Author: rjwaldner

  • Peripheral Involvement is the Book of the Day!

    Hi all – Peripheral Involvement is listed as the book of the day on both the Free Kindle Books and Tips Blog and Ereader News Today: Free Kindle Books and Tips Blog Ereader News Today Check it out!  It’s on sale for $0.99 until June 4!

  • Summer Sale!

    Last September, I put the e-book version of Peripheral Involvement on sale for $0.99 for a limited time and ran a few advertisements.  The resulting sales boost (briefly) took it into the top 2,000 on the Kindle Best Seller list and the top 50 in Amazon’s Mystery, Thriller & Suspense subcategory for Literary Fiction.  Those rankings didn’t last, but it was…

  • Daddy’s Annual Performance Review is Up!

    My little humor piece, Daddy’s Annual Performance Review, went live on theNewerYork last night.  You can check it out here.

  • More Good News

    I just heard that someone wants to publish a little humor piece that I wrote called Daddy’s Annual Performance Review. It’s not really a short story – I’d call it more of a conceptual kind of thing. Anyway, it’s been accepted by theNewerYork (the placement of that “er” makes all the difference, doesn’t it?), and…

  • Smells Like… Victory!

    I’ve got some really cool news to announce today.  I was just informed that my short story, Short-Changed, was accepted for publication!  It’s going to appear in the March 2015 issue of Mulberry Fork Review.  I am grateful that their editors think enough of my work to include it in their magazine, and I’m absolutely…

  • A Watched Pot…

    Happy New Year, everyone!  As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been submitting my short story, Short-Changed, to various literary journals and magazines.  It’s been a while since I’ve submitted my work anywhere, and I almost forgot how nerve-racking the process can be.  I am not, by nature, a patient person, so having to wait weeks (and,…

  • Merry Christmas!

    Just wanted to wish everyone all the best.  Thanks for all your support!  Looking forward to 2015! Merry Christmas!

  • I’m Still Here…

    … although you wouldn’t know it if you looked at my blog.  Pretty shameful stuff on my end, not having posted anything here  since September.  I guess that’s part of the challenge of being a part time author – it’s easy to let things slide, and before you know it, you’ve gone three months without updating…

  • A screenshot for posterity’s sake…

    Enjoying it while it lasts… cool seeing my book in this kind of company…  

  • Movin’ on Up!

    So, I awoke this morning to find that Peripheral Involvement was ranked #3,138 on the Kindle Best Seller list, and #55 in the Mystery, Thriller & Suspense subcategory for Literary Fiction!  It’s the first time I’ve ever cracked the top 100 in a subcategory, so I’m pretty excited! Yesterday marked my best day of sales…