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October 23, 2017
Some of the visual inspiration for The Hills of Mare Imbrium
I’ve assembled a Pinterest board of the pictures that inspired me. These are the pictures that inspired Yesha’s lunar buggy chase, the hidden city of Beddau, the Domes of Chang’e, and so much more
https://www.pinterest.com.au/carletonchinner/the-hills-of-mare-imbrium/
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October 11, 2017
The race to the Moon is getting serious
The Hills of Mare Imbrium speculates about a future in which humanity colonizes the Moon.
In the real world, the race to the Moon is certainly hotting up, with the participants of the Lunar XPrize pushing to be first to the Moon. Right now, Team Indus appears to be in the lead with a possible December-January launch.
The United States and China both have announced plans to return to the Moon as a precursor to going to Mars.
I’m tweeting selected Moon news on #mooncolony and have set up a running ticker for this hashtag on this very blog page
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September 17, 2017
Top 25 on Amazon
I set up this weekend as two of my free days on Kindle Select, then advertised through a number of free channels.
I wanted to see just how far I could get without spending anything, so went on to Twitter Facebook groups and three specific groups on Google+.
Hootsuite was a real plus in automating announcements to go out at suitable times on the far side of the globe while I was asleep in Australia.
Something must have worked. This morning, The Hills of Mare Imbrium is #25 in Amazon’s Space Opera category
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August 31, 2017
The Hills of Mare Imbrium is available
So excited. Amazon have just emailed to say that my debut novel, The Hills of Mare Imbrium is live in the Kindle store
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June 8, 2017
A first review of Twisted Tales
The first review is in and it’s very kind
Twisted Tales 2016https://oneminnesotawriter.com/2017/06/05/want-some-fun-summer-reading
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June 7, 2017
So excited to have my flash piece “Scatterlings” appear i...
So excited to have my flash piece “Scatterlings” appear in the Twisted Tales 2016 anthology.
Available now in hard copy from Amazon and as a free PDF if you sign up for my newsletter
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February 2, 2017
Songs for the Dark Days
There are plenty of happy songs, but sometimes we need a soundtrack for the dark days. This is my go to list. The songs that make me feel I’m not alone because others have been there too.
Ed Sheeran – The A team
Suzanne Vega – Widow’s walk
Robert Cray – I guess I showed her
Leonard Cohen – Famous blue raincoat
Deep Forest – Marta’s song
Jimmy Nail – Big river
Paul Simon – Graceland
Bright Blue – Weeping
Juluka – African Sky Blue
Eminem – Stan
REM – Everybody Hurts
Counting Crows – Perfect Blue Buildings
Birdy – Skinny Love
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January 29, 2017
So thrilled. The Hills of Mare Imbrium accepted as the Be...
So thrilled. The Hills of Mare Imbrium accepted as the BetaBook’s Book of the Month
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January 5, 2017
Getting closer now. The redraft of The Hills of Mare Imbr...
Getting closer now. The redraft of The Hills of Mare Imbrium is progressing and I have found some exciting cover designers.
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