Monthly Archives: December 2011

Wrestling with motivation

A little success can be almost as dangerous as none. Why do I say that? Because I’ve now had a little success as a writer, and there are times when the last thing I want to do is write. Sure, once I fire up the word processor, that goes away. The trick is to be …

December 25, 2011 – 2:39 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in late night writing | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Last ROW80 Check-In of 2011

Well, we’re at the end of Round 4 of ROW 80. The past year has seen me complete two novels and put them out there for public consumption, as well as make significant progress on the third. Also, under a pseudonym, I’ve put out a handful of short fiction that’s done okay. So that’s not …

December 25, 2011 – 2:29 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Comments (0)

Inertia

I’m starting to make a little money at this writing thing. It’s not a lot. Certainly not enough to live on, not yet. But… a little money. There are actually changes to my numbers when I check KDP, most of the time. That’s cool. What’s not cool? The reaction I’m experiencing. As excited as the …

December 22, 2011 – 4:32 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (1)

The big decision

Every time I sit down to work on EMBER, I face a big decision. Do I sink more time into EMBER, which will take a few months to complete, or do I let myself sidetrack into some short fiction that I can put up a lot quicker, expanding my offerings more swiftly, so that I …

December 21, 2011 – 1:00 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Closing in on the end of Round 4

Hey all, As we’re closing in on the end of Round 4, I thought I’d post my progress toward my goals, as a review. DONE 1) Complete guest blogs and interviews and various other content for SHADA blog tour. DONE 2) Schedule the radio interview that is a part of the blog tour, and get …

December 18, 2011 – 3:50 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged | Comments (3)

Another Sunday update

Well, I keep being too busy to post mid-week updates, so that’s gotta be a good thing somehow, right? Seems to be. The big news since my last update is that I finally have SHADA out in trade paperback. As much as my livelihood depends on the steady sales of my novels in electronic book …

December 4, 2011 – 3:01 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80, writing | Tagged , , | Comments (4)