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You know what I learned today? Kansas City isn’t in Kansas. It’s in Missouri.

Now I’m all for people having fun with names, but honestly? There’s a little something called truth in advertizing too….

I learned this interesting fact because I’m going to a convention down there next week. I’m Guest of...

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I think Amazon’s servers are keeping tabs on my word count for DUST. To put some pressure on me to write faster, both WOOL and SHIFT are Kindle Daily Deals today. That lowers the price to $1.99 for each book. I’d call that a steal . . . except that both books are all over the torrentz and warez...

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A lot of my friends have trouble writing action scenes. Not on the sentence-by-sentence level – they know all the tricks and tips – but on a more general level. They know that their first-person viewpoint character is only going to have a close-up, confused picture of the battle, and they don’t k...

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These volumes provide all sorts of climactic, dramatic, startling action, and then a surprisingly relaxed and even sweet and sometimes funny interlude... with DOOM hanging over it.

I like how, especially in these two volumes, people generally behave reasonably and listen when people say they have... read more »

Disclaimer: I'm writing this after I've had some wine, so this might get taken down in the morning.

I'm seeing many authors rating their own material. While I would personally love to use that bit of advertisement to bump my own ratings up, I can't help but feel like this is a bit underhanded. I d... read more »

“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. But things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and... read more »

A little Riordan family fun for you: Yesterday, our older son Haley graduated from high school, which was quite a milestone. As you may know, Haley was the reason I wrote the Percy Jackson books, since they began as bedtime stories for him when he was in first grade and was struggling with readin... read more »

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors . . .



Dear Madame,
The army regrets to inform you, your husband, Sergeant Dawson Finch, has been listed as missing and presumed dead.

Time ceased to exist and a sound Rory didn't recognize escaped from her throat. She sensed Isabelle standing beside her. She dropp... read more »

Book News:

I've finally given up hope of pesky Eternal Press/Damnation Press ever stirring themselves to give me back the rights to literary gay short story Painting from Life . So I've republished it myself with a lovely new cover (which is far better than their one, bitch bitch ...) on the Kind... read more »

I’ve been working with my editor, Mary-Theresa Hussey of Harlequinpretty much from the beginning of my writingcareer. My very first editor, Helen French (out of the UK office) who made the call and bought POISON STUDY and MAGIC STUDY worked with me for about six months before leaving the company.... read more »

If you’ve never tried the audio book of Leviathan, it’s pretty awesome. Alan Cumming does a wonderful job with all the accents and characters.

For the next day or so, you can download the audiobook for only $5.99 from Audible. (Offer only good in the US, I think.)

Click here to make it happen.

As a...

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Well, that was nearly 2/3 of a good Trek movie....

I wanted to love it. I really did. But... no. Even by Trek science-out-the-window and understanding-of-bureaucratic-logistics standards, the plot fell apart if you looked twice, there was overuse of fanservice in the wrong places (IMO), and oh go... read more »

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*Insane.

*Of course the music sounds terrible when you laser-cut it into some random sheet of whatever’s in the hackerlab, but what good taste in the choice of music.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-Cut-Record/

“A few months back, I wrote about how I used a 3D printer to transform any mp3 int...

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Every day, God gives us the sun – and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven’t perceived the moment, that it doesn’t exist – that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as [...]

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ملحوظة: هذه التدوينة عن موضوع قليل الأدب؛ كما هو واضح فى العنوان. تستطيع أن تكمل القراءة، أو لا تكملها. ولك الحمد فى ذا وذاك.

هذه مقالة قديمة لسلافوى جيجيك وهو فيلسوف سلوفينى ومعظم أعماله يركز فيها على تفسير هيجل وماركس من منظور جاك لاكان. وهو أحد كبار الباحثين في معهد علم الاجتماع بجامعة لوبليانا... read more »

Bitter Memories: A Memoir of Heartache & Survival (non-fiction) is the true story of my life after being kidnapped by my father, then living a life on the run, hungry, abused and terrified ... so terrified that I split into multiple personalities … a truly unforgettable, unnerving story of ex...

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I don't just write shit and engineer shit. I manage my son's football (soccer, for the heathens) Under 18 team.

We've got a double header this weekend. Had a game tonight (I tweeted about it earlier) and one tomorrow afternoon. And I do love night games, especially on our synthetic, well lit pitc... read more »

Don't ever let anybody tell you you're scum. Not even you. That belief system is a big load of steaming crapola. Counter the compulsion to believe it with daily doses of "I love you's" spoken to a mirror. If that's currently impossible, find a photo of yourself as a little kid and say it to that.... read more »

Learn about recent novels by 24 other chick lit authors AND have an opportunity to win a free KINDLE by participating the Chick Lit Author Blog Hop! {New to Blog Hops? Want to learn how to win the grand prize? Get all the deets needed to participate here: http://wp.me/p318Hj-lD or send any questi... read more »

The only thing better than books, is FREE books, and even better, more FREE books!


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Hi friends!!!!
I am so excited to announce that starting Monday May 20, 2013 until Monday May 27, 2013 you will get to meet some amazing authors who will let you know what's going happening on page 25 of their book! Also, ONE lucky winner will receive a FREE Kindle Keyboard 3G, with Free 3G + W... read more »

This is the second book I've read recently about psyches/souls changing bodies. The first was Every Day, by David Levithan, where the body-hopping psyche moved to a new body every day. In this one the psyche of a boy called Alex moves once to take over the body of another boy called Philip. I was... read more »

As promised, when my facebook page tipped over the 1000 mark, I am posting the prologue for the second book of the Team Red series. The Prologue is still unedited, and subject to a few changes. The prologue will probably be used for both (Blind and Red) versions of the series.

Here it is...

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Hi there, as promised here are my thoughts on advertising strategies for your baby er, book. I hope this can help some of the relatively unknown gems hiding out there!

First of all, there is no way to know for sure how many "clicks" your online ads get will turn into actual sales.
It seems that wor... read more »

Pure torture waiting on my new book, Cloning Around, to be printed. But after 10 years, I guess I can wait a little while longer. On another note, the interest for my book, Forbidden Love, has increased. That's a surprise to me considering it was released in late January. These are truly exciting... read more »

Hey, beautiful readers!

Hope you are all having a fabulous Spring so far.

Great news!
The hot new instalment Claimed by the Billionaire (Part 5) is now available for sale on Barnes and Noble , AllRomance eBooks, Smashwords and will be up on Kindle very soon.

Hope you enjoy reading this sizzling ho... read more »

Yes, here I am. This is me. This is my picture. It could be translated to English as "Keep your fucking God out of my body!" This photo was taken during the May 17, 2013 GLBTT March in San Juan, PR.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb... read more »

‘’Novels like The Tragedy of Fidel Castro are the untamed mustangs of fiction that, unlike most other books, run wild and free, contemptuous of the confinement that the corral of ordinary classification would imprison them in."
The American Culture http://stkarnick.com/?p=239 20

"This book has am... read more »

I finally got a Twitter account. *headdesk*

It's for Authorgraph: http://www.authorgraph.com/authors/ti...

My books are up there, so if you'd like an autograph on your e-reader, it will be my pleasure.

(I had to use the sig the site offered. Trying to do it freehand was horrendous. read more »

Prolaze dani… Nekad imam osećaj da sam ih mnoge i prespavao.

Ipak, ne žalim. Sad sam se probudio.

Poslednje godine proveo sam na životnoj ekskurziji, upoznajući nove gradove, nove ljude, nove izazove.

O tim gradovima svedoče mi slike iz mobilnog telefona. Smestio sam ih u folder na hard disku lap to... read more »

There's nothing better than peeking at your Goodreads page and seeing another review has been uploaded for one of your books, me hearties! I wanted to take the opportunity today to thank each and every reader who's posted a review for either of my books so far. Your feedback and kindness has touc... read more »

Some of the typical places authors make appearances are bookstores, writer's conferences, and conventions. But there are a few other places that make sense if you want a chance to spread the word about your books and get out and meet readers:

Coffee Shops--Your local coffee shop is a place where p... read more »

Strung together nightmares on a string
Waco, Boston, Newtown has the ring
Of a cosmic glass so set on emptying
That all hope would collapse

But time goes on beneath our moving sun
And forward moves the hand for everyone
We are still here, we live, we are not done
This is no time for taps

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I meant to post this on my sister’s birthday, but felt I should leave the other Blog for a week since it was part of a Blog Hop

Farm families have always supported each other by working together and playing together. There was a closeness between siblings that is often missing in many of the young... read more »

Hello,

Guess what? I have a new book coming out through MLR called Say Everything, it's part of their Mixed Tape anthology.

I'm super excited about it. Here is the link to its book page: Say Everything

Blurb: Gregory put his past up for sale on Craigslist. He never expected Chad, a gorgeous blac... read more »

The Moonlight Bar

Posted on May 19, 2013 by billyraychitwood


It has been a few weeks since I worked on my WIP (“The Reluctant Savage”). Feeling a bit rusty I decided over the weekend to write a short story – actually, a short short story – to check my brain functions as to creating a simple plot, s... read more »

For those of you who are just starting out on your publishing journey, you should know that your book cover is a powerful marketing piece. When I wrote The Soul's Mark: FOUND,I was worried about the story and the editing and writing, and the cover was the furthest thing from my mind, but I soon r... read more »

It’s funny reading the accolades on the cover of the 1963 Bantam paperback edition. When people realized that Kerouac could make them money, all the mainstream papers and critics elbowed each other to award the most hyperbolic, sensational, scandalous praise possible to a book that is NOT so diff... read more »

Just a quick shout out to all those paranormal romance readers out there. If you haven't tried the Amoveo Legend series yet, I wanted to let you know about a free way to try it.

I have a "forever free" Amoveo Legend short story that's available on Amazon, BN, Discover a New Love and Books a Milli... read more »

Presenting...Cezar!! Romania's heart-throb entry in Saturday's Eurovision 2013 song contest. Although he rocks the vampire look, he loses the plot at the 0.45 second mark. This video is a MUST for fans of vampire castrati. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=...

Brought to you exclusively by Kiss... read more »

Book Club Reading List is a relatively new site that brings book clubs and authors together: https://bookclubreading.com/appalachi...

It's a cool idea. I've actually been a guest at three book clubs (one in person and two by phone) to participate in a discussion of Appalachian Justice. All three t... read more »

The JOE LEDGER series in order

This is a complete list of all of the Joe Ledger novels and short stories (so far) in the correct reading order.

COUNTDOWN
(teaser prequel to PATIENT ZERO)
Meet Joe Ledger, Baltimore PD, attached to a Homeland task force… who's about to get a serious promotion.
Availabl... read more »