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December 18, 2011
Unbelievable Day
Today started out badly. But never has a day so quickly turned completely around and gone off the map. I mean toilet overflow with chunks kinda day. Yep. That's what I dealt with first thing this morning. Disgusting. Sorry to share. But there's a point. Then, just reading my Facebook wall, I find this: http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t... As [ Read More ]
December 15, 2011
Write Tip: Preparing For Book Blog Tour As You Write Your Book
Okay, I know. It sounds crazy to some of you already. Preparing for a book blog tour when my book's not even done? Insane! Arrogant! A distraction I don't need! But wait. Let me explain please. Book Blog Tours are a great way to promote your book. I had 32 stops on my book blog [ Read More ]
December 12, 2011
Write Tip: The Importance of Heroines
A modified version of this post first appeared on the blog of author Jeremy Ship on October 27th. A companion piece on heroes appeared around the same time on Adventures In SF Publishing's blog. One of the traditional tropes of much science fiction and fantasy has long been the damsel in distress. Naturally, modern women often [ Read More ]
December 10, 2011
Kansas City Area Book Signing: The Worker Prince
KC. area people, I'm doing a book signing at Prospero's Blue Springs Saturday Dec. 17 12-3 (week from tomorrow) if anyone's interested. I'll also be doing a reading or two if enough show up who are interested in hearing it. This is the store on MO-7 Highway off 70 about 2 miles south on the [ Read More ]
December 7, 2011
An Interview With Lord Xalivar
This interview originally ran at Nicole Peeler's blog as part of my first blog tour. Thanks to Nicole for the invite to visit her blog on my tour. I wanted to rerun it again here because it was a fun post to write and because I wanted to share it with you. This is a [ Read More ]
December 5, 2011
18 Holiday Themed Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories
[For those expecting only ten, I accidentally put up a draft version of the post. I apologize for any confusion. I actually have more than ten to share as you'll see.] Christmas decorations went up and music started playing earlier than ever this year. But perhaps that bores you. Instead, how about Christmas tales told [ Read More ]
16 Holiday Themed Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories
[For those expecting only ten, I accidentally put up a draft version of the post. I apologize for any confusion. I actually have more than ten to share as you'll see.] Christmas decorations went up and music started playing earlier than ever this year. But perhaps that bores you. Instead, how about Christmas tales told [ Read More ]
10 Holiday Themed Science Fiction And Fantasy Stories
Christmas decorations went up and music started playing earlier than ever this year. But perhaps that bores you. Instead, how about Christmas tales told in your favorite genre? I' ve put together a list with links of 10 Christmas themed Science Fiction and Fantasy stories by respected writers for the holiday season. 1. Spider by Duncan [ Read More ]
November 30, 2011
10 Mistakes SFF Writers Make With Research
Research, hate it or love it, is something every speculative fiction writer must deal with at one time or another. Most deal with it often. Research is an easy thing to neglect for many reasons. Above all, it's usually less fun than writing and creating and it's time consuming. Still, research is necessary. Here are [ Read More ]
November 28, 2011
Write Tip: If You're Not Signed Up for Kindlegraph, Why You Should Be
KINDLEGRAPH is new. You may not have heard of it, but it's a MUST DO for published authors. Here's why: 1) It's free 2) You can do this, in less than 15 seconds from your laptop at home at any reader's request: Yep, they buy your ebook. Then they request an autograph. You [ Read More ]
