When writing a book, it is easy to fall into the trap of providing the reader the quick answer to who is the hero, who is the villain, what are the backstories and the setting. After all, you’ve been told over and over again that it isn’t a good idea to hide pertinent details from … Continue reading The Quick Answer
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Shyster & Shyster Summer Sale
Visit Smashwords and pick up your copy of Shyster & Shyster: Holy Taxation, Batman! for 50% off the regular price. This sale is good July 1 - July 31, 2016. Lolla Brigida and Janet Shyster stumble into the Shyster & Shyster tax return preparation partnership. Accompanied by a hard-nosed female dwarf debt collector, a perpetual … Continue reading Shyster & Shyster Summer Sale
Shyster & Shyster Review
This review made me tear up. Someone gets Shyster & Shyster! "If I had to blurb it, I'd say 'Rainbow Rowell (her adult fiction) meets Better Call Saul', a good mix of snark, sweetness, Midwestern sleaze, and some full stop shaggy-dog insanity. What starts as a mostly believable story of competition and corner-cutting in … Continue reading Shyster & Shyster Review
Shyster & Shyster Cover Art
After buying my way out of my contract with a questionable publisher at best, we have had to start all over with the Shyster & Shyster cover art. While this isn't the final version, it is awfully close. Purple on purple with a popping red lips suits the personalities of Lolla Brigida and Janet Shyster … Continue reading Shyster & Shyster Cover Art
Important Things
She whined when I said the word beads. As always, I had failed to meet my mother’s exacting standards. The necklace I had given her—no matter how pretty—was made of nothing more than glass beads. “I’m sorry, mother, but look how each one glistens in the light.” “Beads? Oh, I’m sure they do. Mass-marketed babbles … Continue reading Important Things
Humor Writing Tips Summed Up
I ran across the following through Google + and found it worthy of sharing. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I've found that you can break a lot of rules with humor, but end result, you have to find a way to draw readers in and make them smile. I bet … Continue reading Humor Writing Tips Summed Up
I Want My Ovaries Back
"I want my ovaries." "Do you have a permit?" asked the attendant wearing an official navy blue government regulated Class C uniform. Not that the uniform did much for her looks. She looked like she had two bags of potatoes hanging around her neck and another from each hip. The deep wrinkles in her uniform … Continue reading I Want My Ovaries Back
