocalypse Short Story Anthology Volume 2 is now available for you to read!

With over ten stories from exciting new voices and a few veterans of the universe, the second anthology ...

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Update - 300 Patron Celebration

Since we are now at 290 patrons after numerous people have cancelled which brings us back down below the 300 mark, I'm going to postpone the live stream for now.


I'm so sorry and thank yo...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 21 preview

“How much did he take you for?” Yang Mu pressed, the next day. The trio were on horses, waiting near the southern gate for the arrival of the special unit members. By internal agreement, the tr...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 20 preview

With the expedition leaving the next morning, Wu Ying hurried through the streets on a final errand. Yang Mu was handling any last minute negotiations with the unit which there were, surprisingly a...

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Business Post: Writer Conferences (2) - Goals and Unexpected Results

Alright, we talked about the type of writer conferenes there are in the previous post. Let's talk about goals and unexpected results.


Goals

Simply put, why a...

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300 Patron Celebration!

Wow, can't believe that we're almost at 300 patrons.

It was less than a year ago that we were just celebrating reaching 200 Patrons!

If we can get to 300 Patrons, I'll do a live writ...

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Master Class Tier update

We've increased the number of patrons to 60 for the Master Class (Audible Codes) tier! This the only tier that is limited due to having only a limited amount of codes from Audible.

If you a...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 19 preview

One dinner, a couple of frank conversations and numerous visits to the various schools around the city and the arrival of the special unit later, and Wu Ying and his friends found themselves summon...

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Writing Update: February (It's the 20th already?)

Apologies. I know I do these post at the start of the month normally but things have gotten away from me this month.

I'm going to keep this super short, since I'll just a proper one next mont...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 18 preview

The rest of the day saw Wu Ying browsing the stacks after taking the cutting and placing it within a storage box. When he was certain none were watching, he replanted the cutting in his World Spiri...

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Business Post: Writer Conferences (1) - the Types

Alright, since I've been doing a lot of writer conferences lately, I thought I'd talk about them. In general and specific.

In my view, when you travel to a writer's conference (and when I say...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 17 preview

Plans thwarted by the simple fact that Captain Ky would not be available till later in the day, Wu Ying left the gate behind. The smell of early morning congee and buns, fresh produce rolling in fr...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 16 preview

By the time the fire had consumed the massive tainted bodies, late evening had fallen. Their return was uneventful, with only a minor argument resulting when Wu Ying provided them the smaller core ...

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Business Post: Launch Tactics for Sequels

Launches for sequels or the launch for A Thousand Li: the Third Realm (book 8 )

Something I should point out, I actually...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 15 preview

Thankfully, dealing with the last few earth elephants was significantly simpler. Many had expanded their energy to protect themselves, with Tou He able to send the untainted fleeing. After that, th...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 14 preview

Wu Ying flexed his own aura, sending the wind to contest the falling earth dome. It shrieked through the surroundings, gale force winds pounding into the earthen walls, a cyclone forming as it scou...

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Business Post: Amazon Marketing Services and Musings on Category Ads

Been thinking about Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) and how to make it work better. One of the things that a recent seminar made me think about was the way the ads in AMS have different roles to pl...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 13 preview

Grumpily, Wu Ying came to a stop as they neared the edge of the forest to the east. After discussion as they exited the city, the pair had chosen to deal with the elephants that were plaguing the f...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 12 preview

Wu Ying dropped from the rooftop into the courtyard below silently. Cotton shoes made not a sound on the rounded paving stones, even as he bent his knees and ankles a little to take the shock. His ...

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Business Post: On AI Writing and the Disappearing Author

I keep seeing this crop up, and I'll be blunt - the overall concer of random individuals coming in, generating AI novels and kicking us out of business is unlikely in the short term.

Realis...

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The Third Cut - Chapter 11 preview

Once they had passed out of sight of the gate, Yang Mu clicked her tongue and guided her horse beside Wu Ying. Around them, the soldiers who trained, cared for the fortification and stood guard wat...

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Cover Reveal: The Nameless Restaurant

There is a restaurant in Toronto. 

Its entrance is announced only by a simple, unadorned wooden door, hidden beside dumpsters and a fire escape. There is no sign, no indication of what l...

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