Bryan Thomas Schmidt's Blog, page 28
September 5, 2012
ChiCon 7 Recap, Part 1–What Happened During The Con
It’s hard to wrap my mind around all that happened for the past four days in Chicago. For me, this turned out to be the best Con experience ever on all levels. I’m so happy I decided to go in spite of my financial struggles and very grateful to the support and encouragement shown me [ Read More ]
September 3, 2012
INTERVIEW – Death’s Rival (Jane Yellowrock) 100 Q&A Tour Of Faith: With Faith Hunter
Faith Hunter has over 20 years in the writing profession, over 20 books written total in over 20 countries. Born in Louisiana and raised all over the south, she writes action-adventure, mysteries and thrillers under the name Gwen Hunter while The Skinwalker series, featuring Jane Yellowrock is taking off like a rocket under Faith Hunter. Skinwalker, Blood Cross, Mercy [ Read More ]
August 29, 2012
Do It Your Way aka Thoughts On Consequences Of Buying Reviews & The Culture of Cheating
There’s always going to be as many different approaches as there are different types of writers. It’s a fact one must accept, despite any strong opinions an author my hold on various publishing & writing related subjects. The furor this past week over the whole “paid reviews” scandal and John Locke’s How I Sold One Million [ Read More ]
August 26, 2012
Write Tip: The Power And Value Of Discretion For Writers
I love this quote from The Guardian: The novelist China Miéville said self-censorship was both inevitable and desirable. “There are millions of things we shouldn’t say. We self-censor all the time, and a bloody good thing too. Our minds are washing machines full of crap that we pick up over our years on this earth. [ Read More ]
August 25, 2012
Announcing Beyond The Sun – An Anthology: Coming Soon To Kickstarter!
In April, my first anthology as editor, Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6, released from Flying Pen Press. It’s been quite well received, and I enjoyed it so much that I’m doing it again. Coming next month, I’ll be doing my first Kickstarter to raise $5000 to pay writers, artist and editors for a packaged [ Read More ]
August 24, 2012
New 4 star Amazon Review for “The Worker Prince”
This review took me to over 20 so the book will show up in more searches now, so that’s a real blessing, too. 4.0 out of 5 stars Gladiator, Moses, Skywalker, Rhii, July 25, 2012 By David Mark Brown “hache” (Nampa, Idaho) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) Amazon Verified Purchase(What’s this?) This review is from: The Worker Prince [ Read More ]
August 23, 2012
The Exodus at Halfway (Progress Report)
Almost halfway, as hard as that may be to believe for a novel I started July 3oth. So that’s my word count for 24 days. The best streak I’ve ever had since I started writing fiction, I believe. As I’ve tweeted daily word count reports, I’ve gotten lots of questions about it, so I thought [ Read More ]
August 19, 2012
Write Tip: 10 Tips For Getting Past Writer’s Block
I did a Write Tip before on Fighting Off Writer’s Block in which a lot of published authors offered their advice. But the other day a friend told me she’s been stuck forever on her book, and I realized there are some tricks I can suggest as well, so here are my 10 Tips For [ Read More ]
August 17, 2012
9 Great Urban Fantasy Series You Don’t Want To Miss
In 2009 when I started writing The Worker Prince, my debut science fiction novel, I had no idea what urban fantasy was. Of course, as I got into the industry and reading I heard bits and pieces. True Blood showed up and I met and became friends with Kat Richardson and John A. Pitts whose novels fell [ Read More ]
