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A Season of Inspiration (Part 2)
A season of inspiration (Part 2): Normally, I’m not much a beach person when it comes to just “hanging out” or “getting a tan” and so forth. There is one respect, however, of a visit to the shore that I cannot deny I enjoy. When viewing the ocean, the mind must...
A Season of Inspiration (Part 1)
A Season of Inspiration (Part 1): Growing up, the last gasp of a dying summer happened when I returned to school and was asked to describe “what you did over the break.” As an adult, I still find myself doing the same thing. Some years, especially when the kids...
NOW IN PAPERBACK: THE RESCUE!!!
NOW IN PAPERBACK: THE RESCUE!!! The first book of The Thurian Saga is now available in paperback! When I started this little adventure in publishing not so long ago, I used a different firm than Amazon. Their high prices to create a paperback book and their lack...
PUBLISHING DIARY: NEW BOOK RELEASE DATE IS HERE!!!
PUBLISHING DIARY: NEW BOOK RELEASE DATE IS HERE!!! Resurrection: The Beyond Thuria Trilogy Book Two is now available! The journey that started December 20th, 2016 has finally finished, and the next chapter of this now nine-book series is now available on Kindle...
PUBLISHING DIARY: The last mile … and a half of the publishing marathon.
PUBLISHING DIARY: The last mile ... and a half of the publishing marathon. As a random thing this morning, I looked up how long a marathon actually was, and wow - okay, for those of you who run those things, you have my undying respect and NONE of my envy!...
PUBLISHING DIARY: The most challenging 250 words of a novel are…
PUBLISHING DIARY: The most challenging 250 words of a novel are... Care to guess? Are these the first few sentences of a new story? No. The ending? Not even close. Believe it or not, it's the summary that goes on the back of the book that is the killer! Maybe...
PUBLISHING DIARY: An end, a middle, and a beginning!
PUBLISHING DIARY: An end, a middle, and a beginning! The surprising non-linear way of writing a linear story can be a bit surprising. For example, take this weekend. Last week, the editors finished their work on Beyond: Conversion, and I made their updates to the...
PUBLISHING DIARY: Oops! I started writing a new book!
PUBLISHING DIARY: Oops! I started writing a new book! Okay, probably not a common complaint for most people. I get it, but yep, it’s happened! I started, as stated in my last blog, using a new (to me) editor called Scrivener with the intention of rewriting a...
PUBLISHING DIARY: What to do when you are waiting? WRITE!
PUBLISHING DIARY: What to do when you are waiting? WRITE! Yes! New stories! Actually one short story already posted to www.jamestoddlewis.com, updates to another, and yet another story on the way! Okay, so before I get to other details, let me explain the image....
PUBLISHING DIARY: Conversations with an editor!
PUBLISHING DIARY: Conversations with an editor! As I was spending time today going through the various issues found by my editor in the first seven chapters of Beyond 2: Conversion, when I thought that others might wonder what this process is like or what a good...
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