C. Gockel's Blog, page 113
July 12, 2014
emecomics:
LOS ANGELES: I’m doin’ a signing at Meltdown Comics...
LOS ANGELES: I’m doin’ a signing at Meltdown Comics on the 19th with with Gerard Way, Becky Cloonan, Jim Mahfood, Felipe Smith, Josh Fialkov, DJ Kirkbride, Hannah Nance Partlow, Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Natalie Hernandez, Caleb Monroe, and more!
It’s gonna be super, duper, rad.
"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
- Somerset Maugham (via ellenkushner)
cgockel:
ibringthefireodin:
The elf queen steals Loki’s...
The elf queen steals Loki’s *cough* sword. A scene from I Bring the Fire. (There is a free excerpt on Tumblr here).
Something I drew ages ago.
July 11, 2014
Free Kindle Books
One Hundred Free Books is featuring me tonight! Yay! Click on the link to download I Bring the Fire, and four other free books.
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July 10, 2014
shanicetjn:
Norse Loki
This was requested by Wonderland04 on...
Norse Loki
This was requested by Wonderland04 on DeviantART. This is her version of Norse Loki. :D
He is the 4th Norse Loki I’ve drawn. XD
Completed - 5 May 2014
July 9, 2014
Tentative Cover For Warriors … I have to finish the...
Tentative Cover For Warriors … I have to finish the series, I’m running out of colors. Seriously, though, critiques are welcome. Over at Kboards, the author central, they have told me I need to revise all of them. But I’m sticking to my brand until I finish the series. I’ll probably revise them a few times over the years to keep up with whatever is trendy. And since my stories cross genres—action, romance, paranormal, epic-fantasy—I suppose I could revise them about four times for maximum mileage. :-)
Maybe background texture is too intense?
cgockel:
asofteravenger:
we only have everyone else to...
we only have everyone else to blame.
Ugh. Actually, a lot of independent bookstores have been just plain out-and-out stupid. Do you know where about half of Amazon’s revenues come from? Indie authors. A couple of years ago, I was reading about a new independent bookstore owner, formerly trad published author … and you know who she was dissing? Indie authors. Smart move there!
Amazon also doesn’t have to be an indie bookstores enemy. They can use Amazon to sell their rare and hard to find used books across the country and world.
Anyway, I think small bookstores, with print on demand (POD) machines may have a comeback. Especially if they can do POD on cheaper paper with cheaper covers. I know the days of the 99 cent paperback are gone forever, but with cheaper paper and covers maybe the $3.99 paperback could return?
July 8, 2014
WARRIORS ... Blurb Critique, Pretty Please?
So this is the tentative blurb for my second to last installment in the I Bring the Fire series … Would love some thoughts on this blurb.
When science meets Chaos, what could possibly go wrong?
Bohdi Patel is keeping the revelation that he is Chaos incarnate a secret … and handling the…
