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November 19, 2012
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour Post #6
My blurb blitz blog tour for my vampire fantasy novel, Drasmyr, continues today. Every day until December 7th, I’ll be visiting a variety of blogs across the Internet where promotional material for my book will be posted consisting of a blurb and an excerpt, or so. At the end of the tour, one of the [...]
Old Movie Review: I, Robot (2004)
“I, Robot,” starring Will Smith, is a movie based on a novel by Isaac Asimov. I’ve never read the novel, but the movie almost makes me want to. Although, perhaps the ending is now spoiled. The movie is set in Chicago in the year 2035. Will Smith plays Detective Spooner, a Chicago cop with [...]
November 17, 2012
The Literati: Who Says Your Book is Bad?
The Literati. Who are they? What are they? From whence do they hail? I would define the Literati as the literary gatekeepers. They are the sophisticated readers. Generally, they have degrees in English–usually a Ph.D. or something like that. They are the editors of giant publishing companies; they decide which books to print and which [...]
November 16, 2012
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour Post #5
My blurb blitz blog tour for my vampire fantasy novel, Drasmyr, continues today. Every day until December 7th, I’ll be visiting a variety of blogs across the Internet where promotional material for my book will be posted consisting of a blurb and an excerpt, or so. At the end of the tour, one of the [...]
November 15, 2012
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour: Stop #4
My blurb blitz blog tour for my vampire fantasy novel, Drasmyr, continues today. Every day until December 7th, I’ll be visiting a variety of blogs across the Internet where promotional material for my book will be posted consisting of a blurb and an excerpt, or so. At the end of the tour, one of the [...]
The Standard Dragon
You know, I call this blog “A Toast to Dragons,” but I don’t write about dragons very often. I do, occasionally, but not so much that the title of the blog is obviously justified. I tend to write more about vampires… but that’s largely because I wrote a fantasy book about a vampire (entitled “Drasmyr”—hint [...]
November 14, 2012
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour: Stop #3
My blurb blitz blog tour for my vampire fantasy novel, Drasmyr, continues today. Every day until December 7th, I’ll be visiting a variety of blogs across the Internet where promotional material for my book will be posted consisting of a blurb and an excerpt, or so. At the end of the tour, one of the [...]
November 13, 2012
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour: Stop #2
My blurb blitz blog tour for my vampire fantasy novel, Drasmyr, continues today. Every day until December 7th, I’ll be visiting a variety of blogs across the Internet where promotional material for my book will be posted consisting of a blurb and an excerpt, or so. At the end of the tour, one of the [...]
November 12, 2012
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour: Stop #1
My blurb blitz blog tour for my vampire fantasy novel, Drasmyr, begins today. Every day until December 7th, I’ll be visiting a variety of blogs across the Internet where promotional material for my book will be posted consisting of a blurb and an excerpt, or so. At the end of tour, one of the commenters [...]
Blurb Blitz Blog Tour Begins: Current Schedule Posting
Goddess Fish Promotions is sponsoring a promotional blog tour for my book, “Drasmyr,” from November 12, 2012 to December 7, 2012. It is a strictly promotional tour, meaning that every visit will be limited to excerpts from my book and a book blurb. The blog tour schedule is currently under construction. As of this writing, we’ve filled fifteen [...]
