Riptide

A rising tide lifts all boats. Motto of the facebook group 20Booksto50K. Every year 20Books organizes conferences where writers come together to network and learn from fellow Indies how to become an authorpreneur. This year also in The Netherlands. Rotterdam to be precise. A one-day symposium organized by the undersigned for which I gladly picked up my old profession, conference organizer.

The secret life of books

What comes after Blue Monday? Right. A belated Twisted Tuesday...
Wasn't ready yet with artwork or the writing, but I'm getting there, and got some news to share, like a new bundle and a new short story coming this week, so read on...

Perfect day

During the last few years I´ve written numerous flash and short stories. All of them published as standalone ebook. Almost all of them... Only recently I found some "forgotten" stories which I will start publishing in handy collections. "Call it a day" is one of those stories...

Still running

I´m older now, but still running; that's what Bob Seger wrote. We've all had our share, didn't we? Nevertheless I feel this year the winds of time are changing. Got some great plans and I'm ready to get started. Talking about running...

Best time of the year

They're playing Christmas songs on the radio since early November. Love the Holidays and the music; and listening to ringing and jingling bells 24/7, day after day makes me feel like... the Grinch. Sorry. Nevertheless I did get some wonderful inspiration for a Christmas Special...

Terraforming

The first man on Mars is an event I might be able to witness during my lifetime. The technology is available, the finances... Well, that might be a bit more problematic. Not to forget about ethics. And once we're there, what are we going to do? Terraforming the planet? In my latest book I've used another solution...

It's magic

One of the series we translate (into Dutch) is the Urban Fantasy series "The Unstoppable Liv Beaufont". The original series is much further, but we now have finished (and published) book 4 in The Netherlands. Besides translating I also like to struggle with cats. How's that? Read on...