There comes a time in one’s life when one decides to quit faffing around and get serious. Whether it’s to actually get paid for writing, to make a living selling your product, whatever it is, or promote your business to your profession (all three of which I’m doing right now…) or to just declare yourself …
Category: Goals
Welcome to my New Website, or I SURVIVED Creating It!
I’m not sure where the past month went since I decided, probably due a total lack of sense, to do a “revamp” on my website, or websites, rather. And combine them. And switch from a simple WordPress.com site to a self-hosted WordPress.org site. via GIPHY I have plenty of education, probably a lot more than …
Author Talks This Week
If you’re anywhere near the Humboldt, California area, come on by one of the Author Talks I’m giving on Friday and Saturday of this week! Fortuna Library: Friday 24 June, 4 pm at 753 14th St, Fortuna Eureka Library: Saturday June 25, 3 pm at 1313 3rd St, Eureka Bayside Grange: Saturday 25 June, 7-9 pm …
The Pony Express Rides Again!
Hi All! It was Great!!!! Grit in your teeth, hot, sweaty horses and people… and the mochila, being handed from horse to horse every two miles, for 2000 miles… What else could it be but fantastic? Here’s where our group started, at Simpson’s! It was a three-generation-Hearty Family affair, from Izzy, below shown with dad …
Talks Scheduled for Utah, Eureka, Fortuna and Bayside
Hi All! Here is the more complete list of talks! They will be Meet the Author sessions, and I’ll be talking about History, Writing History, A Long Trail Rolling, and doing some readings from some of the books! If all goes well tomorrow, there will be some footage shot during my ride in the Pony …
A Long Trail Rolling is a Pacific Hearts Finalist
Hello All! Thanks for stopping by! A couple of bits of news for you today! I’ve just heard I’ve been selected as one of three finalists in the RWNZ Pacific Hearts Award 2014 with A Long Trail Rolling (previously called Express Desire). The Pacific Hearts Award is a full-novel competition, the only one run by RWNZ! …
Successful Completion of NaNoWriMo!
Hello All, Not only did I survive November, my month of writing for NaNoWriMo, where one commits to writing 50,000 words of a novel… in 30 days…, but I’ve ‘Won’, or successfully completed the requirements! Express Desired now has a sequel: A Sea of Green Unfolding Just received an email from NaNo… with the …