My son Spencer was given the task of shredding a big box of old financial papers for us. His response was to automate the task using his Arduino microcontroller. He built an auto feeder with a stepper motor and a… Read More »Automated Paper Shredder
This past weekend the cover for my next released novel, The Rising has been finalized. I thought I’d share with you some of the final little tweaks we did to it. Big thanks to my brother Byron McConnell for once… Read More »Cover Reveal – The Rising
Those of you writers out there using the fantastic writing tool – Plume Creator are in for a treat in an upcoming release. Plume is getting themes and that means a dark version is in the works. I’ve been helping… Read More »Plume Creator Dark Theme Preview
Getting Your Work Published Online SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2013, 1 – 3PM Location Library! at Collister Room Sycamore Room Registration Required No Contact Name Jim Contact Phone 562-4995 Location Library! at Collister Type of Event Classes/Workshops/Speakers Age Teens Young Adults grade 7-12… Read More »Library Talk on Ebook Publishing
Tonight’s guest speaker for the Partner’s In Crime mystery writer’s group will be Nate McIntyre from Black Label Press. Nate is a good friend of mine and not coincidentally is who I’ve decided to go with on my ebooks. New versions of… Read More »Partner’s In Crime Guest Speaker
This past weekend I was building a new ebook of Starstrikers to release with my next novel, Starforgers in October. I’m using the stylesheet that I created for Tyrmia, my last novel. If you intend to self-publish your ebook, you… Read More »Ebooks by Hand