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Why my books are no longer for sale via Amazon

This is long.
Like, really long.
And talks about the intimate details of publishing in long and meandering manner.
I tried to make it shorter, I really did, but as Mark Twain once said, I didn’t have the time. So I wrote this instead.
So as of right now, you can’t buy my books via Amazon, as they have [...]

Developing the habit of butt in chair

A year, a decade

Daily slogging

Where things stand: what I’m writing

The hard truths of freelancing/writing

The finances of freelancing: some gritty systems details for the geeky

The tyranny of the reboot after a writing absence

Comments on receiving the Young Alumni Award

A Young Alumni Award is coming my way…

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Tobias is a Caribbean-born SF/F novelist who lives in Ohio.

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Also complicating that is fact that Thalia needs to be home tommorow since she has a cold: cough, runny nose, mild fever. 7 hrs ago

I fell asleep at 7:30pm and woke up at 12:30 due to coughing kid. Awake now. Will be interesting to see when I get tired. 7 hrs ago

Of course, I'm risking cliche. But these are the travails of being an entertainer: in realism vs keep story moving, moving wins 7 hrs ago

Mmm. The extended rise to leader of army plot sequence in this novella will be cut in favor of Duel To Death! Other way is long/boring. :) 7 hrs ago

Thalia's home today sick. Poor kid. Poor Toby's deadline LOL. 19 hrs ago

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