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April 25, 2018
Announcing the Winners of The Electrical Menagerie Giveaway!
Yes, I know, Wednesday is normally my podcast day, but Episode 11 of Fearless Fiction needs a couple more edits before it’s ready to post. So that will be available tomorrow instead.
Today, I have something much more exciting to talk about–The Electrical Menagerie Giveaway! You really should know what I’m talking about. If not, you…well, you’re an incredibly out-of-touch person who doesn’t keep up to date with truly important things. I’m sorry to have to be the one to tell you that. Stop cryi...
April 23, 2018
Support Your Local Indie Authors (and Readers)
Despite the title, this is not going to be one of those “buy my books” posts that we all scroll past in our feeds as quickly as possible. It’s more of a “buy indie books in general” post, in honor of…World Book Day! Huzzah! *throws confetti made from a shredded copy of the last book I gave a 1-star review*
(It was The Call by Peadar O Guilin, and it’s not an indie novel, so I have no regrets.)
This post may get slightly soapboxy. Which is totally a word, because I just made it up and as a car...
April 21, 2018
The Masters & Beginners Bookiversary
[image error]Precisely one year ago, the extremely talented Daley Downing made her indie-publishing debut with the amazing YA fantasy novel Masters and Beginners, the first book in the Order of the Twelve Tribes series. So today, I’m celebrating with a special post. Because this really is a terrific series, and one you should definitely not be missing. (And not just because it happens to feature covers designed by a brilliant young artist who is incredibly modest. And also incredibly handsome.)
My origina...
April 20, 2018
Book Reviews: Doctor Who Novelizations
The Doctor Who Target novelizations are back!
What’s that? Why should you care? Fair question. Allow me to get nerdy. Or rather, nerdier than I was already.
Way back when in the 1970’s–or possibly the 80’s–the BBC commissioned novelizations of pretty much all Doctor Who TV episodes. They were usually really good, and took advantage of the opportunity to improve upon the lackluster special effects of the day by imagining the monsters and other sci-fi stuff as it was meant to be seen. Not unlik...
April 18, 2018
010: How I Sell Books, Part 2
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We’re up to double digits! Woot! Now to try for triple. I’m already planning my big hundredth-episode event. (Not really, but I probably should be.)
After last week’s in-depth discussion of how I don’t sell books, I finally talk about how I actually do it–though I’m not promising to make you a brilliant author in twenty-three minutes. I will, however, discuss:
Why organic marketing is more rewarding than paid advertising How to gain new readers via Twitter How to get your dentist to buy you...April 16, 2018
The Spring Cleaning Writer Tag Challenge!
There’s an awesome new tag that’s been making the rounds of my favorite blogs lately, courtesy of the very talented Deborah O’Carroll. (She’s just won a flash fiction contest, BTW–check out her delightful entry here!) Deborah–along with Daley Downing and J.L. Mbewe–tagged me to participate in the Spring Cleaning Writer Tag Challenge.
This tag is all about celebrating spring by tidying up your works-in-progress and writing goals–and believe me, that’s exactly what I needed right now. You may h...
April 11, 2018
009: How I Sell Books, Part 1
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Aaaand we’re splitting the episode in half again. These things are like Tribbles, I swear. I promise the discussion of my creative process will finally END with the next episode…though hopefully you’ve been enjoying it. 
April 9, 2018
The Electrical Menagerie–Review and GIVEAWAY!
Those who read my review of Mollie E. Reeder’s novelette Arbrook Huxley and the Star-Crossed Lovers will know that I am a big fan of her amazing Celestial Isles steampunk universe. Currently, Star-Crossed Lovers–available FREE to all subscribers to Mollie’s newsletter–is the only published Celestial Isles story. But that’s set to change very soon, with the release of The Electrical Menagerie. This is the first full-length novel in the series, and I have had the great pleasure of beta-reading...
The Return of Crockett and Crane!
At long last, the part-time centaur and the magical marshal are back. The first installments of Deadwood, Book 2 in the Crockett and Crane series, are now available to read on Wattpad!
[image error]Monster hunter Todd Crane, Ex-Marshal Amy Crockett, and their friends thwarted the Headless Horseman and saved the United States of Neverica from destruction. But some questions about the threats they faced still linger–and there’s plenty of danger left in the Wild West.
Answers may lie in the remote, mysteriou...
April 6, 2018
How to Catch a Unicorn–Now Available!
Just a quick update to let you all know that How to Catch a Unicorn and Other Romantic Misadventures is now available! This humorous fantasy-romance anthology features an all-new story by ME…as well as stories from other people whose names have escaped my memory.
HA HA!! I jest. Some of these people have dragons at their disposal; I certainly wouldn’t forget their names. (Or, to put it more accurately, they have more dragons at their disposal than I do. I really need to write more dragons....
