Picking Your Battles
My new book, The South Coast, has been out for just about two weeks now. The release was sloppy, to say the least, due to Amazon picking the listing up […]
Cover Story
The cover art has changed a bit since I began blogging about the book. Here is the final front cover that will be seen on the trade paperback print version […]
Soundtrack for a Book?
We’ve all walked out of a movie theater or turned off a DVD with the music from the film running through our head. Maybe we went online and ordered the […]
Chapter One
As promised: CHAPTER ONE The South Coastby John H MatthewsCOMING SOON The man fell to his knees in the warm surf of the Gulf of Mexico. The salt water struck […]
The First Word(s)
I follow several writing and author discussion forums. I’m mostly a stalker, watching what others ask and then following as the next fifty posts go from informative and morph into […]
OneThing Leads to Another
I’ve spent a few years writing my book, with many stops and starts. During that time I’ve done a lot of research into the brave new world of self-publishing. Well, […]
South Coast Video Trailer
In researching ways to self promote the new book I came across the new world of video trailers for books. It seemed odd at first, but then looking around the […]
Self-Publishing is the New Photography
Once ‘professional’ level digital cameras came down to prices accessible to the masses, everyone is a photographer. Just peruse Craigslist for your city and you’ll find dozens of people offering […]
The South Coast
I met with my editor over the weekend and have handed off all of the files for her to begin her process of tearing apart everything I have put together, […]