top of page

Search


Some Kickstarter Lessons
As most of you know, I ran a successful Kickstarter through my publishing company, 54-40' Orphyte, Inc., for my mystery thriller, Frame...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Apr 19, 20155 min read
8 views
0 comments


Frame Shop a Semi-Finalist in Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project; Finalists to be Announced S
Great and gracious greetings! Being an author is like being an actor or a door-to-door salesman. There's lots of rejection and...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Mar 7, 20152 min read
6 views
0 comments
Why Writers Write
Writers write for all sorts of reasons, but the general public always seems to want to create a simple dichotomy between writers who...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Jan 15, 20155 min read
11 views
0 comments
Sometimes Someone's Gots to Die: Killing Off Fictional Characters
In the midst of my Kickstarter campaign for Frame Shop, Gail Martin offered to let me do a guest blog post on Killing Off Fictional...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Nov 18, 20145 min read
11 views
0 comments
Writing Characters to Fit the Plot
During the Kickstarter for Frame Shop, Jennifer Brozek, a prolific writer and fellow GenCon Writers' Symposium panelist, let me do a...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 19, 20144 min read
4 views
0 comments


Writers' Group Dynamics
Janine Spendlove let me guest blog on her site during the Kickstarter for Frame Shop because, well, she's generally a swell friend. Check...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 19, 20144 min read
11 views
0 comments
Planning Your Kickstarter: Pre-Launch
As most of you probably know by now, I launched a Kickstarter today for my novella, Frame Shop. It’s a mystery/thriller set in a writers’...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 2, 20147 min read
4 views
0 comments
Building Your Resume' By Taking Opportunities as They Arise
I've already blogged about serendipity in my writing career and about my reluctance to write for free, at least in situations where I am...
Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Nov 21, 20116 min read
3 views
0 comments
bottom of page