As a youngster, the picture above was my first vision of Princess Leia from the original Star Wars. A bad-ass with a gun who had no troubles standing up to Darth Vader, the evil dark lord of the Sith. Even when her home planet was destroyed by the Death Star, she didn't cry in the corner and whine about her safe place. She was even more determined to destroy the Galactic Empire once and for all. And, to top it all off, the final scene in the new Rogue One, which had me in tears (honestly!) skyrocketed her character into a path of hope for the galaxy.
Secondly, also earlier this week, Dean Wesley Smith published a blog post that pretty much sums up my publishing career. It's called Failure must be an option. Read it when you get a moment. So many indie authors bitch and whine when they only sold a few hundred copies of their book in a given month and seem to focus more on selling than writing. Dean teaches that one should just keep publishing and the sales will work itself out. No, I will be honest when I say I have never (yet) sold a few hundred copies of a book in a single month, aside from Guest of Honor when it was free. But sales of my books have gone up over time. Give Dean's post a good read with an open mind. If you tell yourself it can't be done, stop yourself and ask yourself . . . what if you did?
Lastly is The Christmas Letters. The book is complete.
Here is the Amazon link to the ebook.
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