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You have two and a half more weeks to buy Indies books for astonishingly cheap. The books that I have on Smashwords are all half off: 'What Hides Below' is $2. 'A Wasted Death' and 'Foxes In The Royal Hen House' is $2.50. And 'A Hybrid Joy' is $2.99. Check it out: Smashwords – The Wolfsburg Adventures But I am not alone on Smashwords. There are millions of books that are practically free or very near it. I'm going to review some books I got on Smashwords on my other blog. So

It Is That Time Of Year Again That's right. It's the time when Smashwords, the bookselling site for self-pub folks, makes cheap ebooks even cheaper for you, our dear readers. This sale is from December 8, 2025 - January 1, 2026. What that means is that you will be able to buy selected ebooks from that website for incredibly cheap, possibly even for free. It's an excellent way to support small-time writers, sample new book series and genres, and to keep a delightfully bookish

Worrying about my professionalism. I've spent this morning making my most recent Wolfsburg Adventure story book-worthy and then making props for the vendor table I rented at the Redwood Writer's Crafts Fair. It's the part of writing that isn't writing, and it always makes me nervous. This isn't the fault of the Redwood Writer's Club. They hold this fair every November as a place for members to sell their stuff. This year, it is in the Finley Center in Santa Rosa. With luck, o

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I've been waiting to announce that 'Toward A Hybrid Joy' is out and about for a while now. It was available in ebook form, but it took a...

I read dozens and dozens of historical mysteries, and I have noticed a tendency, especially in the independently published series, to...

Every July and November, Smashwords, an ebook sales platform, puts on a massive sale. Books by indie authors go for shockingly cheap for...

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Good news! 'The Foxes In The Royal Hen House' is out, and not just on Amazon. So is 'A Wasted Death' and 'What Hides Below.'...

There are many ways for the rando on the phone to have found out about my books. It's not a secret; it's on Linkedin, here, on Medium....