J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

Giving Myself Permission to JUST. WRITE.

You may have noticed I am blogging significantly less than I used to. At the very least, I used to be pretty good about my Writing Prompt Wednesday posts. But not so these days. These days I can scarce keep up with my monthly goal posts and monthly what-in-the-crap-did-I-actually-do-this-month posts. Part of this is due to me now writing on a weekly basis for Doctor Who Watch (thus, less time for my own blogging). Part of this is due to the fact that blogging takes up a great deal of energy for ... View Post

My First Official Publication! (and a few other BIG announcements!)

All right, *technically* it's not my first official publication. I *did* have those scientific research papers that had my name on them, published in peer-reviewed journals. And I *did* have a blog post as a Friday Feature article in the online Woven Tale Press magazine. But I count *this one* as my first official publication because, after plugging away at this original fiction writing thing since October 2012, I will finally have something of mine put in a book that is available to the ... View Post

Project List for June 2015

And now it is time to publicly declare what I intend to get done in June! It's going to be a busy month, folks. I love it when I set ridiculous self-imposed deadlines! O_o Finish at least the rough draft of Hound of God and order test proof book through CreateSpace using NaNoWriMo winner free copies. Commission and pay for the main illustration for Hound of God (and possibly order prints for swag giveaway later!). Attend our 1st annual Wordwraiths writing retreat! Fix Patreon posting ... View Post

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for May 2015!

Well, here it is. My progress report for the month of May 2015. I can't believe this year is basically half over already. Ridiculous! Since my previous way of listing everything out was cumbersome and slow (not to mention full of zeroes, which ended up being depressing and not particularly an accurate representation of what I'd been doing), I've now decided to do a much more informal type of recap. The Wordwraiths (my writing group) post our accomplishments and goals each month internally, so I ... View Post

Jane Friedman on Getting Traditionally Published After Self-Publishing

For a very long time (considering I've been meaning to be published for about 16 years now), I had been told by industry professionals and experts that self-publishing your work meant you would never be traditionally published. Self-publishing got you blacklisted, is how it came across. It wasn't until just a few years ago, while attending one of the RT Booklover's conventions, that I learned this was no longer the case. You could actually be a "hybrid author", as they called themselves, and ... View Post

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