M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/27/26 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/27/26

Audiobook: Practicing

I’ve been told for years that I should do narration. I was so busy writing, though, that I never practiced. I remain busy with writing, but I can’t put this off any longer. It’s time to record an audiobook of Under Shōko’s Bed, my first novel, and after that, Neyuki. I would like to use a full cast recording for each, so I would only be reading the dialogue and narration of the male protagonist.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/22 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/22

Website: 4th anniversary

It’s this website’s fourth anniversary. In the last year I published my first novel, Under Shōko’s Bed. I also wrote four new ones. With all that productivity, while I lost my way with this blog, I did not give up on it.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 3/28/22 M. Harmon Wilkinson 3/28/22

Fans

Since 2021 was the year I finally published something, 2022 is going to be the year I finally get some fans. They’ve got some good stories coming.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 7/15/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 7/15/21

Basing characters on friends

How does a real life friend feel when a character based on them does things they would never have done?

M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/3/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/3/21

Cover: Under Shōko's Bed II

This last step included what has been the most troublesome part of preparing the book for publication, writing the cover blurbs.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/13/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/13/21

Book design: Under Shōko's Bed

I needed a book designer. I wanted a beautiful book, even if it made the likelihood of a profit an even further reach.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/21

Website: 3rd anniversary

My third year on the website, I only made seventeen blog posts, but I wrote a lot.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 12/18/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 12/18/20

Revisiting the decision to self-publish

After months of vacillating, I have decided to go back to self-publishing. It gives me total control.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/5/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/5/20

Cover: Under Shōko's Bed

Under Shōko’s Bed has a cover that’s not homemade anymore.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/21/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/21/20

The idea: The Man Terror Club

Perhaps the most surprising experience of writing The Man Terror Club was how much I came to like the characters. While all the women have been betrayed, abused, or discarded, they remained kind, giving, and caring. Their love for each other heals them, and that healing is most of the story, not their terrorism as they lash out at the evil men do.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/14/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/14/20

The Chicago Manual of Style

Too often websites either disagreed or offered no helpful guidelines and I was having to decide on my own what grammar and punctuation rules to use. In addition, the sites didn’t cover many of the fine points, forcing me to make up too much. I needed a comprehensive style guide. So I adopted The Chicago Manual of Style.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/4/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/4/20

A hermit's life

COVID-19 has rendered me a hermit. But the editor, cover artist, book designer, and proofreader I need are likely hermits too. Hermits unite!

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/20/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/20/20

Website: 2nd anniversary

I now have seven complete novels in my bookshelf. I am far behind on publishing. And what will I write next?

M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/16/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/16/19

Three more novels

I’ve been editing three more novels. I hope to introduce them here within the next few months.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/2/19 M. Harmon Wilkinson 8/2/19

Tears

It’s what leads up to the weeping, setting up the emotional situation, that is critical.