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If you have read my posts on Mastodon and Twitter, you can recall me talking about not getting engagement on posts and having followers who never interact with your content. Given that, is there any point to having a social media presence as an author?   I’m confident Mastodon and Twitter have brought some sales to my books, but not enough to make a decent living. I never had a social media post lead to $1000 in sales. I also never had a post lead to a surge in views on my bl

If you have been following the updates on my “Armored Piercing Operations” Wix group, you’d know I’ve made a lot of progress on both Armored Piercing 3 and 4. Firstly, I completed my first draft of Armored Piercing 4 on August 19. This marks eight years of my writing journey on that book. Secondly, I finished the outline for the second draft of Armored Piercing 3 near the end of October. The outline is 151 pages, making it the longest outline I’ve ever written.   I’m amazed t

I joined Mastodon Social in June 2021. At the time, I was looking for alternatives to Twitter where I could promote my work. Mastodon fascinated me with its open-source platform and how anyone can make their own servers. I settled with Mastodon Social because it had the most users and was the main official server.   I liked how you had more characters than Twitter and how there was no annoying algorithm that pushed irrelevant things in my feed. However, there was no way to ch

My latest book is now available on more stores! If you haven't read it yet, The Raid of Hotel Laurier is a police sci-fi thriller...

I recently added my latest book to the Amazon UK and Amazon Australia stores. As you will also see, I removed the book from Kindle...

One of the most common pieces of advice I hear for indie publishing is “write to market.” This means writing your book with an intended...

With the Armored Piercing series, I don’t make references to real-world events or make commentary on social issues. The main reason is...

When it comes to reviews of my books, one consistent point that comes up, regardless of whether it's a positive or negative review, is...

So, I have been working on a new book I’d like to publicly announce: The Raid of Hotel Laurier. It’s a new sci-fi thriller novella. The...

Last December, I decided to deactivate my Twitter account and by now it is permanently closed. I did this because of news I saw about...

Late last year, I finished playing through the Modern Warfare trilogy on PlayStation 3 for the umpteenth time. I grew up playing these...

I've recently removed my latest book, Nibowin, from Amazon Kindle Unlimited and placed the book on multiple platforms. I will place the...

So when I first started using Twitter, I came across the VSS365 hashtag. VSS365 means 'Very Short Stories 365 days.' Someone would post a...

Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of discussion regarding various movies/shows “lacking” realism. Whenever a movie has “realism,” it would...

My latest book, Nibowin: The Island of Death, is available in multiple countries. You can also read the book for free on Kindle...

Last year, I posted a chapter from my OG draft of Armored Piercing 1. This time, I’ve got two-ish chapters from my OG draft of Armored...

I’m a bit late on this one. The second entry in the Armored Piercing series was released last year on July 6, yet here’s the celebratory...

I’m proud to announce my new book “Nibowin: The Island of Death.” It is a supernatural-thriller novella that takes place on an island,...

November 2021 is a very important month in the Armored Piercing series (and is about to come to a close today). The last chapter of...

The next journey in the Armored Piercing series is now available for purchase. Five years after the events of book one, Armored Piercing,...