Hell Hound Cover Update

Earlier this month I shared with you the new cover for my ebook Night of the Hell Hounds and Other Stories from the Ridgewood Chronicles, available at Amazon.com. I wrote that the illustration is quite dark and that dark illustrations don’t copy well via Amazon KDP’s POD paperback book market. (I have a couple failed … Continue reading Hell Hound Cover Update

My Early Years

I recall when Nike introduced their Just Do It slogan. It caught on like wildfire with my friends and me—most of us educators. Another saying from around that time was the Latin Carpe Diem, which translates to “Seize the Day” and was a reminder for us to live each day to the fullest and appreciate … Continue reading My Early Years

Finally, Book 1 Is Final

I recently corrected some printing problems, which means the absolute last version of Night of the Hell Hounds and Other Stories from the Ridgewood Chronicles is finished and at Amazon in both ebook and paperback formats. I haven’t written much about the cover, so I’ll do that now. I kept the cover simple to make … Continue reading Finally, Book 1 Is Final

My Older Books

Hello, readers. I am offering links to places that still have ebooks that I wrote and published as Steven L Campbell before 2017. I plan to discontinue them after 2024 and revise them in paperback form at Amazon, but I don’t know when they’ll be available again. If you like what I write, please get … Continue reading My Older Books

New

Hello, readers. I have many plans for the new year. Among them is redesigning my website. I plan to spend this month doing that between working on my Ridgewood Chronicles books. I’m considering making a new cover for my book Night of the Hell Hounds and Other Stories from the Ridgewood Chronicles at Amazon in … Continue reading New

Taking a Break

As we head into November, I’m taking a two-month pause from blogging to work on some writing projects that I’ve not been able to focus on properly, and to consider the direction in which I want to steer my blog. Almost all of October, I’ve been helping a fellow writer prepare for NaNoWriMo (National Novel … Continue reading Taking a Break

Change of Plans

We’re at the end of September and I see I’m falling short of republishing my Ridgewood Chronicles series of books. As spring became summer, my schedule for writing diminished. No matter how I tried to force it, the mood wasn't there. By autumn, I knew I’d fallen far behind with finishing the second book of … Continue reading Change of Plans

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Thanks, purplegoatee, glad you're enjoying this.

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Thanks Joseph. Wishing you a wonderful 2026.

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Thanks Max. I like the rocking Kenny too.

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