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Headsets! Headshots!! HEADSHOTS!!! Since when do authors have to do headshots? Are we celebrities now? Oh wait...what's up JK? Heh. Ok...

Hey #QueryIsland citizens! I hope the Query Trenches are going well for you! I stepped off the island to fully go into self publishing...

Hey #QueryIsland citizens! I have been knee deep in map artists and trying to select one to bring my world to life in a detailed map. I...

Hey #QueryIsland citizens! I just had my first meeting with someone to help me with self-publishing. My goodness the stuff she taught...

One of my friends that wants to invest in my self publishing journey is a very eccentric older gentleman. He wants me to present him...

I have started talks with some fo lks over on Fiverr. The cover art industry is nuts! So many artists...some swearing by AI and some...

So I have gone on several sites to see about getting my book cover art done. Its a jungle of artists out there! On Twitter, I had many...

Tell me you self publishing literary folk. Have you ever felt that this road was as trying and overwhelming as the traditional route?...

So #QueryIsland citizens, I have fired off my last query I ever intend to send out on this project. Yeah, I know, not expecting...

#QueryIsland citizens this is your mayor here talking about my self publishing trials and tribulations. Let's be real, self publishing...

Hey #QueryIsland citizens! Sorry it took me a couple days to get back to posting! Anyway, just so you know, I have started to reformat...

Yep its raining, pouring, and my literary life is snoring. Hey #QueryIsland citizens! As the mayor of this lost accursed resort, I look...

So #QueryIsland citizens, it looks like your mayor is in full steam now and I am learning a boatload about the nuances of self...

Hey #QueryIsland citizens! Gathering a lot of info on self publishing as we plow into the middle of the year. Sheesh, wasn't it just...

Hey citizens of #QueryIsland ! Let me ask you a question! How do you measure yourself or your success as applied to your writing...

Hey citizens of #QueryIsland . Tell me, do any of you ever work so hard on a manuscript that you fall in love with it to the point of...

As the mayor of #QueryIsland I get to sit on high in my own personal query trench, but I do get out to the main trenches and try to...

Another Wednesday, another 1000 words. So between a poem and a chapter on a new project, I am getting 1000 words written today. I am...

So Mother's Day came and went, and I didn't get to spend any with mine. My relationship with my mother isn't the best. Issues on both...

So as I sit here in my #QueryIsland mayor's office. I am driving many thoughts from my mind. The grind of restarting my process for my...