ROSS HARRISON

ROSS HARRISON

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  • What Is She…Besides Strong?

    A few months ago, I read an article about strong female characters. The author gave an account of why she hates them. The gist of it is that male characters get to be all sorts of things, while female characters get to be ‘strong’. I don’t disagree, but I find…

  • The Last Of Us

    I got The Last of Us on the day of release and I’ve been playing it since. I finished it and started again. I’m still not quite sure what to think of it. What I am sure of is that it certainly doesn’t deserve the 10/10s it’s been getting. I’ll…

  • Writer’s Block Ego

    I wrote recently that the hardest thing about being a writer is not succumbing to the allure of the new book ideas that pop into your head pretty much daily. I think I was wrong. It is damn hard to have a lovely, shiny scene from an unrelated, as-yet unplanned…

  • Smashwords Formatting Guide

    EDIT: It’s 2024, so more than a decade later, although much of this information is still useable to create a clean file for Smashwords, things have changed, and I strongly recommend looking at more up to date guides as well. Ok, it’s not a clever title, but that’s what it…

  • The Next Generation

    I am going to talk (moan) about something completely unrelated to books – because I’ve never done that before… I want to talk briefly about next gen console gaming. The jump from Xbox to Xbox 360 was very exciting for me. The jump from Playstation 2 to PS3 not so…

  • America’s Stealing Your Money!!

    Well…the IRS is stealing 30% of your royalties if you’re a non-American self-published author selling books anywhere they deem to be ‘America’. But the title got your attention! Unfortunately, the American government forces Amazon.com, for example, to withhold 30% of any royalties made there for tax. Yes, even though you…

  • My Writing

    I’m not entirely sure what to say about it, but I am a writer (and an author now), so I should probably say SOMETHING about it. I started writing short stories long enough ago that I no longer remember my first. I think it had a hill in it. And…

  • The Plunge

    After many years – perhaps about twelve – of writing and editing, rewriting and editing, I finally finished my final edit of Shadow of the Wraith on 6/4/12. Then it was a slightly bumpy and educational month getting ready to self-publish. I learned that converting to html for Kindle was…