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January 31, 2020
Discussions with Asis the Hawk
Picking up from last week’s Abis the Hawk, we continue our daily hawking.
This time with a male, Asis.
Asis spends much time in our trees, observing.
I wonder if he remembers being a tyrannosaur? Of feeling the blood to lesser behemoths flow down his sides, of hearing their death cries as his mighty raptorous teeth ripped from them hunks of flesh the size of buffalo.… Read the rest
Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Jan 2020’s Great Opening Lines)
I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them.
“On the face of it, you wouldn’t think there was any connection between the murder of a dead man and the events that changed my perceptions about my life.”… Read the rest
January 29, 2020
Metrics? We don’t need no stinkin’ metrics! (pt 3)
This is the third post in a thread on author marketing metrics, specifically regarding some fascinating advice I got through a Facebook group (that spawned these posts). Part 1 provided a cantankerous but realistic intro to the subject of author marketing metrics.… Read the rest
January 27, 2020
The Inheritors Chapter 1 – Roland “Ro” Ayers, 27 June 1994
I wrote this chapter as a separate short story (originally entitled “Uncle Tommy”) on the date indicated in the title above. I sent it out once. The editor wrote me a scathing letter about encouraging juvenile suicide. I met them at a con a few months later.… Read the rest
January 24, 2020
Abis the Hawk
We are seeing more hawks this season than usual.
Meaning, we are aware of more hawks. It could be the same number as always, we’re simply recognizing them.
Doubtful, that.
If we’re blithely ignorant, other Old Ones are not. Most birds and small mammals scatter, hide.… Read the rest
January 22, 2020
Metrics? We don’t need no stinkin’ metrics! (pt 2)
This is the second post in a thread on author marketing metrics, specifically about some fascinating advice I got through a Facebook group (that spawned these posts). Part 1 provided a cantankerous but realistic intro to the subject of author marketing metrics.… Read the rest
The Augmented Man Booksigning at the Salem, NH, Barnes&Noble Saturday, 8 Feb 2020, noonET
I’ll be signing The Augmented Man at the Salem, NH, Barnes&Noble on Saturday, 8 Feb 2020, from noon-2pmET.
“What do you do with a deadly weapon when its no longer needed?” Nicholas Trailer is the last of The Augmented Men, beings created first by society and completed by a political group the public can’t even imagine exists!… Read the rest
January 21, 2020
Meet Author Joseph Carrabis at the Portsmouth, NH, Barnes&Noble Sunday, 9 Feb 2020, 1pmET
I’ll be signing The Augmented Man at the Portsmouth, NH, Barnes&Noble on Sunday, 9 Feb 2020, from 1-3pmET.
FWIW, I received my first royalty check today. THANKEE TO EVERYONE BUYING THIS BOOK! Come on by and I’ll sign your copy for you!… Read the rest
Meet Author Joseph Carrabis at the Portsmouth, NH, Barnes&Nobel Sunday, 9 Feb 2020, 1pmET
I’ll be signing The Augmented Man at the Portsmouth, NH, Barnes&Nobel on Sunday, 9 Feb 2020, from 1-3pmET.
FWIW, I received my first royalty check today. THANKEE TO EVERYONE BUYING THIS BOOK! Come on by and I’ll sign your copy for you!… Read the rest
January 20, 2020
Fantasy Horror Author A.F. Stewart and I talk Deviltry, Noveltry, Shipbuilding, Agony and Ecstasy
A.F. Stewart, aka @Scribe77, did me.
Interviewed me, I mean.
We talked about
