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October 31, 2014
Guest post with Ruth Nestvold! #authorcorner
Guest post I wrote for Adrian J. Smith’s blog on “The Vagaries of Inspiration” — another installment in the background of my new YA novella “Island of Glass.” Enjoy!
Originally posted on Adrian J Smith:
Today I’m excited to welcome Ruth Nestvold, a fellow WIPpeteer, to my blog. Ruth released a new book, and I’m so excited to share it and her inspirations with you all.
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The vagaries of inspiration
I love to travel, and more than once, a cool place I’ve visited has made its way int...
Happy Halloween — and a free Halloween story for the occasion!
Happy Halloween, everyone!
When I first came to Germany, many decades ago, there was no such thing as Halloween. All Hallows, the first of November, is a religious holiday here, and those with regular jobs get the day off. But the evening before All Hallows, the night when the door between the worlds of the living and the dead is open a bit wider than usual — that seems to have it’s roots in the Irish Celtic festival of Samhain. Immigrants brought Halloween to the US, where it eventually beca...
Glassmaking & Magic ~ Guest Post with Ruth Nestvold
A guest post I wrote for K.L. Schwengel’s blog about the historical background of “Island of Glass”:
Originally posted on **Editor’s note: Since I am currently out of town, and since the lovely and talented Ruth Nestvold has recently released Island of Glass, today, I turn my blog over to her. Take it away, Ruth!**
I have a penchant for creating fantasy worlds based on history, and Island of Glass is no exception. The novella is set in a 17th Century Venetian Empire that never e...
October 29, 2014
Arguing with a magic mirror for #WIPpet Wednesday
Last week, I got a surprising amount of wordage written, despite all the preparations for the launch of Island of Glass. (Thank you all very much for your help!) Anyway, the book is now published, I’ve gotten back into the swing of things regarding marketing my fiction, and last week I added a total of 6,000 words to various projects.
I’m still undecided whether I will try to do Nano this year. I have so many projects going right now, I don’t really want to abandon any of them. Well, I still...
October 28, 2014
Starting out as an indie author: Guest post on A.M. Leibowitz’s blog on the advantages of self-publishing
Today, for the publication of Island of Glass, my fellow WIPpeteer A.M. Leibowitz hosted me for a guest blog post on the advantages of self-publishing. Here an excerpt:
Speed
A traditionally published novel can easily take up to two years from the time it is accepted to the time it actually comes out. And that isn’t even counting the years of sending the manuscript out to agents and editors.
By comparison, self-publishing is almost instant. E-publishing may take up to a day from the time you hi...
Island of Glass now live!
I’m happy to announce the publication of my YA novella, Island of Glass! Until the middle of November, it is still available for the introductory price of only 99c, after which it will go up to $2.99.
Seventeen-year-old Chiara Dragoni is a master glassmaker of Venice, a position that is both a privilege — and a trap. For the glassmakers of Murano are forbidden to ever leave the islands of the Venetian lagoon.
When Chiara’s uncle is caught on the mainland and thrown into the dungeon of the Doge...
October 27, 2014
Coffee and Conversation: Of glassmaking and fairy tales and the beginning of story
Shan Jeniah hosts me for a post about some of the inspirations that resulted in my upcoming novella, “Island of Glass”:
Originally posted on shanjeniah:
Grab a cuppa and a comfy seat, and let’s chat a while! It’s time for Coffee and Conversation !
When I was six, my family was driving on a highway late at night. Streaks of headlights and taillights painted the dark. For the first time, I realized that each car held people living lives as important to them as mine was to me.
I wanted to...
October 25, 2014
Potential Self-Publishing Mudholes: A guest post on Beth Camp’s blog
In connection with the blog blitz for the upcoming publication of Island of Glass, fellow writer Beth Camp hosted me on her blog to talk about some potential mistakes indie writers can make. Here a short excerpt from the introduction:
The beauty and the curse of self-publishing is that it is so much easier and faster than going the traditional route, which can take years and (most of the time) still result in nothing. A fact that is often ignored is that self-publishing — while faster — most...
October 24, 2014
Pantsy Plotter and the Templates of Story-Telling
I haven’t decided yet whether I want to do Nano this year or not, since I have so many ongoing projects, but for those who will be tackling it, Conny Kaufmann has put together a nice list of templates.
Originally posted on Study. Read. Write.:
Some people fly by the seat of their pants when it comes to writing a novel. They just sit down and write, and hope for the best while they have a vague idea of what they want to write in their heads. These people are known as “Pantsers”.
In...
October 23, 2014
The Future, Imperfect available as a Kindle Countdown Deal until Oct. 27
Until Monday, Oct. 27, you can get my collection of six dystopian short stories, The Future, Imperfect, as a countdown deal for only 99c.
Description:
“The Future, Imperfect” is a collection of near future, dystopian short stories by Ruth Nestvold. Environmental changes — slow in some regions, catastrophic in others — have had a major effect on our world, not for the better. While water wars and pandemics have devastated the Mediterranean region, and a major earthquake and the resulting destr...
