Usually, when someone invites me to get "tagged" and forwards something akin to a chain letter, I get disturbing images of being covered in graffiti and told something Very Bad Indeed will happen unless I send money. So it was a nice surprise when fellow author Paul McComas invited me to take part in a …
Tag: The War’s End
Catching Up
I'm afraid I've been terrible at updating this blog, but when I'm not working at my job--keeping the winter-over community of McMurdo Station fed--I'm busy learning how to market my historical novel Plaguewalker, jumping into the coldest water on earth and ogling tins of preserved rhubarb meant for one Robert Falcon Scott. It's all been …
To the Memory of Sister Petrina: Now I Understand
[This is a cross-posting from Plaguewalker.com, the site dedicated to my recently published novel.] Aside from a brief flirtation with the public education system in kindergarten, all of my pre-college years were spent in Catholic schools. My three years of high school were memorable most for being branded a troublemaker at the same time that …
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The Devil is in the Detailed Pre-Launch Planning
One thing I know with great certainty: any creative journey will end up taking more time than I think it will when I set out. Which is why I am still toe-deep in the waters of indie publishing. Okay, by now I'm in probably up to my ankles. But this time last year, when I …
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A Great Introduction to Self-Publishing
I've been a fan of Joel Friedlander's site for a few months now, ever since I decided to go the self-publishing route for The War's End. He has just started a video series, Roadmap to Self-Publishing, that I think every aspiring author needs to watch. And you know who else should watch it? Don't take …
Chess v. Chutes and Ladders
Holy Epiphany, Batman! I'm on the third book of a fantasy series that I started reading a few months ago on the recommendation of some friends. Which friends, and which series, is not important. What is relevant, however, is how reading a book or books I don't particularly like often gives me insight into myself …
Gemma Tarlach 