Here's a little Q & A I've conducted with myself recently. And by recently I mean this morning.

Q. Marcus, I've been paying attention to that word counter in your sidebar menu, and in the last week it hasn't changed at all!

A. That is not a question.

Q. Have you been lazy?

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With the word count of my current manuscript getting dangerously close to the original target of 60,000 words (although the finished book will likely be closer to 70,000)  I think it's about time to reveal a little more about it than just the title without giving too much away. (read more)

... is tired all day.
One of the cornerstones of my incredibly effective daily routine is getting up early, preferably early enough to be standing by the window fully dressed with brushed teeth and my second or third cup of freshly brewed tea and saying "You lazy bastard" to the sun when it finally decides to show up for work. (read more)

So I’ve been pretty busy in the last few weeks with all sorts of things. First I had to help my wonderfully talented cover designer and partner-in-crime Andrew finsih the new and improved Idolism cover. Then I had to get the various print and eBook versions of the manuscript ready for publication, and I’ve been working on the layout and structure ( Read more... )

Okay, so I'm about two inches away from re-releasing my debut novel And a Child Will Lead Them, complete with a crisp new title, a beautiful new cover image, and a more refined interior. The story is still the same of course, but after its moderate success at the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest earlier this year I decided to re-release it ( Read more... )

As you may or may not have noticed by paying attention to the progress bar in the sidebar menu of this blog, I am now more than three quarters done with the first draft of my upcoming book Eschaton, and from past experience I know that the last quarter of a story gets usually written considerably faster than the first quarter. So that’s good. With ( Read more... )

So, my novel Idolism (aka And a Child Will Lead Them) may have not advanced to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award quarter-finals, but like all the other second round entrants I have received feedback from the two judges who read my book. I found their reviews constructive and surprisingly positive which leads me to the comforting conclusion that ( Read more... )

It always bemuses me when other writers burst into an uncontrolled rant about how being a writer is supposedly the greatest occupation in the world, how they enjoy the process of writing, of revieweing and revising and rewriting, of creating something new and original, and about how much it fulfills them and how rewarding it is and everything.

You ( Read more... )

In case you're not following me on Twitter (LOL, whut?), I didn't advance to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award quarter finals. (read more)

Today I have a special treat for all those who have been following me since way back when I used to blog about Japanese teen idols. I know, right? Those were the days.

Anyway, a very early draft of my novel And a Child Will Lead Them contained a sub-plot that involved a certain member of the Japanese boy band Hey!Say!JUMP... [read more]