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While I was busy writing up story outlines to submit to Games Workshop's Black Library, my friend Jack Badelaire lost interest in doin...

In my experiences with publishing my writing, I feel that I dodged some bullets in that I failed  to get published. Had I gotten published...

I started writing creatively in elementary school, but rarely finished anything.  I started a story about wild horses that was a few pages...

Back in the early 2000s, I considering buying my first digital camera. I was leery of doing so, as all the photos I would take would end u...

BookBub is the most popular mailing list / advertisement venue for ebooks right now. BookBub sends out a daily email to well over three m...

My third novel, the first in a new series, is now available on Kindle! Eager to take the fight to the Germans, hundreds of young American...

In posts one , two , and three of this series I talked about my previous promotions and how I prepared for the next one. Now for the resul...

In the third post of my Behind the Scenes of a Free Book Promotion series, I will talk about Promotion Day itself. The day before the pro...

In my first post in this series I talked about my previous experience with Free promotions. Lackluster at best, with no return of investme...

Discoverability is the primary obstacle for new writers.  Lost in the ocean of literature, it is difficult to attract readers.  There are ...

The Pirates of Alnari is free today on Amazon! Check it out! Martyn and Arycke are two young nobles forced into hiding after experienci...

Nick Smith is one of the seven piratical authors to participate in the Here there be Pirates Book Giveaway in celebration of Talk Like a P...

Talk Like a Pirate Day is just around the corner and that’s just cause to celebrate! Swashbuckling! Plundering! Rum! The sea! And how ...

I picked up What Kings Ate and Wizards Drank: A Fantasy Lover's Food Guide by Krista D. Ball after seeing it mentioned on David Gaughr...

The Grand Masquerade is now available in Paperback! The pirate city of Alnari burns, a victim of its own success. In the aftermath, the...

The Grand Masquerade is now available on Amazon as an ebook! The pirate city of Alnari burns, a victim of its own success. In the after...

My World War II short story, Our Turn to Shoot , is now available at the Amazon Kindle Store.  It will be free for a short time, so hurry ...

The Pirates of Alnari gets a new cover!  Recently I hired an great artist, Ander Plana, to make me a new cover.  He has also done some aw...

In honor of my daughter's 4th birthday, my fantasy novel The Pirates of Alnari is free on Amazon today. So pick up a your free copy n...

Th e following is Chapter T hree of my second novel submission to Black Library, entitled The Charge of the Danoans .   Chapter One, ...