Arshad Ahsanuddin's Blog, page 25
September 3, 2011
Moonlight Giveaway
I am giving away ten copies of Moonlight, the third book in my vampire series Pact Arcanum. Details can be found at Goodreads.com: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho.... Sign up for the drawing by September 24th for your chance to own the trade paperback edition. Winners may contact me directly for ebook reviewer copies of the first two books. [...]
August 21, 2011
Mental Shrillness
As part of the Indie Writers Unite! blog tour, I was offered the chance to review the work of author Todd Russell. His horror collection Mental Shrillness is comprised of ten stories, most of which are in the flash fiction format. My exposure to the concept of flash fiction is limited, but basic premise seems [...]
August 18, 2011
Guardians of Man
This week, as part of the Indie Writers Unite! Neverending Blog Tour, I answered a few questions put forth by indie author Heather Marie Adkins on her blog Stone Cottage on the Hill. On the flip side, I have indie author Melissa A. Smith in the studio today to talk about her Guardians of Man [...]
August 14, 2011
My Top SciFi/Fantasy Picks
You've probably heard by now of the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books list (http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...). The list has been criticized, rightfully, for being skewed towards recent and popular books, and excludes many of the older grandmasters of science fiction and fantasy, not to mention that it treats these two very different genres as [...]
August 10, 2011
Restless Spirits
This week, as part of the Indie Writers Unite! Neverending Blog Tour, I have indie author Jean Marie Bauhaus in the office, here today to talk about her book Restless Spirits. Jean works as a freelance web designer and virtual assistant when she isn't writing. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband Matt, an [...]
August 9, 2011
The Elements of Style
Everyone has heard of this slim volume by Strunk and White. I read the book (50th Anniversary Edition) for the first time recently. I suppose I was putting it off. It is always suggested as an essential reference, but I thought I had enough of a grasp of grammar and usage that it would be [...]
August 2, 2011
White Lies
Hello, all. As part of the continuing Indie Writers Unite! blog tour, I was interviewed by Athanasios on the Mad-Gods blog. On the flip side, I am hosting today indie author Jeremy Bates, whose forthcoming novel White Lies will be on its way from Oceanview Publishing in May 2012 (for more information, check out Jeremy's [...]
July 30, 2011
On Illustrations
The text should always be your number one focus, as a poorly written manuscript will detract far more from the experience of reading than illustrations will add. Junk food served on a sterling silver platter will still be junk food, and that doesn't change. Good quality writing and an engaging, inventive idea will be your [...]
July 28, 2011
On Editing
Once the first draft is finished, then it's time to start editing. There are three major forms of editing that I have identified: structural editing (also called developmental or substantive editing), peer-group critique/line editing, and copyediting. The first two are most important to the neophyte writer, and the last is more a form of polish [...]
July 26, 2011
The Eyes of the Dead
Today I have another vampire author on board for the Indie Writers Unite! blog tour. Please give a warm welcome to G. R. Yeates, author of the novel The Eyes of the Dead. He was born in Rochford, Essex and studied Literature & Media at the Colchester Institute. He has lived in China where he [...]
