Tom Flanders
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I'm working on prepping my novella, BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY, for publication. Much fun. Compiling all the chapters into a single file. Setting all the margins and borders and stuff. Converting a pile of words I've written into a "book." The…
July 22
Tom Flanders commented on Nathalie Schiltz's blog post 'Evil, Thy Name Is Insomnia!'
Same problem. I write at night and if I've had a REALLY GOOD session sleep is nearly impossible, which makes the next night's writing session useless. The only cure I've found for this is to enforce mediocracy in my stories.
July 18
Jennifer Jackson commented on Tom Flanders's blog post 'Self Publishing - How to measure success'
I hope you get your goals. Even if you don't, keep going because the only person that you have to answer to at the end of the day is you. If you can sit there and say you did your best, that's the only thing that matters. Good luck.
July 8
Tom Flanders added a blog post
My first self-published book, a collection of short stories rapidly assembled to serve as a present for my parent's 50th wedding anniversary, sold a whopping 36 copies. I consider that a success.Now I'm preparing to self publish my new novella, BROK…
July 8
Tom Flanders added a blog post
"Why do you write?" asked character one. "To impress people." answered character two. That little interchange is from THE CASE OF THE GILDED FLY by Edmund Crispin. I'm embarrassed to admit that I could be character two. Much of what I've written ov…
July 6
Tom Flanders commented on Brittany's blog post 'What Genre'
It depends on how the world ends.
June 24
Tom Flanders commented on Sarah's blog post 'Beating the Blues'
The same thing happened to me with my first book, to the point where I gave up on it. Then, three months later, I reread it and loved it again. Sometimes you need some distance to be objective.
June 22
Tom Flanders added a blog post
In a rare excursion from my shell of introversion, I built a web site to promote my latest novella BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY, which is still in search of an agent and/or publisher. It's odd, for me at least, to be hyping something that isn't f…
June 19
Haneia Simpson commented on Tom Flanders's blog post 'Coping With the Day Job'
Lol, maybe not, maybe not. Boredom will turn the saneist of people into total nutcases.
June 16
Tom Flanders added a blog post
"Your files have been published." A simple sentence. A passive sentence. The kind of sentence I email to my fellow employees dozens of times a day. An exclamation of boredom. A cry for help. Save me from the abyss! Do they hear my plea? They do not.…
June 16
Martin Rus commented on Tom Flanders's blog post 'Killing an Innocent Character'
I've been in your position with what I'm writing, Tom. I've been writing the deaths of children and inherently good people. And I'm not done with the really bad stuff either. The difference is that I knew going in that I'd be writing it that way.
June 10
Tom Flanders added a blog post
Tonight I killed one of my characters. It was weird because up until tonight I didn't know that there would be a murder in this book. I knew it was a psychological thriller, but didn't know the stakes would be raised that high. On the bright side,…
June 10
E.E. Moxam commented on Tom Flanders's blog post 'Rediscovering Your Own Work'
Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one who forgets about large chunks of work. I've done this often enough that once I year I try to go through all of the scraps of paper and random computer files. Oh sure, a lot ends up in pretentious garbage, but ther…
June 7
Tom Flanders added a blog post
Today I was cleaning up the writing folder on my had drive, moving bunches of old stuff to subfolders like, "needs work", "bits and pieces" and of course, "pretentious garbage." In the midst of all this I came upon a rather large file I had complete…
June 6
Angela Compton commented on Tom Flanders's blog post 'The Guilt of Leisure'
I am exactly the same way. I have spent my entire life trying to please others, or putting others' needs before my own. I love it, dont get me wrong. There is a real sense of fulfillment in doing for others and putting your dreams on the back burner…
May 22
Leanne Dyck commented on Tom Flanders's blog post 'Suffering from Character Envy'
Yes, I agree my characters have more interesting lifes than mine. However, through them my life is enriched. And really, living this common everyday life on this common everyday island I am truly happy.
May 20

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About Me
I'm a recovering introvert trying once again to work seriously on not taking my writing too seriously.
What Do You Write?
Fiction
How Many Years Have You Been Writing?
7 years
Favorite Books and Authors
Herman Hesse, Saul Below, Tony Hillerman, Rex Stout
Website/Blog
http://tomflanders.com

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Tom Flanders

Building a Book

I'm working on prepping my novella, BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY, for publication. Much fun. Compiling all the chapters into a single file. Setting all the margins and
borders and stuff. Converting a pile of words I've written into a
"book." The dreams made real.




Now I just have do one last proof read, decide on a cover, update my b

… Continue

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 11:12pm —

Tom Flanders

Self Publishing - How to measure success

My first self-published book, a collection of short stories rapidly assembled to serve as a present for my parent's 50th wedding anniversary, sold a whopping 36 copies. I consider that a success.

Now I'm preparing to self publish my new novella, BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY. How will I measure its success? I have set what I think are some realistic goals.

I want to sell 100 copies. That's a nice round number and only about three times the sales of my first bo… Continue

Posted on July 8, 2010 at 1:31am — 1 Comment

Tom Flanders

Taking the Fun Out of Writing

"Why do you write?" asked character one.


"To impress people." answered character two.




That little interchange is from THE CASE OF THE GILDED FLY by Edmund Crispin. I'm embarrassed to admit that I could be character two. Much of what I've written over the

… Continue

Posted on July 6, 2010 at 12:53am —

Tom Flanders

A Promotional Experiment

In a rare excursion from my shell of introversion, I built a web site to promote my latest novella BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY, which is still in search of an agent and/or publisher. It's odd, for me at least, to be hyping something that isn't for sale yet. Heck, the car companies do it all the time. I guess it's not so weird.

… Continue

Posted on June 19, 2010 at 12:39am —

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At 11:28am on February 23, 2010, Sheila Hurst said…
That's funny - I was beginning to suspect that about blogging too! It seems really addictive. I'm a little scared.
 
 
 

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