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 (From August 20, 2021) That's the title of the next book in the Spaceship Huey Adventures series, Half Empty Half Full. I started writing the first chapters this month. A theme that recurs throughout the book is the contrast in positive and negative outlooks on life of some of the characters. Don't worry. It's not going to be too deep, or anything. It's a space opera, after all, not a philosophical treatise. But I'm planning on having some fun with that aspect. If you've been with the Pack for a while, you know that I'm a glass-half-empty kind of guy. I like to look at the negative side of things before going all Pollyanna over something. I don't look on it as a defect of character. Bad shit happens. I want to be ready for it. It drives people around me crazy, though. For instance, don't ask me to serve on a planning committee of any kind. I can shoot down any idea that comes up. I'm good at it. There's a lot of glass-half-empty stuff going ...

 (reprinted from August 6, 2021) Hi, packmates. It's that time again, time for the monthly Red Wolf newsletter! First of all, congratulations to the winner of the July giveaway, Patti S. Patti, you should already have received your Amazon gift card! Now for the topic of this month's newsletter: What in the world (or, in this case, the galaxy) is the genre in which I'm writing? If you recall, we started talking about this a few months back. For marketing purposes, it's very important to know the genre and sub-genre (and sub-sub-genre) in which you are writing. It affects the kind of cover, product description, keywords and categories (that's Amazon publishing gibberish to most of you, but if you're a KDP author, you know what I'm talking about), and just about everything that's important in positioning your book for success, as far as sales go. An author who is a savvy marketer knows his genre before he starts writing. Me, I don't fall into that categ...