AI talk – Le Salon Duval @ Kava Culture Key West
The first talk @ Le Salon Duval @ Kava Culture was great. Thank you to everyone who came out to support our first gathering. Lots…
Wanda Does What She Likes
She came to me as muses do, whispering a challenge, implying a promise. And when I spotted “Tattooed Daughter” by Michael Haykin, I was certain…
No AI, thank you – Publishing Sidetrack Key – Epilogue
So I just added this to our copyright notice on the epub version:No AI tools were used to assist in writing this work.The use of…
The great epub adventure. Publishing Sidetrack Key
Part 1 covered the title and Part 2 covered the print version of Sidetrack Key. I’ve saved the best for last, creating the epub/Kindle version….
Sidetrack Key – Part 2 -How to Publish the Print Version
Jessica produced a very nice book in Microsoft Word. If you’re going straight to epub, you can just upload it at Amazon KDP and they’ll…
Title & Cover-Part One-Publishing Sidetrack Key
This isn’t Jessica. This is Sean MacGuire, husband and publisher of Sidetrack Key. I get to do the interesting work of getting the book out…
13 Ways – How to Never Finish your Novel
This is a real list. I’ve done all these for Sidetrack Key, my second novel and the one I carried the greatest mythology about. Notions…
Sidetrack Key – Book 2 in the No Name Key series
After eight years, I finally finished the sequel to No Name Key and I hope it was worth the wait! Here’s my description: A twisty,…
Best Course in Town: The Artist’s Way, taught by Rosalind Brackenbury
https://tskw.org/the-artists-way-with-rosalind-brackenbury/ When I moved to Key West, I had the great good fortune to take this class, and it changed my life. I had stopped…
How Imagination Became Appropriation
I have a fraught relationship with publication. Although I love writing and being read, I’ve never conquered the childish sense that I’m asking for ‘more…
Painting A Pandemic – How to Collaborate
My addiction to social media got upped during COVID-19 when extraordinary images made regular and frequent appearances on Michael Haykin’s Facebook page. They were outrageous,…
Scrivener for the Fearful
Last year I had multiple Word files for each section, scene and chapter of No Name Key 2. Some with unique names but similar content,…