Pernell Rogers – Writer

Author Archive

Hello all! I’ve added another story to my Vault. ‘Ashes from Above’ has some truth associated with it, but I won’t tell what that truth is. See if you can figure it out. Click on ‘The Vault of My Mind’ link across the top of my website to read the story. Enjoy!

Hi all. Terror Tract Publishing is developing an anthology book dealing with infestations. I had the beginning of a story that had nothing to do with the subject matter, but I easily added nasty little creatures to it. I can’t publish yet because it’s still in the submission phase. If it’s published, I’ll send out a link. If it isn’t, I’ll submit it one more place, then depending on its acceptance or rejection, I publish it under ‘The Vault of My Mind’.

I received some very good news today from Amy’s Bookshelf. She’s given me a 4-STAR review for ‘An Unexpected Evil’. You should be able to read the review here:

http://writeramyshannon.wixsite.com/…/an-unexpected…

Hi all! This is your chance to get all of my stories for FREE. Just use the following code at SMASHWORDS.COM:

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All I ask in return is that you leave an honest review of my stories by clicking on the stars. Enjoy!!!

Hello all! Well, I’ve been doing some intense marketing over the holiday season. It’s time to get back to the craft of writing. I’m still experimenting with Deep Point-of-View. I’m currently working on a novella with a single protagonist. There are very few extra characters. I’m being forced to stay inside this character’s head as I’ve never done before. I’ve also been reading pages from other stories to see how other authors use deep POV. I’ve learned a lot from them. Perusing my past stories, I can see where I can improve them, but that will have to wait. I’m going to push forward with my current and future stories and apply these newly acquired techniques.

Talk to ya soon and Happy New Year!

Hello all! Christmas is right around the corner, and you’re probably very busy with your shopping (both in stores and online). In a few days, I’ll let you know about a Christmas present I’ll have just for you.

Stay Tuned!!!

I awoke this morning to a very pleasant surprise. ‘Revelations’ of Evil has received a 5-star rating from Reader’s Favorite. The link their mini-review wasn’t present this time so I used Microsoft’s Snipping Tool to get a copy of the review. If the link does reappear, I’ll add it to my website.

With two 5-stars reviews under my belt, I need to get the books posted at Amazon.com. However, Amazon does allow free stories. That means I’ll have to price both ‘An Unexpected Evil’ and ‘Revelations of Evil’. Their prices will be $.99.

The good news is that I won’t do this until I publish my novella ‘Kelly’s Curse’ at Amazon (sometime before the end of this year). This will allow me to have three stories published at Amazon all at once. The second advantage is that my two reviews will be published at Amazon also, giving me more exposure to a very, very wide audience.

If you haven’t downloaded either story, you still have plenty of time to download them for free. I would greatly appreciate your review after you’ve finished reading them. It’s your honest feedback that let’s me know what I’m doing right, and more importantly, what I’m doing wrong.

Hello Everybody! Unfortunately, I’ve had to really slow down on my writing because of increased job responsibilities. I can’t wait until I can write full-time!

In the meantime, I’m done with my final edits for my next novella, Kelly’s Curse. Within the next month, I’ll send it off to my editor. Her input from last time was an eye-opener. She enjoyed the story but told me my ending wasn’t there. I thought it was until she asked, ‘What happened to the main character?’ Once I re-read it, she was absolutely right. The last sentence ended with his mother. In fact, the point-of-view character ended on his mother, not him.

I’d made a cardinal sin in fiction writing — breaking the promise I made to the reader. (Such a no-no!)

It didn’t take long for me to come up with a satisfying finish the story. I’ll find out what my editor thinks when I send it to her.

On a different note, I have a few short stories and flash fiction pieces that I’ve posted in a couple of my forums. I will create a new tab and start posting a few of those stories here. They’re based on writing prompts from those forums. Most are daily prompts, and I’ve won my share. Some are better than others, but overall, they give me various ways to develop my characters and their situations.

Stay tuned!

P.S. I just found another ‘big OOPS’ while adding my new menu item. The link to ‘Revelations of Evil’ on my My Home Page still pointed to ‘An Unexpected Evil’. This has been corrected.

Hello all. By a fluke of luck, I submitted this story for publication at smashwords.com on July 20, 2019. Exactly 50 years ago on that same day, man first set foot on the Moon. I’ve been interested in space ever since watching that historic flight, even to the point of majoring in astronomy and astrophysics while in college. During those years, and long after, I’ve been a lifelong learner.

With the publication of this collection, I wanted to submit my book in an epub format instead of a Word document. The biggest thing I learned is that there are too many epub readers. There was no way I could make it pleasing for each one. Therefore, I made a choice to use Calibre as the epub reader of choice. Smashword’s publication guide was extremely useful to assist me with the formatting.

I also learned quite a bit about the underlying HTML code for ebooks. It’s been over a decade since I delved into HTML, but it didn’t take long before a lot of it came back.

So, after multiple submission of my epubs files to smashwords, with rejections each time, I reverted back to submitting a Word document and formatted the story using their publication guide. This morning I was ecstatic when it was finally accepted into their Premium catalog which allows it to be distributed to the other websites. It’s never taken me eight days to get any of my stories into the Premier catalog, but I needed the experience before I submit my next novella, hopefully by the end of the year.

Hello all!

Something’s been crawling from my mind over the past two years, and I’m about to unleash it onto all of my unsuspecting readers. My upcoming twisted collection of tales will make think twice about the food you eat and those strange noises you hear (and not only at night!).

Check back often to find out when I’ll release the evil!

Disclaimer: If these tales leave you a bit unnerved and make you want to visit a psychiatrist, please do so. Don’t let them corrupt your mind.

It’s too late for me!