J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

The 30 Day Writing Challenge, Day #1 – 3

Thirty days of insight, explanations, nostalgia and excerpts from my writing life. I came across a thing on Twitter the other day that looked too fun to pass up: The Thirty Day Writing Challenge (#TDWC). It asked 30 questions about your writing, and you were supposed to answer 1 question for each day of the month. I had decided to start answering these questions in March, but I am already nearly 3 days behind. So today I will post answers to the first 3 questions, and hopefully remember to ... View Post

3 Ideal Timetables for Emailing Your Mailing List

If the sight of all this text makes you want to spork your eyes out, skip to the very end and drop your email in the form, then check the "Writer" box under "Manage My Preferences" -- I'll be sending a condensed .pdf of this post with just the highlights to that list this week!  These days, I'm subscribed to a TON of mailing lists. And they aren't those junk lists you get put on when you order online and don't pay attention to the microscopic "subscribe to our  daily deals!!!" check ... View Post

What I’ve Learned From 2 Self-Published Book Launches

When I decided I was going to self-publish, I very abruptly realized I didn't know anything about self-publishing. It seems easy on the surface, but it's really not. It's really, really not. At least, not if you do it right. But they say nothing worth doing is ever easy, so if that's the case, then I'm on the right track! I published my first short story on Amazon Kindle back in October of 2015, after 5 months of stalking learning from other successful indie authors and taking copious ... View Post

“Dreamers” COVER REVEAL & Book Announcement!

Today is the day I'm able to announce that my science fiction thriller short story, "Dreamers", will be published to Amazon on February 16th, 2016! No, your memory is not faulty. This story was not mentioned in my previous publication schedule. This short story has been finished since last summer, and has been not-so-patiently waiting to see the light of day through my writing group's publishing imprint, Wordwraith Books. The brilliant news is that Wordwraith Books is now READY TO GO, and ... View Post

Same Goals, Different Mindset

Not too long ago I was asked by a fellow author to participate in a series of guest posts she would be hosting on her blog about New Year's Resolutions for 2016. I promptly began writing up a post about my ambitious writing and publishing goals for the New Year, anxious to share them with her reading audience. But then I received an email in my own inbox from one of the indie authors I follow, Jeff Goins. And what he said in that email totally stopped me in my tracks, and made me realize ... View Post

Writing Prompt Wednesday: “Tuugaalik”, an original flash fiction.

I never in a million years would have thought I'd ever write something like this. But I agree with the idea that the more limitations you have, the more creative you become. And I needed a writing prompt for today, anyway. So, when Mia and Reece kept talking about narwhals on Twitter (you will have to ask them what started that, I'm only an outside observer! ;) ), I casually mentioned that someone needed to write them a narwhal flash fiction. Of course that someone ended up being ... View Post

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