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Earlier this year, when I had far less time to blog, I ran into several posts about how financially it didn't make much sense to be a writer. One was this which was based on numbers from 2005 and for some reason posits that each novel you write will sell fewer copies than in the past. Then there... read more »

I should have seen the question coming. It was one I used to pose to my professors in high school and college. I never believed all the supposed “meaning” injected into works that we were supposed to learn to spot. Not until I started writing.

And then I gave a talk at my wife’s university, and th...

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I think that probably goes without saying.

I am so far behind on...well, pretty much everything. But I've come to the conclusion (and it's kind of a relief) that I am not working much slower than I ever did. In fact,the SO asked yesterday if I was "on" something given the(apparently) frantic spe... read more »

Safari Jema has just been named as Finalist for Best Travel Book of 2013 at the Next Generation Independent Book Awards in New York!
Meanwhile the new adventure continues in Africa as we transit East and South Africa in our 1973 Land Rover. The next Safari Jema is in the works. Stay tuned!

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(This is going to be a slightly abbreviated discussion, because I discussed the book's ideas at length in the supplementary essay bundled with it, and answered a number of questions about it in the blog entry immediately preceding this one.)

So what's left to say ...?

Rewind the clock to 1993. I wa...

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MAY I JUST REITERATE HOW MUCH I FRELLING HATE FRELLING WORDPRESS? IT JUST LOGGED ME OUT AS I PRESSED THE ‘PUBLISH’ BUTTON FOR TONIGHT’S KES. WHICH IT THEN ATE. GULP. NO TRACE. YES, OF COURSE I HAVE THE ORIGINAL AS A WORD DOCUMENT, BUT I DO FINAL TWEAKING IN THE ADMIN WINDOW, WHICH I THEN HAD TO...

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I love to garden, but having no actual yard in Boston means that I have to make my own opportunities to play in the dirt. I’ll take any excuse, really. My idea of fun is wandering through local greenhouses, inhaling the sweet scent of healthy plants, and fantasizing about my dream garden — which...

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Starting Monday is a week of celebrating YA books! Summer reading! Smart reads! You can make video book recommendations or tweet them to #IReadYA all week and see what everyone is reading. It is started by http://thisisteen.tumblr.com -- and if you make a video, tell them! Change your icon/avatar...

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Over 1,000 pounds of marijuana found in load of pickles

(Thanks to David Kirtley)

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Today is a weird day. Today is the day I clean out and archive Clean Sweep and Magic Rises. I’ve learned to do this over the years. As we work, we generate several drafts. things get cut and moved about. In the end there are fifty million versions of everything floating a round on Skydrive, in th...

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Your Saturday moment of zen.



Test tank interior at Hanford Site, 2008. Photo © 2008, 2013, Joseph E. Lake, Jr.



This work by Joseph E. Lake, Jr. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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Americans who follow the machinations of the British royal family, including their marriages, pregnancies, divorces, affairs, baby bumps, drug scandals, fashion pas and the like are stupid.

Harsh, I know. Probably unfair, too.

In all likelihood, there are many people who are both intelligent and...

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This weekend is Mayfest in Tulsa - a fabulous downtown gathering of artists, musicians, and food. I was walking around last night and glanced up at the Mayo Hotel. CHECK OUT NEFERET'S PENTHOUSE! Looks creepy! And since I'm working on the conclusion of REVEALED right now, this picture absolutely g... read more »

Today's mail brought this treat... Shards of Honor in its new, Romanian edition. Published by Editura Paladin, 2013. Translated by Ona Frantz. If "Ilustratia Copertei" means "cover artist", the ar... read more »

And now Page 5 inks:

With the ink (digital ink, I would assume) comes texture, shadow, detail, realism and weight. I usually don’t see the pencils, just comment on the inked pages, and more often than not I’ve got very little to say. They then go straight on to Pete Pantazis for colouring…

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A scene from MESMERIZED when Andrei comes face to face with Piper after he’d left Asphodel without a word years and years before…

Phantom Corps: MESMERIZED by LAUREN DANE

Copyright 2011, LAUREN DANE

All Rights Reserved, The Berkley Publishing Group

He’d approached the compound in the same trajectory...

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Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway! If you didn't win a copy, I still appreciate your interest in my work. The book is on sale on Amazon right now: $2.99 for the ebook and $10.79 for the paperback: http://www.amazon.com/At-Any-Cost-ebo... read more »

Δεν πέρασαν πολλές μέρες που αρχίσαμε να συζητάμε για το νέο μου μυθιστόρημα, «Σημασία έχει μονάχα η ζωή» και ήρθε η ώρα να σας παρουσιάσω και το άλλο μυθιστόρημα για το οποίο σας είχα γράψει σε προηγούμενη ανάρτηση.
«Όσα ποτέ δεν είπαμε», ένα πραγματικό βιβλίο-έκπληξη που θα κυκλοφορήσει καί αυτό... read more »

Meet Nathan Daniels, an awesome man, author, and a great friend, who survived a life no child should have to endure.



Author Bio:

Nathan Daniels is the author of, Surviving the Fourth Cycle, a new
non-fiction book about surviving abuse, overcoming suicide, and learning to live with mental illness.

...

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Well, I'm not classically trained..let's get that out of the way. This blog isn't classically written. Consider that a warning.

I'm not classically trained in anything that I do, and I have done fucking plenty. For starters, music. I started playing music at the age of fourteen, and have played in... read more »

بإذن الله يصدر قريباً كتيب "وطن الراشدين" و يقدم تصوراً بسيطاً لشكل المجتمع و الدولة في الوطن اﻹسلامي المأمول بناء على شكلهما في عهد الخلفاء الراشدين read more »

It has been a crazy month. April saw nearly all of my e-books go on sale at insanely low prices, which enticed a large number of new readers to try my stories about a fire-wielding vampire and a magical tattoo artist.

To all the new readers of Jocelynn-brand insanity, Welcome to the Party. Just t... read more »

Thanks for checking it out. This review does contain some minor spoilers, but nothing that should keep readers away from checking it out. Thanks, zoltan

http://www.kurzweilai.net/book-review... read more »

As a reader, I wish books would speak to me, literally, as I browse the tables and up and down the aisles. Admittedly, it is the cover that almost whispers. Such was the case of Alex Grecian's THE YARD.

The cover, with all its Victorian drama and well-spaced artwork would draw me to the table. I w... read more »

Looking for something different to read this weekend? Ruined is only $2.99 on Amazon and Ruining Angel is only $1.99. Get one-clicking happy people! read more »

The Abandoned Mine!



The Adventures of Young Gabriel Celtic is a Middle Grade series that focuses on the misadventures of Gabriel Celtic as a youngster. Always inquisitive, he follows his intuition in search of mystery and adventure. Unfortunately, things don't always turn out quite like he planne... read more »

Today is a good day! I'm beyond thrilled that GUARDIANS OF STONE is today's #Kindle #romance daily deal. I love this book and I hope my readers who love my highlanders will give my relic seekers a read.

In the tradition of Indiana Jones, a feisty heroine with a sixth sense is paired with two sexy... read more »

Beautiful Strangers will be getting a new cover. After I released last month I noticed quite a few books with the same cover photo as mine. It may happen again with the next one I choose but for right now I feel that this is what is best for me and the book series. I will do a reveal once it is r... read more »

“A recent survey issued by Scholastic, the 2010 Kids & Family Reading Report, found that 43 percent of the children ages 9-11 believe the most important outcome of reading books for fun is to open up the imagination. 62 percent of the same demographic say they read books for fun “to be inspir... read more »

I have some experience on this topic, but only learned these lessons from my own experiences, and hearing others opinions about what comes after graduating from college. I have been in college for 8 years and lived in a residence hall for 10 years. I have also worked at a college for 5 years. I... read more »

I had the wonderful experience of consuming “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” and “Blade Runner” today.

Wonderful, because the movie was better than the book. I have a huge issue with the book, but that’s not why the movie is better. What makes it better is the concept of Replicants v.s. Andro... read more »

This week (beginning Monday), I'll be participating in the Chick Lit Author Blog Hop. I'm very excited to be a part of this big event, and hopefully it will be a fun experience for all you readers.

By participating the Blog Hop, you will not only learn about books written by wide variety of Chick... read more »

Alexa and I just got the cover art for The Broken Triangle, by the talented Valerie Tibbs. Love it to bits!



A bigger version is here:

http://janedavitt.livejournal.com/202... read more »

Very happy to announce the third story of James and Mairead has been released today. A Line Drawn is available on Amazon and will be released on Smashwords later this week.
This one has been my most ambitious project to date and at 122,000 words, will keep you busy reading. Thanks once again for... read more »

The following blog is now appearing at The Vincent Zandri Vox in slightly different form: http://vincentzandri.blogspot.com/201...



What hasn't been written about Peru's great wonder of the world, Machu Picchu that hasn't already been written? The answer is obvious, which is why I'm not about to ev... read more »

Jinxed, the Binds Novella, has a cover! Meet Alberto Jenkins! I hope everyone will love his story when it comes out in June!
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I don't know who I am most excited saying that to...you or me!

I've been waiting and waiting to update my goodreads account to a REAL author account!

Thrilled to be here!

If you knew me in my Mommy Blogging days, you will remember MY SEMBLANCE OF SANITY. It was a pretty popular stop on the Mommy Bl... read more »

First of all the thanks. Totally positive I have Goodreads to thank for keeping As You Wish in two Hot New Release lists on Amazon, so thank you, friends. It'll be $.99 through tomorrow night, so tell your friends.

Secondly, I have cockblocked myself. You ever just get *addicted* to something and... read more »

http://rachyrachel.moonfruit.com/#/bl... read more »

Here's a little visual shout out to those who've had the chance to read Tangled and have fallen in love with Drew and his story! Thank you for the amazing updates, comments, reviews and ratings!

It's also for those who are eagerly looking forward to release day, Tuesday May 21! I can't wait for y... read more »

From midnight PST on 18 May 2013 to 11:59p PST on 19 May 2013, the eBook, "Opposites Attack: A Novel Inspired by True Events" by Jo Maeder will be free to download from Amazon.

Use the following links to take advantage of this opportunity:

http://seebook.at/oajm (US)
http://amzn.to/16wqOhd (UK)
http:... read more »

.. اشعل في خريفك الرمادي
نار تضيء .. في الطريق ظلمتي
و خذ مني نورا .. يبهرك ..
و كحل لعينيك به تبصر الكون

و قابل الكل بابتسامة أخ
و اكسر خبزا للجائع .. حتى لو كان قط
فخبزك .. يعود اليك .. مهما طالت الايام

و قل لنفسك .. الامور الطيبة
اقرا .. مايدفعك للامل
اقرا .. سطورا تدفعك لاستقامة
مملوءة بالر... read more »

This blog about overcoming underearning scares me. It’s old, from 2009.

I would love to know what happened to the blogger. She had dreams and aspirations like the rest of us, but based on her posts was making little progress.

Her comments reminded me of a quote in my book. Something along the lines...

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Interpersonal peace depends on two things: consciousness and empathy. This is nothing new. Hardly revolutionary. There are two kinds of consciousness: self and other. If we are not self-conscious; aware of our own thoughts, emotions, actions, appearance, desires, etc.; we cannot learn, improve or... read more »