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Postcard From The Dunes—September 2026
Three Words Silas Won't Make A Habit Out OfThe last few days have been spent proofing the first edited cut of the audiobook. Hearing a narrator say lines you wrote is a strange experience; every word that isn't quite the character's comes through the headphones a...
Authors and the 1,000 True Fans Thesis
Eighteen years ago, Kevin Kelly wrote an essay that became gospel for creators of all types. Lots of indie authors have heard of it and wondered whether it really applies to them. The answer is yes, but not the way he meant.Boiled down, Kelly’s point was that a...
Newsletter — August 2026
Worth Your Weight In Pie Newsletter Field notes from the world of Silas Lopez ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ...
Postcard From The Dunes—August 2026
It’s too easy to lose track of what you’re actually doing amid the flurry of getting a book out the door. You get so focused on cranking the wheel and working through the punch lists—the final tweaks to the electronic files, the mad dash through ARC applications,...
From The AudioBook Recording Trenches
I checked in with the audiobook recording team at John Marshall Media to see how things were going and whether they might have any tidbits I could share on social media. I was very pleased not only to hear that the project was going well, but to receive substantive...
Walking Into Deep Water (Anatomy of a Scene)
I was recently invited to share my thoughts on a passage from The Washashore. It gave me a chance to reflect, so I thought I’d capture some of those reflections here. The passage is a favorite of mine, taken from Chapter 81, in which Wren and Silas take a walk out...
