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I was going to be serious and some of these suggestions will be in that category.  Yet I find myself in a silly mood, which means we’ll see what happens.  So what are some things to consider when killing off a main character?

1. Make sure the readers will care.  If a central character dies and there’s no reaction then something went wrong.  Maybe you forgot to include them in the previous parts of the book?  Perhaps you forgot to explain what the character’s purpose was besides getting shanked in the giblets.  Either way, you might want some beta readers to make sure this doesn’t happen.
2. Have it be memorable.  Nobody likes a forgettable death scene.
3. Have it be simple.  Only so many ‘life story’ speeches a character can do without a gaping chest wound.  Unless they’re in a Metal Gear game and then they seem to have…

Note: this review is based on a copy so advanced the book has not actually been written yet. As such the writer specifically offers no warranty that it will bear any relation to the book once it has been written. A fuller explanation follows the body of the review.

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KINDLE UNLIMITED MYTHS

There are many myths about KDP Select floating around.

We now have several months of data, including data released directly from KDP.

In some cases, these facts debunk popular myths.

Let me begin by answering a question that may be on many authors’ minds, and then I’ll get to the myths vs. facts about Kindle Unlimited.

WHAT DID KINDLE UNLIMITED PAY IN DECEMBER, 2014?

Kindle Unlimited paid $1.43 per download read to 10% in December, 2014.

This brings me to the first myth.

MYTH #1: KINDLE UNLIMITED IS GOING DOWN EVERY MONTH

Actually, it’s gone up a little the past two months.

In October, 2014, it was $1.33. It climbed up to $1.39 in November, 2014, and again to $1.43 in December, 2014.

Despite the extra holiday traffic in December—especially, the after-Christmas traffic with people who received new Kindles—the Kindle Unlimited payments went up.

I think that’s…

Hey again!

Still not doing anything productive over here… Well, at least not for me anyway. xD  But since Christmas is around the corner and I still haven’t wrapped anything, PROBABLY that’s not going to happen before New Years.  Sorry!!

Anyway, I wanted to draw something, so I continued in my quest to illustrate all of the scenes from Michelle Proulx‘s novel Imminent Danger and How to Fly Straight Into It!  I’m not even close–by the time I finish the first book the series will probably be done–but it’s fun, and I always appreciate Michelle’s reactions. 🙂  She’s such a good sport~

So have this picture in lieu of anything else!  I DO have posts/updates planned for after my Korea venture is more settled/I have less hours at work, but we’ll just have to wait for those.

As you can see, while Eris and Miguri are no…

Combining a good ear for humour with sound logical arguments, Proulx creates a short story about taxation that is neither lumpy with tedium nor spattered by absurd ranting.

Mr Quimbly is the Tax and Revenue Agency’s newest investigator. Eager to do well on his first assignment, he girds his metaphysical loins and sallies forth to the warehouse of Mr Green to discover why he is stockpiling legal tender. But Mr Quimbly is not the first investigator to have this file; will he fall prey to Mr Green’s razor-sharp negotiation style?

While the earnest government official in a fantasy world is not a new trope, Proulx manages to make it her own, inviting comparison with Pratchett, Asprin, and other such authors without descending into pastiche.

This is in great measure due to the firm basis of logic upon which the plot is built. While there is fantasy in the world, the…