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August 7, 2016
Sunday Surprise
Words of wisdom, writers on writing, writerly quotes, call them as you wish. Have a great Sunday! Getting a book accepted for publication is, I’m sorry to say, the second easiest part of this business (the easiest part is writing the book. Sorry!). The truth is that an acceptance is just the first step in […]

Published on August 07, 2016 01:00
August 5, 2016
Random Friday
Aaaand! You can tell my brain is fried from the heat because the previous post came out as Random Friday. Don’t worry, I edited it, so only on Facebook and Goodreads it’s still out as Random Friday because I can’t change what’s been shared on social media!
Published on August 05, 2016 00:00
August 3, 2016
Writer Wednesday
Aaand it’s August already, can you believe it! I’m not a seaside person, so I’m not going anywhere yet. I have one week off and will split it between Garfagnana and London. In the meantime, here’s a summary of wordcount. In July I wrote approx. 40K, more or less like in June, which brings the […]

Published on August 03, 2016 00:00
Random Friday
Aaand it’s August already, can you believe it! I’m not a seaside person, so I’m not going anywhere yet. I have one week off and will split it between Garfagnana and London. In the meantime, here’s a summary of wordcount. In July I wrote approx. 40K, more or less like in June, which brings the […]

Published on August 03, 2016 00:00
July 31, 2016
LAST DAY 50% off on Smashwords! I enrolled a few more boo...
LAST DAY 50% off on Smashwords! I enrolled a few more books on the Smashwords site-wide promo – see below. Star Minds – the Trilogy Star Minds Snippets Star Minds Next Generation Star Minds Next Generation Diaries Star Minds Chasing Stardom Star Minds Interregnum Body Switches Today People Rajveer the Vampire All are 50% off […]

Published on July 31, 2016 01:00
July 29, 2016
Random Friday
Like I said, I’m back to the Star Minds universe and the first story is Aliens on Earth. By some internet serendipity, on Facebook I found this spoof of Trip Advisor. Translation: Planet Earth (Solar System) “Terrifying” (one star) by Oinega87 Nice but polluted environment. Disorganization in all areas and staff not very good. Inhabitants […]

Published on July 29, 2016 00:00
July 27, 2016
Writer Wednesday
And it’s official that the Sci-Fi May Day bundle is on all retailers and The Path of Fire (Quests Book 2) is out! Sci-fi May Day bundle blurb: From the far reaches of the unknown come these stories with space ships, aliens, new planets—and more! Take a voyage of imagination with these science fiction tales. […]

Published on July 27, 2016 00:00
July 24, 2016
July 23, 2016
Saturday Sales
Skipped Random Friday and Sunday Surprise since it’s July and there are so many sales going on! So, in no particular order… Amrendra is now complete with part 4. If you got it on Amazon, you’ll probably receive the updated file. If you got in on Smashwords, you probably should go download the new file. […]

Published on July 23, 2016 02:00