Author Archives: Joshua K Johnson
The Wandering Mind
I have a problem that I think most creative people have: my mind is always creating new projects for me to work on.
My mind keeps creating new, interesting worlds that threaten to take away time from my current project (The Ansgari Rebellion series, right now).
The current distraction that is blossoming in the back of my mind is the concept of a sci-fi space opera written and released in a TV Series-style Episode format. There will a Series-Plot; inside of that, there will be Seasons which will each have a Plot; within the Seasons, each episode will have a plot.
The reason that this is threatening so strongly to consume my time is the recent announcement of the Kindle Serials program. Amazon is instituting a program in which customers can pay a 1-time amount and will automatically receive all future episodes for free, and automatically.
I’ve got the first three “Episodes” (approximately 50,000 words) plotted out with basic, one-sentence plot ideas for the next 3 episodes.
I might take a break and get these pounded out once I get The Hydra Offensive through the first draft. We’ll see if my resolve is that strong.
For my fellow writers, what’s threatening to take you away from the project that you *should* be working on?
Blog Stops 09/07/12
Ending the first week of blog tour stops for The Cerberus Rebellion, we have Lisa Haselton hosting a Blurb stop.
Additionally, the wife has offered to the host a Blurb Stop as well. A special thanks to her, not only for putting up a post for The Cerberus Rebellion, but for everything she’s done to support me in my writing endeavors. She did the covers for my three short stories and the text work on Cerberus’ cover. Visit her blog at Point Me 2 The Sky Above
You have two chances to win a copy of one of the Griffins & Gunpowder short stories; leave a comment at both blogs to get your chance!’
Blog Stops 09/06/12
Today includes two tour stops for The Cerberus Rebellion: Hope. Dreams. Life…Love and Travel the Ages
Head on over, take a look and leave a comment.
Blog Stop 09/05/12
Day 3 of The Cerberus Rebellion’s Blurb Blitz is hosted by Rogues and Angels
Stop by, look around and leave a comment! Thanks!
Blog Stop 09/04/12
Today’s Blurb Blitz stop is at MK McClinktock’s Blog.
As always, please take a moment to stop by and comment. A random commentor from this week will be winning a free short story.
The Blog Tour Begins!
Today marks the beginning of a 4 week run of various blurb, review and interview/guest post stops for The Cerberus Rebellion, presented by Goddess Fish Promotions.
Starting off the Tour is Bunny’s Reviews @ http://bunnysreview.com/
Please take the time to show your support by stopping by and leaving a comment!
Thanks!
FanFiction – Where Do You Stand
My post for Guild of Dreams
As Indie/Self-Pub Authors continue to gain traction, a topic that I’ve seen covered more frequently of late is the question of FanFiction.
For the uninitiated, FanFiction is when someone takes the settings and/or characters from an established world and put them into situations that didn’t happen in their original setting. This ranges from completely new characters and plots that just happen to use the world-building of an existing franchise, to more adult-leaning erotic pairings of characters that never got together in their original environment.
Opinions on FanFic run from completely enthusiastic and even openly supportive, at least one author over on KindleBoards has suggested that he’ll be opening his tech-bibles and worldbuilding information so that people can write FanFic in his universe. The other end of the spectrum includes authors that don’t want anyone “diluting” their worlds with FanFic.
I got my internet start with FanFic. While I started my…
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Blog Tour Information Added
I’ve added a new page to the site to cover blog tours. If you click through, you can find all of the upcoming blog-tour stops for The Cerberus Rebellion!
Branching Out (Other Vendors)
So after some thinking, I decided that I wanted to branch out with the availability of my works. For right now, because I have The Cerberus Rebellion in the KDP Select program, it’s just going to be my short stories, novellas and any non-Griffins & Gunpowder works that I put out.
The Sithean Betrayal, The Gathering Storm and The Red Dragon’s Gold are now available on Barnes & Noble for the Nook and on the Kobo e-Book store.
Head over to the Products page to see the new links!
Upcoming Blog Tour
Starting next Monday, September 3rd, The Cerberus Rebellion will be featured on a month-long blog tour every weekday in September (assembled and hosted by GoddessFish Promotions).
The first week will be a blurb blitz where The Cerberus Rebellion’s blurb will be posted. Week 2 will involve a run of 5 stops on a Review tour where different sites will review The Cerberus Rebellion. Finally Week’s 3 and 4 will be a hybrid of interviews and guest blogs.
I’ll be posting a comprehensive list of stops sometime this week, as well as providing links to the sites.
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