BillDec 20, 20202 minEditing Your Novel: Stern AdviceSubtitle: Fear of Finalizing, Led't's see if I can get through this post cleanly. Newbies as we are, I'm sure we're all conversant with...
BillApr 258 minWhat To Do When You Don't Feel Like WritingStill contending with Covid that takes the world back all the way to flu epidemic in the early 1900's, and a psychotic attack on Ukraine...
BillMar 719 minReally Good WritingIn this now almost two year old series of posts on the craft, feelings, costs, benefits, advice, etc involved with writing a new novel,...
BillJan 313 minThe Right To Write And/Or Being WokeA few years ago, a novel I wrote found an agent. I know. A miracle. But that's only the start of this story. The agent worked with me for...
BillJan 233 minWriting Fiction: Status Report for New Novel(s)For New Readers: This website, newnovelstory.com, has been up and running (meandering?) for about two years now, sadly coexisting with...
BillDec 2, 202111 minReal Writing FinallyEnough with ads! Editing! Money! Writers write, and while I should be working on the next novel, I thought I'd share a fun bagatelle....
BillNov 28, 20212 minSeventy Blogs About WritingJust a review, mainly for me. What I see is a lot of stuff about the business of writing this summer and less about actual writing. So...
BillNov 12, 20211 minPrice for Novel SlashedDon't get too excited. Only for the novel, BabyDoe, the Amazon Kindle version price been has been halved. The trade paperback price has...
BillNov 7, 20212 minLess Than Honest Biomedical ResearchAs some of you devoted readers know, Baby Doe, recently published, (and available here) is the first in a series of novels featuring my...
BillOct 3, 20218 minWriters on Writing"The things you remember have no form. When you write about them, you have to give them a beginning, a middle and an end. To give life...
BillSep 23, 202112 minEnough About Money-Back to WritingWhat you avid readers of these posts may not realize is that this neophyte novelist has also long ago published some short stories, some...
BillSep 5, 20211 minMoney, Novels, RoyaltiesResults are in for Q2 sales and royalties for Baby Doe, the new novel, which you can purchase here. Paperback sales April 1-June 30 were...
BillAug 23, 20213 minRoyalties, Costs, Money, & Sex: Sales of New NovelI'm still digging my way through this. COSTS. They're all sorts of costs attributable to the making of a novel: author, publisher,...
BillAug 13, 20212 minSales of New Novel: Baby DoeWaiting waiting waiting for new information on costs and author royalties for Baby Doe. You'll know when I know. Equally hard is finding...
BillJul 23, 20217 minMoney Report From Publishing a First Novel-PostponedI know I promised recently a Q2 update on publication finances after publishing Baby Doe, the new novel. Unfortunately, royalty...
BillJul 20, 20211 minHow Bestseller Lists Actually Work -- And How To Get On ThemNot original, but this article from the Guardian is too good not to share, especially the part about the best-selling novel, "The Foot."...
BillJul 11, 20212 min The New Novels: Reviewing the Revision Steps and Waiting for Q2 SalesA trip to California and back, slipping between virus variants, has slowed appearance of this blog. Now I'm daunted, not by having a...
BillJun 2, 20212 min"Profits" From Sale of New NovelSales results for paperback of Baby Doe for one month of first quarter of 2021 (publication date--March 1) are in. Royalties are a...
BillMay 23, 20213 minNew Novel Marketing PlanCritical events of the past little while. 1. Today my iPhone packed up and did nothing but wink its little bitten apple at me, despite my...
BillMay 16, 20212 minRevision: Killing CockroachesIn a prior life when I lived in an old apartment in Boston, whenever I turned on the kitchen light, a host of not so wee beasties...