In lieu of a regular post, since most folks are off doing Christmasy things with Christmasy people… have some memories.

For Grandma Shirley…

And for Grandpa Buff….

Many, many thanks to the folks who participated in the poll to help decide which project I will finish in the new year. It was an interesting experiment in seeing what everyone is looking for (from me) and I hope to finish up at least the first three on the list.
The poll ended at midnight on the 22nd, and the results are as follows:
#1 with 7 votes – short story collection*
#2 with 5 votes – Into the Mirror
#3 with 4 votes – Eternity Series**
#4 with 3 votes – New Bedlam
#5 …

Rebecca Brown from the Pagan Friends Webzine recently conducted an interview with me, which is now posted in their fantastic Yule issue!
http://thepaganfriends.wordpress.com/
And remember, you’ve only got until midnight tonight to send in those receipts to get a free copy of Litha to go with your copy of Yule… click here for more details.
Don’t have Yule yet? It’s only $0.99! Head on over to Amazon or Smashwords to pick up a copy… and then send me the receipt!

‘Twas the Night Before Yuletide
(This version author unknown, original Clement C. Moore)
‘Twas the night before Yule, and all ‘cross the heath,
not a spirit was stirring – no human or beast.
Warm cider was left by the altar adorned,
to celebrate the Oak King would soon return.
The children lay sleeping all snug in their beds,
while faeries and elves danced through their heads.
Mother and Father beneath blankets piled deep,
had just settled for their own Solstice sleep.
A noise in the night that would give them no peace,
Awakened them both, was it the honking of geese?
Eager …

I’ve been reading some interesting takes on what self-publishing, vanity publishing, and POD publishing really are.
Apparently*:
…starting your own company to self-publish your own work using whichever form of small-run printing and distribution is fine. That’s ‘real’ publishing with a publisher.
…starting your own company to publish others and using POD formats is subsidy publishing.
…using POD and e-book services such as the entity formerly known as BookSurge (aka Createspace), LSI, Lulu, Smashwords and KDP to self-publish or publish others is vanity publishing.
* NOT my opinions.
These are mine:
First of all, said opinionated …