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I have reinstalled Disqus to manage comments on the blog. Found this to be a great way to let people post and maintain some order in the comments.

Writers need readers. New writers need anyone to read them. If I horded my work and did not find a way to get it into peoples hands to read I would never improve.

A friend of mine could not believe that I was making available for free things that I spent months writing. I pointed out that they are still mine, and I am just letting anyone read them without cost. However if someone wanted to make money off of my publications the copyright is mine and I reserve those rights. He did not understand. He was still focused on the idea that people did not have to pay to download my work.

By now you have probably figured out that his objections have nothing to do with creative commons work at all. You can put fully any material on the we to be read and downloaded. I choose a license for my work that encourages people to share it without feeling the need to ask permission to do so.

I need readers, and CC licensing is a way to make it easier for people to read.

Where do the pictures come from for my story/book covers? They are my own photographs. I use some simple image editing to make the covers. Why do it myself? I have a rule for all of my writing projects, no cost or very little cost. If I use my own photographs I don’t have to compensate someone else or even take the time who I should credit for them.

If you want to know exactly how I have done the cover art just ask. I may even post more information about them when I have time. I think some of them are a story unto themselves.

I am currently working on the following:

The Sponsor – Editing

The Jackman – Writing

Lifter – Outline/Planning

Homecoming – Character Bios, research, outlining.

Arrested Development ( Eternal Emperor Book 1 ) – Chapter Insert writing, plot outlining.

Why post this? I want to try to post this once a month if for no other reason to make myself look at what I am doing and decided if I am moving forward of floundering.

Racing Tales

I decided to put all the NASCAR science fiction stories into a collection called racing tales. The collection is planned out to be:

The Spotter, The Sponsor, The Jackman, and Lifter. There is a possible 5th on but so far that story has not taken shape enough to name. I will put up each story on their own as they are finished in PDF, HTML and Mobi format for the kindle. When the entire collection is complete I am planning to put them in my lulu store and make them available in the Amazon kindle store. If you own a kindle and are not sure how to put a Mobi file on your kindle, drop me an email. I will help you out.