The back Cover blurb
I found one of the more difficult things to write for the book is the back cover blurb. I thought I’d share the draft text of the back cover here. Let me know your thoughts. Does it catch your attention...
Blog
Writing, technology, locations, and behind-the-scenes updates from Gregory R. Simpson.
Why don't you publish it now
As it turns out, there is still a lot to do. Here’s my short list: Writing Get feedback from beta readers Get developmental editor feedback Edit, Edit, Edit Write the cover descriptive prose Administrative ISBN Copyright Artistic Book Cover Book...
Finishing Touches
Hello friends, I continue to put the finishing touches on The Quantum Contingent . I looked back at how it has changed over the last few months. The easiest metric is word count. From a cover-to-cover perspective, the novel progressed...
One more chapter…
Some people have been surprised to hear that I have “beta” readers. Beta readers are not unlike software beta testers, They are early adopters who try your software/manuscript out and give you feedback on how they liked it. (They also...
first line frenzy
I listened to a First Line Frenzy stream today by @RFaithEditorial in conjunction with Reedsy. In first line frenzy, an editor, Rebecca Faith, quickly critiques the opening line in a long list of novels, It’s an interesting way to pick up...
Outer Space
I am back from vacation. I took a week off from the blog last week and am now rejuvenated and ready to push this book across the finish line. I have about twenty beta readers reading my draft manuscript and...
The Beta Is out, so I'm taking a week off of the blog!
Have a great week… talk to you soon! (I took the picture below in Ngorongoro Crater, one of the locations in The Quantum Contingent )
New Chapters… and a photoblog
I did a lot of editing this past week in preparation for the beta reader release. In fact, I added two chapters. One was entirely new, the other was more of a split of an earlier chapter into two chapters....
Bitcoin Mining
Last week, I talked about bitcoin and tried to explain it in simple terms by comparing it to virtual gold. This week I continue that thread by talking about bitcoin mining. One of the parallels bitcoin has to gold is...
What is bitcoin, in simple terms, in 30 seconds or less?
I was at dinner with friends this week and they asked me to explain bitcoin or cryptocurrency in simple terms in 30 seconds or less. I wasn’t happy with my answer, so I thought I’d try again here. You see,...