Just as a painter requires a brush, canvas, palette, and easel, a writer needs specific tools to create a story. These days, authors use a wide variety of programs to improve almost everything about their workâfrom editing and plotting, to formatting and publishing. Below, I’ve listed several basic programs useful for any kind of writing….
How to Write a Book, Part 2
So, you’ve finished your rough draft and set it aside for four to six weeks, keeping your writing juices flowing by working on another project or the beginnings of a blog, and now you’re ready to go back to your unwieldy lump of clay and begin fashioning it into something recognizable. However, there is one thing…
Horror for Halloween
Hey everyone! Hope your Shocktober is going great! Thanks to everyone who picked up a free Kindle copy of Crow Creek the first week of October. It was a fantastic promotion charging my books up the horror charts for a while there. Hopefully, everyone likes what they read. Please do me a favor and leave…
Shock-tober Slashing!
Crow Creek Free on Kindle Next Week Hello all! My favorite month of the year is fast approaching and I wanted to tell you about a big promo I’ve got coming up to celebrate. The Kindle version of Crow Creek, Bettendorf Tales Book 2, will be FREE from Monday the 1st through Friday the 5th!! That’s…
The Halfway Point
Hey everyone! So sorry, it’s been a crazy long time since my last post–I can’t believe the last time I posted was in April! Things have been great. Devils Glen has sold pretty well, so far, and people from all over the country have reached out to let me know how much they liked the…
UPDATE: Devils Glen on Kindle Scout!
Hi, everyone! Hope you’re all doing well. I know it’s been a while since my last post and there’s a lot that has happened in the meantime. It’s been a very busy Fall. First, I got married, as most of you probably already know. It was an amazing day and a lot of fun. Michelle…
Matthew Speak Books Now available!
