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March 6, 2014

Madison Niermeyer reads ‘I am Waiting’ by lawrence...

Madison Niermeyer reads ‘I am Waiting’ by lawrence Ferlinghetti

This work has been in my head a lot lately, all cynical and longing at the same time. NY called today, sounding all the world like a character in a bond film. A city with a thousand faces and this one is ours I guess. Be still my beating heart. If we go, we go and if we stay we stay.

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Published on March 06, 2014 10:48

March 1, 2014

LT3 Babbling - Book Blurbs

LT3 Babbling - Book Blurbs:

maderr:

I am basically the production and marketing arm of Less Than Three Press. After Samantha and her team of fearsome editors have worked with our beloved authors to whip stories into shape, they come to me. I commission the artists, I write the official blurbs, I make the books shiny before they go on to Sasha, who turns them into the various ebook formats. I also do the print books.

Of these duties the blurb writing is probably the hardest. LT3 has a policy of keeping blurbs brief, since we all hate blurbs that go on for 3-6 long paragraphs. This can be surprisingly difficult, especially when the story is long or complicated. This is also the job for which I am most frequently thanked, usually with an OH THANK GOD I DON’T HAVE TO WRITE IT from authors ^^

Now, I am not lord and master of the blurb. As with the covers, I prefer author input. Generally I write them, then send them off to the authors so they can tweak as they like. Sometimes I get ‘looks great, thanks’. Sometimes they muck with a word or two. Sometimes I (and the author) need a drink :3 :3 :3

Since it is officially March, that means it’s time for the May releases to join the coming soon page (I also add the books to GoodReads). This is the list of titles, have fun guessing what they might be about (if you don’t already know)

Haunted Halls

Camellia

Art Criticism

Unheard Destruction

Hellhound

Won’t Back Down

Swords, Sorcery, and Sundry

The Rightful Heir

Falling for Forever

Roommate Adventure

And now that I am done stalling, off to blurb writing I go ;)

Yoooou Guys!!! Look!

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Published on March 01, 2014 18:05

Hey I was just wondering how the Juicy Fruit edits are going, I absolutely loved it over on fictionpress! Have you read anything new recently? I'm always looking for another good read :)

Editing is going okay with Juicy Fruit. It’s a really special story to me and I’d like to get it to the best place I can. (That might mean shifting some things around, I’m not sure yet.) I’m glad you liked it (:

I have been reading some but don’t have too many absolute favorites to report. You can see my ratings on my GR page HERE. And now that I look at that, it seems kinda sparse so I’ll try to add more soon. I did adore Riding Drag by shukyou! A very charming and unexpected story.

And all my other recs are tagged HERE

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Published on March 01, 2014 11:54