Writing the THIRDS ensemble cast by Charlie Cochet

For those of you who’ve read the THIRDS series, you’ll know the cast list is pretty extensive. Not huge, but it’s still growing. Book three has a character cast list and glossary at the beginning as a result of this Read more

The Shape of Books to Come (And Gone)

Received wisdom of traditional publishing: Short stories don’t sell. They win literary prizes like stink, but they don’t sell. You can write short stories but only a magazine wants them. Write novellas and it’s even worse. WTF does a publisher Read more

A Few Things to be Thankful for

Thanksgiving is just a few days away for the country to the south of me, and since I didn’t do it with my own Thanksgiving holiday, I thought I’d take advantage of the impending celebration for this blog post. Don’t worry, I Read more

Guest Post: Cody Kennedy and ♫ IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BETA (you rebel) ♫

In this ever-expanding world of electronic and independent publishing, the number of authors has increased by the millions, and it is estimated that self-published authors have taken over 31% of the electronic marketplace. Thrilling, indeed. Along with this wonderful and Read more

Home from GRL, and looking forward to December!

I know it’s been a month since GRL, but I only got home last week and, dammit, I’m not ready to be done talking about it yet. To everyone I met there, thank you so much! Everyone was so friendly Read more

Different …..Need to be told…….

The last couple of books I’ve released have had a common theme among reviews—This is different from what Peterson normally writes. I do believe the next few will have the same reaction. There is a good reason for this.  You Read more