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Hi, sweet readers.

I've realized, in a couple different ways over the past two weeks, that my Publishing 101 posts caused some pain and/or offense to some that read them. Several folks read them as a declaration that I thought that my publishing process was the only right way to publish, or the on... read more »

As this blog is about how to craft your story into a novel, I'm assuming you've already addressed all those crucial questions you need to ask before you even begin. You know the ones; about plot, viewpoint, narrator, themes and so on. So you've written the first draft of your masterpiece and reac... read more »

It's true that I'm sharing this list because Bone & Bread is on it (hurrah!), but I really do think it is a wonderful bunch of books that won't steer you wrong:



CBC Books' Summer Reading List for 2013



They call Bone and Bread a "dazzling debut" (!!!).



In terms of the rest of the list, I rea... read more »

Oh my god! How dare you review my literary masterpiece, you’re not even a proper reviewer! You’re just someone unqualified person off the street who read my book!
So, some authors out there seem to think that it’s okay to look down on “unprofessional reviews”. I don’t know WTF an “unprofessional... read more »

I just came across an article about an Australian politician who was apparently attacked by a kangaroo and I started thinking about a possible link to former president Jimmy Carter.

Apparently, Shane Rattenbury, Australian Capital Territory municipal services minister, was out jogging when he star...

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Mark your calendars and set your automatic reminders to July 10, 2013 at 8:00pm ET.

Join@donalynbooks, me (@iChrislehman), and we’re excited to be joined by friend and collections’ co-editor@pennykittle!Use and follow the hashtag #DonGraves.

At IRA’s convention in San Antonio I attended Penny Kit...

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Soooooo. You know how sometimes you have this idea of how you want a story to end and then you get to the point of writing it and suddenly you just can’t because the story bores you to tears? I know most of you don’t because you don’t write books, but this happens. Protip: if you are bored writin...

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The countdown has begun. When Dachshunds Ruled the Serengeti will be released on Friday, May 24th, just five days from now. Pre-release orders have been strong so I hope this one does well. It is the story of Phillip and Jose, two eighteen-year-old men who meet when they are assigned to be col...

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Philip A. McClimon is the gory guy behind the new zombie thriller, H.E.L.L. Nicole's Odyssey. A new indie author, he's already making bloody waves with his new series. Let's crack open his noggin and dig around inside...

Ang: When were you first bitten by the zombie affliction? Can you take us bac... read more »

Now for my favorite part... the team!

From now until release day, I'll be posting profiles for each guy on the team and for the heroine of SEAL OF HONOR, Audrey.

So here we go. It's my pleasure to introduce you to the men of HORNET:

Gabe Bristow
Travis Quinn
Jean-Luc Cavalier
Marcus Deangelo
Jesse Warri... read more »

I have gotten some amazing feedback since I have started self publishing my novels and I would like to thank everyone that has provided it good or bad. As a writer I am just not going to kick back and say my books are perfect because they arent. I don't have a team of editors to make my books as... read more »

Many of you out there in blog world might like to know what it’s been like for me “post-sale” of the novel formerly known as SING TO THE WIND (we’ll get to this point shortly.)
Let’s see if I can recap.
I received an e-mail offer late September.Agent took a week or so negotiating.Once we’d arrived... read more »

I posted about The Destroyer movie at my Web site forum three years ago. It was already stuck in development hell back then. Beats me if there's been any movement since then; all I do know is nobody's called me. My post three years ago was about the movie treatment I'd written. It was so good tha... read more »

One question a day will be addressed, for as long as it remains interesting to me, and the questions keep coming.

Today’s question was asked by Priscilla França.

Priscilla: Why do you kill so many of the characters I love most in Fables? Are you trying to be like George RR Martin?

Bill: Not at all....

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One Of The Enemy

Buy Now From: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enemy-Hidden-... read more »

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Episode 18 of the Surreal Grotesque is now up. In it, I read "Give Courtney Cute Anything She Wants," a tale from my forthcoming short story collection. As part of my reading, I sing the hit song "Gerardo" by the rock band Rico Suave (not to be confused with the song "Rico Suave" by singer/rapper... read more »

PS : Hujan deras dan macet menghalangi jalanku pulang. Tetapi akhirnya bias pulang juga dan posting, semoga penantian all readers tidak sia-sia yah :))
“Teganya kau memanfaatkan gadis sepolos itu sebagai tameng?” Jason mengernyitkan keningnya, “Dan tameng seperti apa maksudmu?”
Joshua mengangkat... read more »

I have had set backs, I have had failure--but, one thing remains I never gave in, or gave up. Today I have a relationship with my dad, because I was not willing to stop. If you want it bad enough, you can have anything you would like.

Here is a nice write up this week

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When “The Killing,” the only show I watched with anything approaching devotion, was cancelled I wanted to cry. Don’t they know what good TV is? Don’t they care about decent crime fiction? Apparently not!

But then AMC uncancelled it and I can’t contain my glee.

The audience became hugely upset whe...

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Today is the final day to get all the books (so far) in the Legend of the Dreamer series for just .99 cents each. That means you could buy The Warrior's Code, The Witch's Curse, and Light of the Moon all for less than it would normally be to buy Light of the Moon! Deal.


The Warrior's Code (Boo... read more »

If I don't post this today, I never will. Just call me baby brain.

So I'm revealing the cover of MEGAN AND ASTON'S story on May 31st. Along with this reveal will be the blurb/synopsis reveal and I'll tell you the day you can get your grabby hands on it! I'm completely in love with Aston (sorry, Br... read more »

Holly Cow!!! It’s that late in May already? I’m so sorry, I seem to have lost the better part of a month. Where have I been? Why haven’t I updated the blog? What’s happening with the book? Well, I’ve been in Nezza trying to sort things out. There for a time I might have slipped into some other, d...

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Scrivere l'incipit per un romanzo è sempre compito difficile e delicato. Uno degli incipit più celebrati è quello utilizzato da Gabriel Garcia Marquez per il suo famosssimo "Cent'anni di solitudine". Ed eccolo qui:

"Molti anni dopo, di fronte al plotone di esecuzione, il colonnello Aureliano Buend... read more »

My husband and I got married today exactly one year ago. As I was Tweeting about it earlier, it came to me I could just as well do something special for such a special day. Only, what to do?

Apparently, the traditional first-year wedding anniversary gift, in the US anyway, used to be paper. An...

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My savvy publisher has decided to host breakfasts during BEA for its authors and the people who want to read our books. My day is Thursday, May 30th (the same day I’ll be signing ARCs at the Spencer Hill booth). … Continue reading → read more »

“Never let the fear ofstriking out keep you from playing the game” ~Babe Ruth

If you’re a baseball fan, you’ve read this quote. If you’ve ever seen A Cinderella Story staring Hillary Duff you will remember this quote from the movie. It’s a great quote–and we’re going to use a variation of this...

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Here are all the locations you can purchase the new anthology from TJ Klune, Eric Arvin, Abi Roux, SJD Peterson, S.A. McAuley, and Jason Huffman-Black:

http://crackthedarkestskywideopen.tum...

http://amzn.com/B00CU479G2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00CU479G2

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...

ht... read more »

Welcome to Sexy Snippets. This is
seven sentences, taken from a work in progress, or published book, and brought
to you every Sunday.

This week's post is from A Purrfect Match.



Andrew watched Jim’s folded hands, then scooted closer. Supporting
himself with his hands on Jim’s thighs, Andrew leaned forw... read more »

It comes as something of a relief to have read a Dick Francis novel which I can't immediately recommend as a flawless small masterpiece.

Rat Race is very good indeed. As with Smokescreen he refreshes the horse racing mileiu by making his hero peripheral to it — in this case he is the pilot of a s... read more »

Friday was our youngest’s birthday party.Sheturned 12.Shehad 17 of her friends over. IT... read more »

Add our books to your Goodreads pile for a chance to win!



The list of prizes for this contest is:

One signed copy of My Highland Lord by Tarah Scott

One signed advance copy of Highlander Betrayed by Laurin Wittig

One signed copy of Wee William's Woman

One signed copy of To Bewitch a Highlander by Lily... read more »

Say whaaa-???? That's right, you heard me! Katie over at the I Smell SheepBlog is hosting a guest post and giveaway from us today. Head on over to their place so you can read the "Top 5 Things You Should Know About Dating A Wolf Shifter".
Don't forget to enter yourself for our giveaway of one eboo... read more »

Pleased to announce that I've just been made an Indie Book Bargains Featured Author! http://www.indie-book-bargains.co.uk/... read more »

Artículo 328. Tengo un amigo que me contó hace tiempo una historia. Habla de padres e hijos, versa sobre el concepto que muchas veces tenemos los hijos de los padres…

Me contaba que cuando él tenía 8 años, su padre siempre pasaba un par de horas encerrado en una habitación. Pedía que nadie le mole...

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'Rory kept his cool even though he wanted to howl the house down. Naomi fitted around him like they were made for each other. She'd given so much to him tonight and he didn't know what had happened for him to deserve it. He'd waited so long for her he sure as hell wanted to make sure she would... read more »

The Memorial Day Sale on all my books has started early!

Destructively Alluring, Addictive Lunacy, & Allure Magnified will be on sale for $.99 until June 1st!

*Barnes N’ Nobles & Amazon.com*

Blood Flows Deep in the Empire will be on sale for $2.99 on May 21st.

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Superman: The Dailies, 1939-1940 by Jerry Siegel

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I finished Superman: The Dailies, 1939-1940 and it was a pretty fun look at the earliest Superman stories. The stories and artwork were fun in telling the original stories of the Man of Steel. His villains are mostly thugs, g... read more »

De La Cruz Saga by P.T. Macias Readers Lovers Casa

Hello everyone!

We’re looking for bloggers that can help the De La Cruz Saga Ambassador Team. We need awesome bloggers to participate in the team blog hop.

The blog hop would be all summer long. We would love to have several bloggers per weekend...

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42 y/o M c EtOHism admitted for R femur fx d/t MVA, s/p ORIF POD#3, now complaining of AVH and c HTN + tachycardia on vitals.

Translation:

42 year old male with alcoholism (EtOHism) admitted to the hospital for a right (R) femur (thigh bone) fracture caused by (due to) a motor vehicle acciden...

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Field Trip disponibile in Italia



Field Trip, l'applicazione Android di guida turistica sviluppata dai misteriosi Niantic Labs di Google, è ora disponibile anche in Italia. Era stata inizialmente rilasciata solo in USA e poche altre nazioni.







Field Trip








Field Trip is your guide to the cool, hidden,... read more »

Join the HerBooks authors April 28 – May 5 for a weeklong celebration of the women we love with heartwarming essays and giveaways including an iPad Mini, 60 eBooks from 6 bestselling authors, and special prizes listed at each author’s site.

You’ll have six times as many chances to win wonderful pr...

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