Massimo Marino's Blog: The Ramblings and the Rumblings, page 25
January 29, 2014
FABULOSITY READS: Chatting to multi Award Winning Author_Massimo Marino: #Interview and #Giveaway
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
Ladies and gentlemen help me welcome a wonderful writer, scientist and blogger. And I am very proud to also say, member of my fabulous Tour Host Team. One of the things I love about having starting the touring company is the amount of diversely talented people I am coming across, more now than in all […]
FABULOSITY READS: Chatting to multi Award Winning Author_Massimo Marino: #Interview and #Giveaway
January 20, 2014
The Writing Process
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
On this blog, you can find various articles about the writing process, learning the ropes, and interviews with authors to allow readers know them more; this post is part of a blog tour I’ve been invited to by fellow author Jill Marsh. Jill is a crime author who writes suspenseful, character-driven novels set in a European […]
Getting Personal … with Author Theresa Snyder
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
I met Theresa through a mutual Twitter writing friend. Theresa is a writer with a backlog of novellas. She also has a dragon that lives with her part-time and steals her Twitter account on the last day of every month in order to tweet to ‘his’ followers. Theresa was born in California, lived in every […]
January 19, 2014
Resist the Urge to Explain!
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
Writers who indulge in explanations commit a very simple, and too common mistake. This happens a lot in sci-fi. Writers—still learning the ropes—explain in details future technology naively thinking they’re providing crucial and must-have information so the scene becomes ‘realistic’ and ‘plausible’. Wrong! If it is a well-known technology—in the futuristic sci-fi world—why the need […]
January 18, 2014
Most writers earn less than £600 a year, survey reveals – from theguardian.com
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
Most writers earn less than £600 a year, survey reveals Figures show the vast majority of authors, both traditionally and self-published, are struggling to make a living from their workShare 1060inShare11EmailAlison Floodtheguardian.com, Friday 17 January 2014 16.56 GMTJump to comments 74Unbalanced books … a couple worries about finances. Photograph: Chris Rout/AlamyThe publishing industry has never […]
Most writers earn less than £600 a year, survey reveals – from theguardian.com
January 16, 2014
The Editing Myth – Debunked!
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
The Editing Myth Posted on January 16, 2014 by Melissa Bowersock Periodically a new blog post or article surfaces that complains bitterly about the proliferation of indie authors, the inundation of the unwashed that is swamping Amazon and muddying the waters for the traditionally-published. This almost always boils down to two major points: (1) just […]
January 14, 2014
The Myths of Publishing – and The Way It Really Is
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
So, I’m going to talk about money. Are you cringing yet? I am, a little. It’s just one of those taboo subjects, you know? Sort of…tacky. But I’m an open book so I don’t mind sharing some personal stuff for the sake of informing people. Mostly because I think there’s a huge misconception out there […]
Accents, Symbols and Foreign Scripts
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
As writers, we often write words that like naïve and façade. You know, those words with those freaky accent marks that we have no idea how to create? After all, they aren’t clearly marked on the keyboard. How about those times when you want to write a foreign word or three? ¡Ay caramba! Or you want […]
January 13, 2014
Best Science Fiction Series – The Daimones Trilogy
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
A word from Gloria Lakritz, PRG Review chairperson: As the Review Chair for the PRG, I want to express my thanks to all of you wonderful authors for giving us the gift of books. Congratulations to the authors who received nominations, and to those whose books voters have chosen as our 1st, 2nd & 3rd […]
Review of Once Humans (Daimones Trilogy 2)
§ Author Massimo Marino - ... A scientist envisioning Science Fiction
Not usually a science fiction fan, but I was impressed. This review is from: Once Humans (Daimones Trilogy 2) (Kindle Edition) The writing captured my attention from the start. It is almost poetic, helping the reader to envision an imaginative picture of an unimaginable universe, seeing what some may think is impossible to see. Yet […]
