I earn more writing novels than short stories — and you probably will too — For several years now, I’ve been earning the majority of my income by writing fiction under a variety of pen names you’ve never heard of. And it isn’t anything special about me. Thousands of authors you’ve never heard of are quietly making a full-time living creating fiction. True, thousands of…

Keep an eye on who your warblers are really feeding — It’s a dark scenario for Father’s Day when an adoring Daddy has been working morning, noon, and night to feed the child of the killer who kicked his own young out of the nest while they were still only a tiny egg… Author’s Note: Due to changes in this platform’s…

There’s gotta be a more profitable way to make $9 — Living where I do in southeast Louisiana, I’m well aware of plant rustlers who do things like dig up and sell all the native carnivorous plants on Instagram. These people have pushed our local pitcher plants to near extinction. Don’t buy this stuff. I never see a pitcher plant in…

My easy no-outline way of writing short novels in four weeks — To kick start my self-publishing business, I wrote a novel a month for three years. That doesn’t make me special. Lots of people do the same thing. Writing a novel a month is a very common business model for full-time author/publishers. As you gear up for NaNoWriMo, you’re going to…