indie publishing – Mark Posey–Crime, Thrillers, Suspense

The Year of the Horse

Leave a Comment / Homebase, Reflections / May 18, 2026 / author life, backyard gardening, building a business, Canadian authors, compost, creative life, creative work, Edmonton authors, gardening, independent authors, indie publishing, life transitions, mark posey, personal essay, physical work, productivity, publishing future, raised garden beds, reflections on aging, resilience, Stories Rule Press, sustainable living, turning sixty, writing life

Some years are quieter than others. Some years are meant for rest.
And some years? Some years hand you a shovel, a wheelbarrow, and a horizon full of work worth doing.

In this reflective new post, Mark Posey writes about turning sixty, building twenty raised garden beds, rebuilding the future of Stories Rule Press, and why this season of life feels less about chasing and more about building — steadily, patiently, one load of compost at a time.

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Writing While the House Is On Fire

Leave a Comment / Writing life / February 2, 2026 / AmWriting, author mindset, creative work, full time writer, indie author, indie publishing, productivity for writers, protecting writing time, writers life, writing discipline, writing habits, writing life

Right now the to-do list is loud. Fulfill a 660%-funded Kickstarter. Edit other writers’ books. Run a publishing company. Market existing titles. Keep upcoming releases on track. And somewhere in there is a quiet little line that says: Write the next book.

That line is always the easiest to slide.

Because it doesn’t yell. It doesn’t send invoices. It doesn’t have shipping deadlines. It just waits — patiently — while everything else feels urgent.

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Binge or Drip? The Serial Reading Argument No One Actually Wins

Leave a Comment / My Books, New Release / January 19, 2026 / author process, binge reading, Credible Threat, episodic fiction, indie publishing, mark posey, publishing strategy, reader experience, reading culture, reading habits, serial fiction, speculative fiction, storytelling formats, weekly releases

There are two kinds of readers in the world.
The kind who says, “Just one more chapter,” and resurfaces hours later dehydrated and emotionally compromised.
And the kind who prefers the slow burn—one episode a week, time to speculate, time to argue, time to savor.

The internet insists one of these is correct.

They’re wrong.

This isn’t a format war. It’s a control issue—and Credible Threat is about to give both camps exactly what they want.

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Juggling Chainsaws (and Books)

Leave a Comment / News / September 1, 2025 / anthology stories, author life, book fairs, Born of No Man, erotica discussions, farmers markets, indie publishing, Kickstarter, mark posey, Once and Future Hearts, Sister Jacobine, Stories Rule Press, Thomas Billings, thrillers, writing deadlines, writing update

Mark’s desk is overflowing with thrillers, Jacobine adventures, anthology deadlines, and even a dash of erotica. Add in a Kickstarter campaign, real-world book selling, and you’ve got the “good kind of busy.” Coffee recommended.

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