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April 27, 2015
THE LAST EMPRESS Excerpt #publishing
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A FATED MEETING Just as television shows like to tease with a quick trailer, here’s another short excerpt from THE LAST EMPRESS — … On the occasion of her fifteenth birthday, Anastasia was given a special gift from her mother the Empress: personal riding instruction from the captain of the royal guards, Henryk Michonski. The … Continue reading THE LAST EMPRESS Excerpt #publishing
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A FATED MEETING Just as television shows like to tease with a quick trailer, here’s another short excerpt from THE LAST EMPRESS — … On the occasion of her fifteenth birthday, Anastasia was given a special gift from her mother the Empress: personal riding instruction from the captain of the royal guards, Henryk Michonski. The … Continue reading THE LAST EMPRESS Excerpt #publishing
April 18, 2015
Help The Last Empress Win A Publishing Contract #publishing
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As a writer, I am constantly looking at the changing world of publishing. The industry has changed remarkably since the days when I would hunt for the names of publishers and agents in a banged-up copy of Writer’s Market at the library, print out query letters, mail them with SASEs and wait months for a … Continue reading Help The Last Empress Win A Publishing Contract #publishing
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As a writer, I am constantly looking at the changing world of publishing. The industry has changed remarkably since the days when I would hunt for the names of publishers and agents in a banged-up copy of Writer’s Market at the library, print out query letters, mail them with SASEs and wait months for a … Continue reading Help The Last Empress Win A Publishing Contract #publishing
April 17, 2015
Ex-Czar of Russia Killed by Order of Ural Soviet
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Front page article from The New York Times, dated July 20, 1918 London, July 20 — Nicholas Romanoff, ex-Czar of Russia, was shot July 16, according to a Russian announcement by wireless today. The former Empress and Alexis Romanoff, the young heir, have been sent to a place of security. The message announces that a … Continue reading Ex-Czar of Russia Killed by Order of Ural Soviet
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Front page article from The New York Times, dated July 20, 1918 London, July 20 — Nicholas Romanoff, ex-Czar of Russia, was shot July 16, according to a Russian announcement by wireless today. The former Empress and Alexis Romanoff, the young heir, have been sent to a place of security. The message announces that a … Continue reading Ex-Czar of Russia Killed by Order of Ural Soviet
American Warship Returns From “Mysterious Island”
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The San Francisco Chronicle; June 22, 1897 –San Francisco, CA The gun frigate USS Abraham Lincoln made dock here at the port of San Francisco with not only an unusual cargo, but stories to match. Cmdr. Riley Humphries has filed detailed dispatches with superiors at the Navy Department stressing his encounters with the inhabitants of … Continue reading American Warship Returns From “Mysterious Island”
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The San Francisco Chronicle; June 22, 1897 –San Francisco, CA The gun frigate USS Abraham Lincoln made dock here at the port of San Francisco with not only an unusual cargo, but stories to match. Cmdr. Riley Humphries has filed detailed dispatches with superiors at the Navy Department stressing his encounters with the inhabitants of … Continue reading American Warship Returns From “Mysterious Island”
March 27, 2015
Latest Work Completed! Read the Opening Scene
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My apologies for not updating in a while. I have been very busy with latest writing work, taxes, job hunting, etc. Eh, it’s a life. My latest screenplay has finally reached Draft 1. I’m very excited about this because it combines two of my favorite subjects: MAGIC and NOIR. I was a huge fan of … Continue reading Latest Work Completed! Read the Opening Scene
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My apologies for not updating in a while. I have been very busy with latest writing work, taxes, job hunting, etc. Eh, it’s a life. My latest screenplay has finally reached Draft 1. I’m very excited about this because it combines two of my favorite subjects: MAGIC and NOIR. I was a huge fan of … Continue reading Latest Work Completed! Read the Opening Scene
December 11, 2014
End of The Year — Mile Markers
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As the end of the year makes its appearance and the holiday seasons turns into the gray season of dread (January), so too comes the awful Best Of The Year lists that appear on web sites promoting everything from Most Buzzed-About Tweet to Worst Use of a Spatula Outside the Kitchen. I thought I’d post […]
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As the end of the year makes its appearance and the holiday seasons turns into the gray season of dread (January), so too comes the awful Best Of The Year lists that appear on web sites promoting everything from Most Buzzed-About Tweet to Worst Use of a Spatula Outside the Kitchen. I thought I’d post […]
November 11, 2014
Writing The Last Empress and Doing The Research
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My newest work-in-progress is THE LAST EMPRESS, a steampunk historical fantasy that takes place during the Russian Revolution and is coming, one chapter at a time, to Wattpad. Check there often for updates and new chapters. This new story is an experiment for me. It has the trappings of steampunk, a genre of science fiction […]
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My newest work-in-progress is THE LAST EMPRESS, a steampunk historical fantasy that takes place during the Russian Revolution and is coming, one chapter at a time, to Wattpad. Check there often for updates and new chapters. This new story is an experiment for me. It has the trappings of steampunk, a genre of science fiction […]
November 9, 2014
ZAK CORBIN Clears 800K Reads on Wattpad
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Something wonderful happened over the past couple of days, ZAK CORBIN: MASTER OF MACHINES cleared 800,000 reads. Wonderful stuff! Thanks to all for making ZAK such a popular book. And yes, the screenplay is available and out there trying to generate some interest. A link to the PDF is here, if you’re intrigued: Zak Corbin and […]
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Something wonderful happened over the past couple of days, ZAK CORBIN: MASTER OF MACHINES cleared 800,000 reads. Wonderful stuff! Thanks to all for making ZAK such a popular book. And yes, the screenplay is available and out there trying to generate some interest. A link to the PDF is here, if you’re intrigued: Zak Corbin and […]
October 22, 2014
DO NOT ENGAGE: The New/Old Way Writers Deal with Readers
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An interesting article first appeared on my Facebook timeline, then crept slowly into Salon‘s website, about an author going beyond the norm concerning a blogger who gave her book a 1-star review on the Goodreads website. I thought I might discuss it here because it does concern writing and the folks you hope will be […]
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An interesting article first appeared on my Facebook timeline, then crept slowly into Salon‘s website, about an author going beyond the norm concerning a blogger who gave her book a 1-star review on the Goodreads website. I thought I might discuss it here because it does concern writing and the folks you hope will be […]
October 16, 2014
A Review of ZAK CORBIN on The Blacklist
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I registered and posted ZAK CORBIN AND THE MASTER OF MACHINES as a script on a site called The Blacklist. This is not to be confused with the NBC series THE BLACKLIST, starring that guy who used to be on a lawyer show with William Shatner. Anyway, the site provides access to scripts and screenplays to […]
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I registered and posted ZAK CORBIN AND THE MASTER OF MACHINES as a script on a site called The Blacklist. This is not to be confused with the NBC series THE BLACKLIST, starring that guy who used to be on a lawyer show with William Shatner. Anyway, the site provides access to scripts and screenplays to […]
