Digital mischief fun
Here is an image I made recently, together with the component images I used to create it. I combined these four images into this one, with added snow and light effects:
Random art post
Random art post. A magician on the mountain. I was going to try to do some epic fantasy style drawings. I’m not happy with the man, though, so I’ll likely change this image in the future. I do like the background much more. But everything can be changed. Yay for…
Project Charon 1 now out!
Project Charon 1 is out today. I published this originally under a pen name, but I honestly don’t have the time for pen names, so I re-issued it under my name and it’s now out everywhere, on all retailers, in print and audio. Project Charon is the story of Tina…
Narrating Your Own Audiobook
Narrating your own audiobook? Yea or nay? As I have said previously, producing audiobooks is expensive. You may economise on it by finding a cheaper narrator, but it is still a fair chunk of money. If you have a large back list, especially one that is not breaking the bank…
New options to buy my books
For those who don’t like paypal, I’ve just set up credit card payment options through Stripe on my web store. Yes, you can now also get audiobooks there. These are delivered via Bookfunnel through the new Bookfunnel app that allows you to read and listen and holds a library of…
Turtle-dumping in the suburbs
Turtle-dumping? Let me tell you a horrible story that fortunately has a good ending. I don’t like our neighbours. We’re still on speaking terms and they wouldn’t know that I didn’t like them, but there are little things. Like that they “take liberties” with our garden. If they see something,…
Banned from Amazon
Banned from Amazon. How to get banned from Amazon? It’s easy. Write a book that has a no-no word in the title. Or subtitle. Even if the word means exactly the opposite from what is insinuated. Or a word that smells like a swear word. Well, I received notice that…
Should I sell audiobooks?
Should I sell audiobooks? There is a lot of talk about the rise in audiobooks. Some articles show that the sales of audiobooks are surging. Many of these reports need to be taken with a grain of salt, because a number of the sales figures are based on trade published…
Roman city artwork
I watched some videos on photomanipulation for concept art, and thought I’d try it myself. I don’t have a drawing pad. I normally use Procreate on the iPad, but I don’t know that it does curves and levels, so I did this with the trackpad. Some areas are a bit…
How to sell books without ads
Do you wonder how to sell books without ads? Have you just joined the selfpublishing community? Have you been at it for a while? The first question people ask is: what about marketing? The refrain goes that you have to hand over cash to advertising sites because otherwise you won’t…
