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Last weekend, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America got together in San Jose for the annual Nebula awards. I wasn’t on the ballot, but it was a most productive weekend. Friday Audible.com invited several of their authors to breakfast. I found out they intend to have First Casualty, P...

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We love pictures of Arlen, and this one is no exception. Fresh from a night of hunting corelings, Arlen bares it all.

Collage done by Cupidissimo on Deviant Art. One of my favorite things about his picture is how Arlen’s hand is dissapating into the sun as it rises over Thesa.

And as if that was...

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The Miraculous Millionaire

Until now, no book on personal finance has systematically and completely shown the average or ordinary individual how to get rich quickly without risks. No book has been written by one of us and from our perspective. Washington or New York mass media elite do not unders...

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Well it didn't take long for the bullies/trolls to attack and this time I am fighting back because this isn't about me but about #OneVoice.

Coaxial, yes I am naming and shaming because she freely leaves her name and has proven that she is relentless in her pursuit of me.

#OneVoice Fifty Shades Of A... Read more of this blog post »

Yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration's attacks on press freedoms emerges

(updated below - Update II - Update III)

It is now well known that the Obama justice department has prosecuted more government leakers under the 1917 Espionage Act than all prior administrations combined...

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I didn't manage to do very much over the last couple weeks because I'm writing (and editing). I'm also somewhat limited by my new treadmill desk; as I'm getting used to walking while writing, my feet just simply give out after a few hours on it and I'm then doing Other Things and focus my online... Read more of this blog post »

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Yes, it’s totally not fair that New York is getting its third meet-up while Cincinnatihasn’t had its first. I agree. This one isn’t my fault, though. I’m going to be in NY for BEA next week, and a handful of bestselling authors have invited me to sign books with them at the W Hotel in Times Squa...

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Dear Readers:
I enjoy writing exotic suspense thrillers set in foreign lands. In vivid prose I try to capture the dark world of unsavory characters and oddball lowlifes out to con the public hoping to make a fast buck. Most of my novels are set on the warm, sunny beaches of Southeast Asia, or in e... Read more of this blog post »

Don’t you hate it when an author who used to be an auto-buy gradually becomes an author you stop reading?

There was one author I kept buying for years before I gave up on her books. I guess I was hoping for her to return to her earlier style. It got to the pointwhereher characters made me so angry...

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Remember months ago when I said I would have the ebook for My Double Life up soon?

Soon is a relative term.

Anyway, here it is for 2.99 with the bonus scenes included:http://www.amazon.com/My-Double-Life-ebook/dp/B00CRW7VKG/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369119673&sr=1-2&keywords=my+double+life... Read more of this blog post »

Nicole, thank you so much for inviting me to respond to your
questions. They were fun to answer!





What inspired you to write Torch in the Forest?




Most important to my inspiration
for TORCH's premise is that I've always had a love for alpha males who have a
hidden, soft side (you can't begin to imagine... Read more of this blog post »

When you read your story, does it sound off, maybe you can’t quite put your finger on it, but you know you’ve done something wrong? Sometimes–maybe even lots of times–there are simple fixes. These writer’s tips will come at you once a week, giving you plenty of time to go through your story and...

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Got a lot done this weekend in the yard, mostly revolving around putting in a pond, which was nice. I brought it with me from my previous house, and it had been up in the garage rafters all this time. Birds are already using it, so I’m thrilled. My original, much smaller pond I put in when we mov...

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The above video is a short presentation I gave at The Next Web Conference in Amsterdam.

It covers a basic framework for mastering any skill quickly, including languages, music, dance, and more.

What skill have you put off learning for longest… and why? Let me know in the comments. Perhaps I (or ot...

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Absolutely, it is easy for you to be more charismatic, though you will never be as appealing as I am. According to Professor Richard Wiseman (I’m not sure what he’s a professor of, but he’s British and his last name … Continue reading → Read more of this blog post »

So, saw Star Trek: Into Darkness today and it was very good. Extremely well made, wonderfully cast and acted, with a snappy script and an okay if not exactly marvellous plot. On a scale of One to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, I’d give it a seven.

Because The Wrath of Khan kicks its ass in just...

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Mitch Joel is a generous and perceptive blogger. Well worth the daily read. He has a new book. You should buy it.

David Meerman Scott writes an essential blog, daily. His book is a classic. You should buy it.

Tom Asacker writes a very thoughtful blog about marketing. Worth the read. He has a new b...

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Unusual visitor to the garden yesterday. Not the first time we've had one but the last was a few years ago and only just avoided being gobbled up by a fox.
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Today we begin a new series of short videos based on Chapter 7 of To Sell is Human, wherein I reveal the 6 successors to the elevator pitch.

Up first is The Question Pitch, which shows when you should use the interrogative to make your case (and when you should avoid it).

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Every Monday, I’m going to post about what’s on my desk.

Today my desk is the inside of a cabin. I’m on a glamping trip with my kids’ school. Unlike most of the other moms here, I have to squeeze in a few hours of work. In addition to my laptop, this week I have:

One Snake (Removed from under the... Read more of this blog post »

Love zombies? Monsters? Things that go bump in the night? Coscom Entertainment is proud to present its 2013 blowout sale. Books are just $5. That's over 60% off cover.

Thumbnails of titles below. All books are in brand new condition. Shipping details are $5US for the first book and $2US for every...

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An excerpt from my latest book, About Canada. (Read free sampler issue.)

For more than a century-and-a-half, Europeans had been killing North America’s Indians by giving them firewater—whisky, brandy, rum, port, sherry—in exchange for furs. Now, in the first decades of the nineteenth century, Cana... Read more of this blog post »

Thud.

Dear casting directors: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Love, Nikki.

Hello everyone, and welcome to week 8 of my weekly reviews of Game of Throneswith my co-captain, Christopher Lockett.

This week we had the pleasure of actually watching the episode together for the first time since we started th... Read more of this blog post »

Hi guys,

I know it has been a while since I posted last. Please forgive me. I’ve not dropped off the face of the earth. I have had to take some time away till the end of the year. I’m not quitting but have had to go on a mini break. I promise I will be back. I will try to post on here to keep you...

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Stephanie Marshall Ward shares her review for Simple Sexy Food by Linda De Villers, PhD – http://eclecticbooksandmovies.blogspot.com/2013/05/simple-sexy-food.html

Do aphrodisiacs work? What exactly are they? How can I use them? We answer these questions and many more during the Simple Sexy Food vi...

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Ready for a hot read–just in time for those long, hot days of summer ? DARK NIGHTS, DANGEROUS MEN– a collection of 6 best-selling stories–is on sale (this week!) for .99. The stories in this collection are our “firsts”–our first indie stories and/or our first stories in a new genre or series. (...

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I finally have some news to announce!

I have to apologize for the delay here; there was a bit of an issue regarding cover art, basically, which set everything back by almost two months–since formatting can’t start until the cover art is done, we’ve all been in pretty much a holding pattern. I cou...

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There's all sorts of stuff going on right now, so sit back, and let's get started.

1. Early Copy of Gameboard of the Gods
I donated a signed, brand new, hardcover copy of Gameboard to a local Seattle group that's trying to raise money for a boys' field trip. They have the item listed on ebay, and y... Read more of this blog post »

This will be happening.


This edition of the book will hit stores in July. The movie premieres in NY and LA on August 16 with more cities and dates TBA. A British release is scheduled for September 27. Tallyho!

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*A number of web-based social networks have already died or are comatose, but despite their colossal size and apparently overwhelming success, they’re disruptable. A lot of people really hate ‘em. Look at the bitterness of the comments in this article, where people leap with joy at the hint that...

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Copies of COLD STEEL arrived on my doorstep this afternoon.

I can’t read them all, plus I already know the story, and meanwhile the book is not officially released until 25 June 2013.

[The ebook will be released into the wild on 25 June but it is possible that the print book will start showing up...

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The other day, I got the most delightful tweet:


The description DRF is talking about is:

I sit on the barstool beside my husband, who just looks radiant: freshly showered, his hair damp, wearing a crisp white shirt and that silver-gray tie. My favorite tie. I have fond memories of that tie.

And th... Read more of this blog post »

Just when I feel my concentration and confidence returning, my body turns on me lol. So typical. I continue to exercise, lose weight (more slowly now but definitely the direction) and I've kept to my pescatarian diet and my abstention with no exceptions. I take my Synthroid (which is the only med... Read more of this blog post »

I have olive bread, sharp cheddar, orange/cardamom tea, wrist braces, & 16 unscheduled hours. This draft dies today.

Around this time last year, I did an If You Like post about books involving weddings. It seemed appropriate now to do an If You Like, as a follow up, as it were, about books with pregnant heroines.

So, if you like books where the heroine is enceinte for all or most of the novel, you’ll probably li...

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Attention fledglings: The cover for the next House of Night novel, REVEALED, will be released tomorrow (5/21) — but here is a sneak peek! Check back tomorrow for the entire final cover — and follow all of the comments on the House of Night Facebook page!

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My editor has generously offered to let me do a giveaway of three ARCs (advanced reading copies) of Carniepunk, the urban fantasy anthology that will be released on July 23.

Here’s the anthology description:

A star-studded urban fantasy anthology … Read more of this blog post »

As you noticed, the blog changed its visual. Suphi did a great job, but there are probably a lot of things that we missed. So please list your comments/suggestions/etc. below Love Paulo

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How excited am I for tomorrow? After months of waiting for pub day, All I Need will be out in the world tomorrow. So. Freaking. Excited. I’m doing a pub day event (with cake!) tomorrow, May 21 on Long Island. … Continue reading → Read more of this blog post »

For attending and supporting members of LoneStarCon 3...

I had been dimly waiting for some sort of e-mail notification, but
apparently the Hugo Voter Packet is now up at the LoneStarCon 3 website......