Rigel Kentaurus, Last Day on KDP Select

My novel Rigel Kentaurus has nearly completed its 90-day journey through KDP Select. The question I have to ask myself is, was it worth it? It’s unfortunate that is one of those thing you can’t do and not do for comparison. By that, I mean I can’t compare KDP Select… Continue reading

Last Free Promotion for Rigel Kentaurus on Kindle

Today and tomorrow (May 18 and 19) are the last two days of free promotion before Rigel Kentaurus falls off KDP Select. You can find the book here. Early next week, the novel will be uploaded to Barnes and Noble and to Smashwords, as well as posted here, on my… Continue reading

Rigel Kentaurus is Done. Next…Fishpunk!

I spent a good portion of the day cleaning up the details for Rigel Kentaurus. I had 8 sales in the first 24 hours, which is considerably better than Neanderthal Swan Song did. Last night, I realized that I forgot to include the cover illustration credits in, so I uploaded… Continue reading

Weekly Update – 10/24/11

I finished the first draft of Rigel Kentaurus last Tuesday, so the total word count for the past week was pretty light–2353 for the two days I wrote. The entire first draft rings in at 91,530 words.  It’s a little shorter than Neanderthal Swan Song, but unlike many writers, my… Continue reading

Weekly Update – 10/10/11

It was another productive week working on the first draft manuscript of Rigel Kentaurus.  I managed 13,559 words this past week and hit my 1500-word quota every day this past week, extending my streak to 14 days.   I passed 2000 words three times and 3000 words once this past week. … Continue reading