My Round 4 ROW80 Goals

I’ve been dreading this first post, because it means decision time has arrived. It’s time for me to actually decide what my next project is going to be, for sure. Of course, it’s a good time for deciding. SHADA is published in eBook form. It’s nearly ready to order a proof copy of from CreateSpace. …

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October 3, 2011 – 12:53 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (1)

ScriptSuperhero.com Interviews: T.L. Haddix

The last time ScriptSuperhero.com did a big interview of anyone, that person was Amanda Hocking, over a year ago, a few months before her sales just exploded. Past interviewees have included Charlaine Harris and L.J. Sellers, as well. Now, joining that group of luminaries is another novelist, T.L. Haddix. This time, I decided to post …

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September 26, 2011 – 2:48 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in T.L. Haddix | Tagged | Comments (1)

REVIEW: Through the Flames by Ryne Billings

Ryne Billings’ debut novel, THROUGH THE FLAMES, is about a good as a first fantasy novel from a young writer can be. Though the book contains some earmarks of a younger, less experienced writer, his mastery of storytelling basics is quite good, and his understanding of the fantasy genre is solid as well. The pace …

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September 25, 2011 – 7:05 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)

REVIEW: Changer’s Summer by Mike Lewis

CHANGER’S SUMMER by Mike Lewis presents a bit of difficulty. The novel combines elements of environmentalism, science fiction, and a British setting to come up with its unique storyline, and on a conceptual basis, there’s a lot that fascinates about Changer’s Summer. Unfortunately, the novel spends a lot of time – tens of pages, it …

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September 25, 2011 – 6:53 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)

REVIEW: Codename Dancer by Amanda Brice

If you buy this book expecting a high-school equivalent of ALIAS, adjust your expectations. Codename: Dancer is not quite as spy-oriented as the title makes one expect, but Dani Spevak does make for an interesting modern day Nancy Drew. If dancing isn’t your thing, be aware that there’s dancing, as well as dance terminology, and …

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September 25, 2011 – 6:39 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Reviews | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Final ROW80 Round 3 Check-In

Well, here we are at the end of another ROW80 Round, and I have my second novel out. When I started ROW80 Round 1 at the beginning of the year, I was still unpublished. Now I have one novel and one novella out. That’s what kind of life-changing experience ROW80 can be… and it’s a …

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September 23, 2011 – 2:37 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

SHADA already back from the editor!

SHADA, which is Book 1 in the Ember Cole series, is already back from my editor. Which means this coming week is looking really good for being the week I unleash SHADA on the reading public. My editor, by the way, is the reasonably-priced and quite responsive EverythingIndie.com! Of course, the big PR push comes …

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September 18, 2011 – 6:10 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged | Comments (2)

Off to the editor…

My second book, a novella-length piece that kicks off the EMBER COLE series, known as SHADA, is now in the hands of my editor. I worked marathon hours this week to make sure I got the piece off to him before the weekend. And I succeeded. The manuscript when out on Thursday, September 15 at …

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September 16, 2011 – 3:16 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

The price drop has helped

Well, I must admit, the price drop from $2.99 to $0.99 has seemed to help sales of MOST LIKELY. While no one is backing a Brinks truck up to my apartment door, or even offering gift basket delivery in celebration, dropping the price of MOST LIKELY has the title selling again. Sure, it’s only 2-3 …

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September 9, 2011 – 5:00 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

On the Oregon Trail, Part 3: Percolatin’ In Portland

Well, here we are, eight days later, and the move is (more or less) complete. We’ve managed our funds well enough not to need a check city cash advance, which is fortunate, and completely a result of my wife being the financial brains of the marriage. She kept us on budget. We arrived in Portland …

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August 29, 2011 – 2:49 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80, writing | Tagged , | Comments (2)

On the Oregon Trail, Part 2: Finally in Oregon, but not quite home

Well, we’ve had some adventures since last check-in. On Tuesday, we headed out from Keystone, SD and made what turned out to be our longest day of travel, bar none: 480 miles through Wyoming into Montana, stopping at Livingston, MT, for the night. There are good and bad qualities about our Montana experience. First, it …

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August 26, 2011 – 1:59 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

On the Oregon Trail, Part 1: Chillin’ in Keystone (and I don’t mean beer)

Well, we are two days into our five-night, six-day journey from Minnesota to Oregon. Let me fill you in on our adventures so far. My air bed started dying on me 2-3 days before we left… because it could only stay inflated a few hours by Sunday morning, I woke up at around 6:30 a.m. …

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August 23, 2011 – 12:08 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Rants and asides | Tagged | Comments (2)