Michael Kingswood's Wriiting Blog

I’m writing this from the Residents Inn in Topeka, Kansas. Last Friday (11 May 2012) evening, I departed my old (temporary) abode in Ballston Spa, NY in favor of my new home in San Diego.  Yeah, I know.  Poor me, right?  I have to give up all the awesome weather….erm…wait….no…all the amazing culture

I got the email from Writers of the Future today. The Blob On The Rock, my entry for the 1st Quarter of their 29th issue…won! Yeah….just kidding.  Actually, it got an Honorable Mention.  That makes two HMs and two flat out rejections for me, so far. The former coordinating judge, the late K D Wentwo

As I mentioned before, I’ve been working on a Trade Paperback version of my short story collection, A Jar Of Mixed Treats. I got the initial proof last week, and naturally found a couple typos that I’d missed before.  And, once again, I found I had stretched the back cover text a bit too far, [...]

Back in March, I decided to write another Larian story.  I’ve had fun with his last three adventures (How NOT To Rescue A Damsel In Distress, Measuring Up, and First Blood), and it seemed time to do another one.  Plus, just two more and I could make a collection of five stories, just about him [...]

One of the cool things that I saw at Dean’s workshop was books, a lot of books, from the other writers in the workshop.  Several people brought their POD paperbacks to show Dean.  Of course, that first night, I smacked myself in the head because I had intended to do the same, but forgot to [...]

The first quarter of the year came to a close a week ago.  That means I’ve got some assessing to do.  So let’s have at it! First, a sales update, just because: Now, bear in mind not all sales outlets have reported for March yet.  But I don’t expect much to change.  So things are [...]