Terry Marchion's Blog

So the new website is live — if you type in http://www.terrymarchion.com, you’ll get the new site — the only thing I can’t figure out how to do is get the existing subscribers transferred. So, if you still want to read my ramblings, please subscribe to the new site . . . I promise to have much to say about stuff in the world today — to give updates on the writing life and whatever else pops in my twisted mind . . .

Thanks for following!! See you at the new site!!

Well, the website is.   I’ve been on this wordpress site for about a year and a half now — and it’s done its job, but it’s time to move onwards and upwards.

I’m moving to a WIX site — it’s more professional and has better tools to help me grow.  I appreciate what WordPress has done for me up to this point, however.

As far as those of you who have subscribed to this site — you don’t have to do anything other than re-subscribe once I make the move — you’ll know when you type in http://www.terry...

I have friends as well as clients in Houston and I’ve been reading everything I can as well as trying to get ahold of them making sure they’re all ok (they are, by the way, thank goodness) — but it’s made me think about the bigger picture here . . .

There will always be tragedies in life — just look at the news these days (politics aside) — flooding in Houston and in India with lives lost, countless robberies, shootings, etc. A friend of mine from art school just lost one of her kids in a tra...

I love showcasing other indie author’s books — here’s one that sounds really exciting – so much so that I downloaded it myself!  I present The Gatekeeper’s Sons . . .
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Chapter One: The Drowning

Therese Mills peeled the white gloves off her sweaty hands as soon as she and her parents were in the car. Now that her mother’s thing was over, she could finally get home and out of this blue dress. It was like being in a straightjacket.

Anything for Mom, of course.

What the…

A man glared at her thr...

It’s out!  It’s out!  The Wrath of the Revenant is now available!
[image error]To say I’m excited is an understatement . . . so check it out and if you do, I’d love you to leave a short review . . . let me know what you thought!

Click on the image to be taken to the Amazon page, or click here.

Terry

It finally happened. I received my first 2-star review on Amazon (along with the accompanying 1-star review on Goodreads). I feel like I’ve finally arrived!!

Seriously, though, it’s funny. The person in question downloaded my book for free from Instafreebie and, apparently, didn’t like it. It was too “out there” for this person. I laughed. They read the blurb on it and chose to download it and still thought the book wasn’t for them. Ok. I won’t belabor the issue, I just found it funny.

From a...

Ok — so here’s some big news — book 3 in the Adventures of Tremain and Christopher is finished. Well, almost. It’s going to my editor and my beta readers this week. Also, I’ll have a cover to show you . . .

When a friend asks you to pimp her book, you do it right?  Right!  Angel Leya has written her take on a mermaid tale — I actually have this queued up on my kindle too — look for my review once I actually read it (Sorry, Leya, I’m backlogged!!).  So, without further ado, I present to you:

Surfacing when the fishing boats came around was intoxicating. The sights, the sounds, the danger; all of it heightened the thrill of the hunt. We followed them because...

So it’s been almost 2 months since I’ve posted.  So there goes THAT New Year’s resolution!
I’ve been stupid busy with the day job — which does get in the way of writing — but I have been working on my next book, it’s just slow going these days.  I’ve been trying to fit exercise into my daily routine once again.  I use to be so diligent about working out – whether it was weights or cardio, but I let it slide.

As the weather has been getting a bit better here in the Pacific Northwest, my wife a...

I remember hearing once that your brain finds inspiration around every 90 minutes — I’m sure that’s a fact. It’s just too bad that 90 minutes doesn’t coincide with me sitting at the computer.

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about creativity. I’ve heard from other folks and I’ve experienced it myself, that creativity tends to come at times when we’re least likely to be able to act on it: In the shower, while driving, at the day job, while exercising, etc.

It’s funny how our brains work — how t...