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“At the Puffing Grampus”– A Tale from Nimbus
“Tales from Nimbus” is an ongoing series of short shorts meant to offer insight into the world of Nimbus in ways the main narrative cannot. At the Puffing Grampus “Look,” said the first mate of the...
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“Nimbus: A Steampunk Novel (Part Two)”– Now Available on Amazon Kindle!
You folks asked for it, so here it is! I am happy to announce the launch of Nimbus: A Steampunk Novel (Part Two) for Amazon Kindle. We know folks have been clamoring for more steampunky goodness, and...
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My Story “Working Retail” Published Today by BuzzyMag!
Well, today’s a good day, folks. A very good day. My first professional short story hit the shelves (virtually, at least) over at Buzzymag.com. I thought you folks might like to give it a gander....
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Project Update! Books, Blogs, and Everything Else!
Howdy, folks! These past few months have been downright crazy, but I wanted to give you all a heads up of what’s been keeping me away from blogging here at Professor Beej as regularly as I want to....
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Nimbus (Part Four) – Cover Reveal
Are all you Nimbus-freaks ready? Nimbus: A Steampunk Novel (Part Four) is almost finished. Like I said in the last project update, Part Four is coming along well, and we see no reason why it shouldn’t...
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“The Grinder”– A Tale from Nimbus
“Tales from Nimbus” are short shorts that offer insight into the world of Nimbus in ways the main narrative cannot. “The Grinder” Jonah Roebuck laid his cards on the table. The man across from him—Jack...
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Nimbus is…done. #sadface
Last April, Austin and I launched Nimbus. It was an exciting project, and we approached it with zeal. We talked, we outlined, we wrote–we pretty much dreamed about our little steampunk world. And now,...
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“Birthright” is Live on Amazon Kindle!
Well, folks, after almost three years of writing, editing, revising, rewriting, and crowdfunding, Birthright is finally available for purchase (or to borrow for free if you’re a Prime member). Plus, if...
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My Experience with KDP Select Free Promo Days
This past weekend, we set Nimbus to be a free download using KDP Select. We did a Friday/Saturday promotion, and over the course of those two days, we gave away 879 copies of our book. In doing so, we...
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Dangers of Cross-Genre Indie Books: Returns and One-Star Reviews
When I set out on the Kickstarter project for Birthright last year, I had a major task ahead of me: I had to define what made my book any different or any more suited for crowdfunding than anyone...
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Buy My Book! (Please.)
I interrupt your regularly scheduled fitness blogging to bring you a super-awesome non-fitness announcement: my first novel is finished and available for purchase. Last April, I sat down with a friend...
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I’m an Author! (Again!)
I haven’t been blogging as much as I wanted to lately, and a lot of that is because this is what I call deadline season. I’m a teacher, which means a final push of lesson prep and exams near the end...
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Announcing Stratus: A Steampunk Novel (Part One)!
First of all, this isn’t a fitness related post, but it’s about the other side of my geekery, so I thought you all may want to know about it just the same. Stratus, my newest novel, is coming out on...
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Like My Fiction? Got A Buck? Become a Patron!
Guys, I wanted to take a second before getting back into some running and fitnessy goodness to promo my new crowdfunding campaign on Patreon. A couple of years ago, I did a Kickstarter for my novel...
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how to write sci-fi in 3 super easy steps
A lot of people are scared of writing a novel. But you’re not. Right? Right. Because you’re here. You’ve got it in your head to write the next great sci-fi novel already, and you’re on the internet to...
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From Pantser to Planner: The Evolution of A Writing Process
Tell me if this sounds familiar: You have never written a novel. You have started numerous projects, made some decent progress into them—around 10-15k words, maybe—but then…you fizzle out. Every time....
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Kickstarter Update: Guest Posts Galore!
This week has been crazy, y’all. We’re almost halfway to the funding goal for Birthright‘s Kickstarter, and it hasn’t even been a week. You folks amaze me. Really, you do. I’m humbled and awed you’d...
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Link Love Awesomeness and Kickstarter Updates
BIRTHRIGHT – Final Cover Design Good morning, folks! We have 14 days left on the Birthright Kickstarter, and we’re at 56% funding. That’s awesome! I just posted a new update over there, and backers...
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[Guest Post] How You Can Write for Fun While Writing for Your Day Job –...
Today’s guest post is by Mandy Kilinskis, who writes content for Quality Logo Products and their promo blog. By night, she continues working on her YA fantasy novel and spends way too much time on...
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