Publishing
Some write for the fun of it. I did that in the beginning. I was an amateur and never intended to take that next step. But I did, and I’ve…
Author: jlknapp505
Teacher, soldier, musician, philosopher, Mensan. I'm interested in lots of things, and prepared to write about them.
Third career, novelist; The Wizard Series, consisting of combat Wizard, Wizard at Work, Talent, and Veil of Time are available digitally. Hey, you might like them! More than 4500 people already have, from locations around the world.
The Darwin's World Series is also available, and I'm expanding publication of this series beyond Amazon. The books are available from Apple, B&N, Kobo, Scribd, and others. They'll soon be available through Google Books for those who read on Android devices.
My nonfiction essays are on http://jlknapp505.com, fiction and writing essays are on http://jacklknapp.com,, and my books can be found at http://www.amazon.com/Jack-L Knapp/e/B00K35MWNA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1429376991&sr=1-1.
Stop by, have a look. I reply to comments when time permits.
Formatting Your Novel
Formatting seems very challenging at first. It’s not. It’s a craft, with rules that are based on experience. Amazon is happy to take your manuscript and publish it for you,…
Improving Writing
“…Brevity is the soul of wit…”–William Shakespeare Indeed. It’s also the soul of good writing. I own to failure in this respect; my plots meet my standards, my writing does…
Hot off the Virtual Press!
If you’re a reader of my blog, you’ll recall that my advice to authors and would-be authors is to sit down at the keyboard and write. Write every day. If…
Sale! Save save save!
The ship, the first book in the New Frontiers Series, is on sale this weekend. Here’s your chance to save $3 off the usual $3.99 price, just in time for…
Selling your work
This is a rough time of the year for writers. Sales of Kindle books are generally down, or so say my correspondents. Mine certainly are. The solution, of course, is…
Blogs, Writing, Publishing, and Rebellion
I subscribe to a blog called Mad Genius Club. Most of the time I find suggestions I can use, because it’s written by professional writers/authors. I suspect others enjoy it…
Writing, blogging, and other Fun Stuff
I’ve been neglecting this blog lately. I have an excuse, I suppose; I really am a full-time professional writer, which takes up most of my time. I also coach new…
Controversy, updated
That ‘controversial book’, the Ship, sold well enough to take on a life of its own. The sales continue, although not at the same pace as last month. But it…
Controversy
I wrote a controversial book. I didn’t intend it that way, but that’s what happened. I made a number of choices when writing the book. I chose to include science…