Posts Tagged: m.j. pullen

Pirate Talk, My Dad’s Birthday and How I’m Not Special

posted on 09/19/2012

Aaargh! Thanks for droppin’ anchor at me swashbucklin’ blog, matie! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! I always thought it was funny that International Talk Like a Pirate Day fell on my father’s birthday. He never saw the humor in it, but if you knew my Dad, you know that overt silliness wasn’t really his […]

The Book Market’s Glutted. Why Bother?

posted on 09/18/2012

Ahhh… After a long day of chasing the kids and ignoring the growing piles of laundry, I sit down to do a little writing. Not, of course, without stopping to browse online for a while. The trouble with doing this before I write is that if I follow the wrong link down a rabbit-hole, not […]

Inaugural Writer’s Challenge

posted on 09/12/2012

Front Matter’s Writing Challenge: No contests. No time limits. Just inspiration, motivation, and a friendly kick in the pants! Respond on your own blog or website and share – or not – at your leisure. For the sanity of all, please read guidelines before posting a comment linking to your response – thanks! A. Fiction […]

Self-Promotion: Getting Past the Ooginess

posted on 09/12/2012

For many of us, the idea of self-promotion is about as appealing as eating dinner in a train station bathroom stall. But if you are a burgeoning writer – self-published, small press or even big press – one of your tasks in this book-flooded age is to market yourself. This is true whether you’re the […]

Sock Puppets and Ethics

posted on 09/06/2012

It’s funny how things collide sometimes. Lately I’ve been giving a good bit of thought not just to writing, but to the business of being a writer. I’ve realized (get ready to point and laugh at someone with too much education and too little common sense) that if I want my books to be really […]

Mom, There’s a Hooker in My Room (Things I Learned in August)

posted on 09/02/2012

Here’s my top 5 from the month of August: 1. A couple of weeks ago, Monkey came running downstairs. “Mom there’s a hooker in my room!” After a sidelong glance at his father, and a little investigation, we figured out he was talking about a clothes hanger on the floor. Bill Crosby was right, kids […]

Monday’s Blog and a Couple of Birthday Pictures

posted on 08/27/2012

Happy Monday, friends! First and foremost, as always, I want to send out big thanks to everyone for helping make all the recent promotions such a huge success. I am also incredibly appreciative for all the Facebook posts, emails and other messages letting me know how much you guys are enjoying Regrets Only (and for […]

My Freakout, Your Free Reads

posted on 08/13/2012

So, here’s the deal. After a restful week of visiting friends, working around the house and doing my best to piss off the literati establishment, it’s back-to-school time here in lovely Marietta, Georgia. Since we also just voted to have Sunday alcohol sales (in the afternoon only – no drinking in church), parents in these […]

‘A’ is for ‘Arrogance’: Legacy Authors and Ivory Towers

posted on 08/09/2012

So I was doing my nightly Twittering and I came across this article in which traditional/legacy author Sue Grafton refers to those of us who self-publish as “lazy” and “wannabes,” among other uncharitable characterizations. Remarkably ungracious for such an esteemed author, though I guess since she added “I’m sorry,” to one of the lines and […]

5 Things I Learned in July 2012

posted on 08/01/2012

Whoever said you learn something new every day obviously already knew a good bit more than I did to begin with. I’m finding the older I get, I realize the less I know, and I learn an average of about 400 things a day, usually in some comically painful manner. Some of these things are […]