Charlie Cole's Blog
May 12, 2010
New cover art
Just replaced the cover art on both of my books on Kindle. It's not incredibly difficult to do, but it won't be live until probably Friday.
May 7, 2010
5th Column - posted on Amazon's Kindle
I have published my book "5th Column" on Amazon's Kindle site. You can access the book in its entirety there, or preview the first chapter in the postings below. Enjoy!
May 4, 2010
The Writer's Right to Write
Writing is like dieting. You can read how-to books and attend seminars and discuss recipes for some tasty concoction all you want... but if you don't actually do it, well, what good are you?
Personally, I've always liked the idea of being an author. That absolute reign over whatever world you create outside of the bounds of anyone else's control. I wrote a screenplay once. 120 pages of dialogue and scene introductions and when I was finished, I was thrilled... until I had to pick up the phone and try to market it to a studio. I had no previous experience writing then. I didn't have an agent. I called producers and actors and anyone whose number I could find and pitched my script. I remember standing in my kitchen talking to some third tier agent and the thought finally dawned on me that even if I were somehow able to get representation, the script had to be sold. And then the movie had to be made. And actors hired. And the script would probably be rewritten. And all of this would only happen if the whole project didn't slide into development hell only to languish and never see the light of day.
That's not to say that I don't like movies or agents or studios or producers. It just means that I want to write. And I reserve the right as an artist to do just that.
I'll be posting portions of my previous work, including "5th Column" and "Meridian", while also writing the first in a series of books called "Thirt13n".
I truly hope everyone enjoys it.
Personally, I've always liked the idea of being an author. That absolute reign over whatever world you create outside of the bounds of anyone else's control. I wrote a screenplay once. 120 pages of dialogue and scene introductions and when I was finished, I was thrilled... until I had to pick up the phone and try to market it to a studio. I had no previous experience writing then. I didn't have an agent. I called producers and actors and anyone whose number I could find and pitched my script. I remember standing in my kitchen talking to some third tier agent and the thought finally dawned on me that even if I were somehow able to get representation, the script had to be sold. And then the movie had to be made. And actors hired. And the script would probably be rewritten. And all of this would only happen if the whole project didn't slide into development hell only to languish and never see the light of day.
That's not to say that I don't like movies or agents or studios or producers. It just means that I want to write. And I reserve the right as an artist to do just that.
I'll be posting portions of my previous work, including "5th Column" and "Meridian", while also writing the first in a series of books called "Thirt13n".
I truly hope everyone enjoys it.
