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SHELF LIFE: Taking Nothing For Granted

Recently, I received one of the best reviews I’ve ever gotten. Someone called ColtsFan on Amazon wrote the following about The Fall Guy: “Simon Wood is an up and coming mystery writer who writes like some mobster is standing over him with […]

March 18, 2013January 9, 2015

SHELF LIFE: Got Imagination? (Guest Post)

Today’s bit is a guest spot from Dana Cameron. Dana and I have been good chums for years so that’s why I’m entrusting Simon Sez over to her. She’s also the proud mother of a brand new book, Seven Kinds of Hell. […]

March 11, 2013January 9, 2015

SHELF LIFE: Got Imagination? (Guest Post)

March 11, 2013January 9, 2015

SHELF LIFE: Fifty Shades Of Simon Wood (or Naming Wrongs)

I’m a titleist. By that I don’t mean I’m a brand of golf ball. I mean that I pay special attention to my titles for my stories and books. I know the saying goes you can’t judge a book by its cover, […]

March 4, 2013January 9, 2015

SHELF LIFE: My Biggest Writing Regret

We all have regrets. Things we woulda, shoulda, coulda done instead. I certainly have a few when it comes to my writing. After more than a decade, it still smarts that I sold a short story for six bucks only to have […]

February 25, 2013January 9, 2015

SHELF LIFE: My Biggest Writing Regret

February 25, 2013January 9, 2015

SHELF LIFE: 5 Things Readers Can Do To Help Their Favorite Writers

I don’t readers don’t know the power they wield and how it can help their favorite writers. Here are five simple things readers can do to help any writer. 1. The first rule is Buy a Book. I know it’s a given, […]

February 18, 2013January 9, 2015

Shelf Life: Too Small To Be Big

I’ll never be a bestselling author. It was never my intention. Seriously, it wasn’t. I just wanted to be published and published well (and hopefully earn a few schekles along the way to keep me stocked in Walnut Whips). But I can […]

February 11, 2013January 9, 2015

Shelf Life: Enough Already (Guest Post)

I don’t always do guest posts, but I wanted to share a very nicely written piece on the topic of bickering between traditionally and self published authors. I’d been planning on tossing my own hat in the ring on this topic, but […]

January 14, 2013January 9, 2015

Shelf Life: 2012, The Shape Of Things To Come?

I like to look back at an outgoing year. I like to know what I did, what worked, what didn’t and what should be banished from memory, because I can’t learn if I don’t know what I did. On the writing front, […]

January 7, 2013January 9, 2015

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