Technorati
Posted in Writing/Publishing on May 20th, 2009 No Comments »
I know I’m the only one who reads this blog, but it’s now on Technorati if you want to follow it:
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Started A New Company
Posted in Business Ideas, Financial, Writing/Publishing on Jan 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Because one wasn’t enough…
I’ve filed the papers and now have a new company: Champion Analytics, Inc.
It will primarily be a company focused on investment analysis, publishing investment guides, and developing software for data analysis. I have a lot of ideas in the works, and filing the papers to make it real is a significant motivator, [...]
150 Works On Fictionclassics.com
Posted in Web Design, Writing/Publishing on Aug 30th, 2008 No Comments »
Today I posted the 150th work of fiction on fictionclassics.com. I haven’t been spending much time on the site, but over the past few months I’ve been gradually/occasionally posting material.
100 Works on Fictionclassics.com
Posted in Web Design, Writing/Publishing on May 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve just broken the 100-work mark on Fictionclassics.com. The site’s been up for 67 weeks, so I’ve average 1.5 works per week.
The site doesn’t get much traffic, but it is fun to work on now and then.
All Possible Worlds No Longer Publishing
Posted in Writing/Publishing on Oct 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
I actually announced this a few days ago on the site, but now that APW #2 has been released, we won’t be publishing any more issues.
Nevermind that we’ve already bought enough content to publish issue #3 (not counting story artwork). The amount of time and money involved in layout, printing, shipping, requisitioning artwork, promoting, [...]
All Possible Worlds #2 Is Here!
Posted in Writing/Publishing on Oct 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Issue #2 is back from the printers and will start shipping next week.
It’s strange that the second issue ended up being more work than the first. You’d think that having systems/processes in place would make it easier.
There are some great tales in #2 covering a wide range of topics including gaming addiction, final exams, [...]
Distribution Dealings
Posted in General, Writing/Publishing on May 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
Of the five distributors I’ve contacted I’ve heard back from two. Luckily it’s the most important two: Disticor and Ingram Periodicals.
I’ve just sent off my registration packet along with a check for $250 to Ingram for their registration/listing fee (highway robbery if you ask me, but let’s call it an investment). Disticor doesn’t require any [...]
Turning Into A Real Publisher?
Posted in Business Ideas, General, Writing/Publishing on Apr 8th, 2007 No Comments »
I spent some time today browsing small-press book and anthology publishers trying to get more information about how they run and the way they do business.
The reason I’m doing this research is because I’ve discovered that there is a serious lack of markets for fantasy and science fiction in the Novelette to Novella range, i.e. [...]
March Survival Results
Posted in Financial, General, Writing/Publishing on Apr 1st, 2007 No Comments »
So, for the month of March, here are my results:
All Possible Worlds: 7 subscription sales, 17 single issue sales (brings the total to 11 subs and 19 singles counting preorders)
Google Ads: $9.61 with just over 14k page impressions. Google terms of service prevent me from giving any more info than that, but [...]
Open Source Email and Publishing
Posted in General, Programming/Software, Writing/Publishing on Mar 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
I’ve recently switched from Microsoft Outlook 2003 to Mozilla Thunderbird. This completes the chageover to using open source software exclusively for my magazine publishing workflow.
For anyone who has used Microsoft Outlook I don’t have to go into great detail about all of the problems and annoyances, but there are two that pushed me [...]