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March 31, 2013
Stephen L. Thompson’s March 2013 Newsletter
Howdy,
Welcome to my electronic newsletter, covering March 2013.
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My publication news for the past month:
Publication of my minianthology “The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories” for Kindle.
Publication of my short story “Fighting Dirty” on my Ficly profile.
Publication of the stories “The Color of Possibilities” and “Rest in Peace” on my Figment profile.
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This month I wrote 9,111 words giving me a yearly total so far of 30,755. My goal this year is to write 120,000 words, so...
March 29, 2013
30,000 words!
For the last few weeks I’ve been feeling kinda blah and haven’t gotten much writing done. Also, I finished the first draft of the story I’d been working on for a couple months, and I haven’t found another story to work on. I have several projects, but none of them have fully grabbed me yet. In this state I’ve even forgotten to do some things, like this week’s Wednesday Writing Prompt. Sorry. As some of you know, my goal this year is to write 120,000 words. There were several times this month...
March 22, 2013
“The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories” promo
This weekend, March 23rd and 24th, my latest five, scifi story minianthology “The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories” will be free to download for Kindle.
I think that pretty much sums everything up.
March 20, 2013
Wednesday Writing Prompt
You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.
Quick, compose a sentence using the words “afternoon” and “prompt.” Leave it as a comment.
March 12, 2013
Wednesday Writing Prompt
You can read all you want about writing, but the real test is to actually write something. Hence, a short exercise for those of you wanting to hone your craft.
Quick, compose a sentence using the words “truck” and “wall.” Leave it as a comment.
“The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories” is now out!
One can assume that the cardinals chose today to start their conclave so that they can sit quietly and enjoy the latest ebook from Stephen L. Thompson. One can assume that, but the more likely reason they started their work on finding the next Pope today is because they didn’t want to start on a Monday.
Anyway, here is the link to “The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories” as well as the blurb for it. Enjoy.
“The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories” is a collection of f...
March 9, 2013
Oh
This weekend I’m having a free promotion for the Kindle version of my third short story anthology Political Pies. When I woke up, I checked on it and was happy to see that it was #17 in the list of their free political books. So I sent out a tweet about it being #17 and all. Afterwards, I decided I should check out the competition, which is when I saw this:
The books on the left are the paid political Kindle books, while the seventeen on the right are the free ones. At least I made the list. 
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March 8, 2013
Announcing “The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories”
In a few days, I will be publishing my next Kindle minianthology, “The Most Powerful Man in the World and other stories.” When I do, I will make another post with a link to it as well as the blurb, but for now I want to show you the cover, designed by Sandra Giles of Words From Another World. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because she also designed the cover of my story “Rise.”
March 7, 2013
Political Pies sequester sale!
Last year, I decided to try to promote each of my books for a month, starting with my anthologies and moving on to my other stories. So I’m working on promoting my third anthology – Political Pies – during the month of March, when everyone is sick of hearing about politics because of the sequester. Joy. Now part of my promotions are a weekend where people will be able to download the Kindle versions for free, and for Political Pies that will be on Saturday March 9th, and Sunday March 10th. So...
March 6, 2013
Writing pet peeve, “What are we doing here?”
This is something I’ve seen several times in short stories or novels over the years. I recently saw this in a short story by a famous author, which prompted this rant.
Basically, what happens is a group of people set out on an expedition, either to another planet or back in time. It takes months or years of work to outfit the ship and/or fly to the other planet. Shortly after they arrive, one of the crew raises their hand and asks, “What are we doing here?” Now, I’m not talking about military...
