Author Archives: Mike

Friday Night’s Alright for Downloads

My promo days with Amazon have been roaring successes so far. Continue reading

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What Free Did for Me

Within 24 hours of launching Apocalypse Revolution, I got two sales and one good review. Yeah! I was on my way with this one. I wasn’t predicting millions of sales, but I thought they’d start to trickle in, so I … Continue reading

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Death of a Hamster

Where have I been? Second born and third born down with flu. Me, down with flu. Dog sitting–Doug, the dog. Culmination? Friday night at midnight. Bob, the hamster, is discovered inert in his house. Diagnosis, in hibernation–thank you internet. 1st … Continue reading

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Giving It Away for Free

Why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free? This rather antique view was held by my grandparents’ generation, which apparently equated milk with sex and women with cows. You can see what I mean by antique. … Continue reading

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Is Self ePublishing in a Bubble?

My take on the Guardian’s claim that we’re in a self-publishing bubble. Continue reading

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I am a Hardcore Zombie Apocalypse Survivor

I would survive a Zombie Apocalypse. I know this because I took a test. Continue reading

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Rango – The Post-Apocalyptic Western

The Western was the Post-apocalyptic fiction of its day. Continue reading

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Title and Cover Woes

Sometimes you have to let go of your old ideas and search for new ones. Continue reading

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I Just Found My 1999 Website

I had fun making a book trailer back in 1999 before Youtube and before anyone was making book trailers. It was a lot of fun, but it’s very dated. Hey, it’s 2012. 1999 is a long time ago. Continue reading

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When I Gave Myself Up for Dead

I was twenty-seven when I did something incredibly stupid and dangerous.  I often still feel the need to apologize to my mother for putting her through prolonged worry, but I had reached maturity, finished university, gone out into the workforce … Continue reading

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