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Category: fiction
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For Writers (and a Snippet)
I get into the nitty-gritty of my last promotion effort over at the Mad Genius Club today. I don’t consider myself an activist for Indie Authors (yes, I was recently asked that!) but I do like to share what works, or didn’t work, for me so hopefully others can garner some useful stuff from my…
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Eat This While You Read That: Jason Rennie
I’ve expanded this series far beyond the traditional author roles, seeking to promote people who bring stories to readers. I’ve featured a long-form editor, Toni Weisskopf, whose efforts keep Baen Books the great place to find fun reads that it is. Now, I’m bringing you a gentleman who edits and brings you the short-form fiction…
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Review: Trader’s Tales
Since most of the people I know plan to spend today sitting at home recovering from a turkey coma, I have a whole series, not just a book, to recommend for reading in between naps today. What, you can’t binge-read a half-dozen books on your day off? I, um, I’m not going to admit anything……
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Eat This While You Read That: JL Curtis
While most of the authors I talk to and ask to participate in ETWYRt are science fiction or fantasy authors, not all of them have to be. I read and enjoy many other genres, like JL Curtis’s books. The Grey Man is a little hard to quantify, beyond ‘action’ because they aren’t quite military and…
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Review: Son of the Black Sword
I was talking to a fellow writer the other day about whether or not there is a market for a ‘thinking man’s fantasy.’ We were specifically talking about that sub-genre, Sword and Sorcery, the genre made famous by the likes of Conan the Barbarian, and oft-mocked as being ‘thud and blunder’ rather than ‘blood and…
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Review: Her Brother’s Keeper
Don’t pick this book up and get past the first couple of chapters if it’s late and you’re trying to fall asleep. This is not the book to help you sleep. Mike Kupari’s first stand-alone novel, Her Brother’s Keeper, is a space opera, and it’s a good, solid read. Once you get past the first…
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Curmudgeon Reviews: Steelheart
Steelheart (Reckoners Book 1) by Brandon Sanderson A review written by Sanford Begley I think I owe Brandon Sanderson an apology, though I’ve never met him. I have avoided his books like the plague because in my opinion he couldn’t write an ending. I am happy to be proven wrong. This is the first book…
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The Princess and the Beauty
I woke up with a story in my head. It’s a little bit of a thing, but it was fun to write. Enjoy! Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, a girl-babe was born. And in the manner of these things, when she was born, she was given a fairy gift. Her…
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Defending fiction
Over at the Mad Genius Club I have a guest post from Amie Gibbons up, and I think if you enjoy reading, this is a good post for you. I asked Amie Gibbons for a guest post after I saw a short thing she’d written indignantly defending fiction: “Don’t tell me fiction is a waste…
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Review: Pack Dynamics
Larry Correia announced a while back that he was planning to book bomb Julie Frost’s new novel, Pack Dynamics. There was a delay, waiting on the paper version, but I’d picked it up on the day it came out in ebook, so today, since we’re bombing the lovely and intelligent Julie, I’m reviewing the book.…
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Jade Star Snippet 5
I have hit a snag with finishing this. I mean, I thought I had finished it, and I sent it to beta readers. In record time – 100% turnaround in 24 hours – I had my answer. Moar! they said. It needs more. So… I’m letting it sit and simmer a bit longer on the…
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Jade Star Snippet 4
The end draws nigh, and I am hoping to have this off to either beta readers or my editor by the end of the week. Not sure about the betas, since I hope to publish this collection – tentatively titled Twisted Mindflow – by the end of September. My First Reader is telling me that…