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Book Reading Survey

Hello everyone, andHappy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate it!

Just for a bit of fun, I thought I’d post a short survey about book reading preferences. If you read novels or novellas (and if you don’t why are you here? ), please take a couple of minutes to complete my survey.

I’m not sure if you will be able to see the results on the destination site, but if not I’ll be sure to post them here at a later date.

Take the survey

Thanks for taking part!

Ocean of Dust: Sketch of ship

A little whole ago I published some awesome anime-inspired pictures of Lissa and Alice.

I’ve been digging into my files and here’s some moreOcean of Dust art. This one is asketch of the ship I did early on when writing the book. I warn you, it’s very crude but it does give an impression of how the flux vanes were lowered off the ship’s sides. In case you are eagle-eyed, yes it does resemble a sword fishing boat. Click to see a larger version.

Welcome to the bookstore of 2015

Yesterday I wrote a post on the Untethered Realms website (of which I am a member) about the . I purposely kept it only a couple of years into the future, and firmly believe that we could build everything in my post today if we wanted to. Anyone want to finance it?

Please leave your comments on the article itself. Enjoy!

God’s Daughter by Heather Day Gilbert

Many of you know that I’m descended from the Vikings and I love a good Norse story.

Today I feature a great one: God’s Daughterby Heather Day Gilbert. I was lucky enough to read an ARC a couple of months ago. Here’s the review I wrote:

Review (5-stars)

I’ve read several works of fiction about the Viking period, most cliched tales of raids and pillaging. This book goes beyond the stereotypes and deep into the relationships and demands of day-to-day life exploring the new lands of North America. G...

Ocean of Dust: Glossary

Have you readOcean of Dust and wondered what all those strange words meant? I thought about including a glossary in the book, and might add one for a future revision. Meanwhile, for your edification, here it is. It includes characters and a handy pronunciation guide. Isn’t it funny when you pronounce something one way, and then realize the author intended something entirely different. Let me know which ones you got wrong in the comments. Enjoy. Oh, and don’t miss the link to some piccies at...

Do you review books?

Let’s talk about book reviews. Do you review books?

Many people don’t. Some folks have grown up in a culture where professional critics review books or movies, usually in newspapers and magazines. It’s easy to forget that social media gives us all the power to influence others by writing a review. Other people just don’t feel comfortable writing a review online. They don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, don’t know what to say, or just flat out can’t be bothered.

There is some debate about the...

Why my book was free for 5 days

I recently madeOcean of Dust FREE for 5 days on Kindle. Worldwide, anyone could obtain my book for absolutely nothing. Um… aren’t I writing books to make money? Well yes… and no. Why (and how) did I make my book free to so many people?

First the How

Most authors, especially in the Indie scene, are familiar or at least have heard of Amazon’sKDP Select program. It has two components:

You make your book(s) exclusive to Amazon for 90 days. Your book is entered into their Kindle Owners Lending Libra...

Best offer on Ocean of Dust

Happy Saturday everyone!

First off, thanks to all of you for your support since starting my author “career” almost a year ago. I really appreciate your kind words, reviews, comments and spreading the word.

For everyone who has been thinking about reading Ocean of Dustbut hasn’t gotten around to it, it is now FREE on Kindle for 5 days only, starting today. You can’t get a better deal than that. Please tell your friends.

Thanks everyone!

Looking for beta readers

Hello everyone, and especially to all the people who have recently subscribed to my blog. Welcome aboard!You might also want to subscribe to my newsletter which comes out every few months. It’s a great way to keep up to date with what I’m working on, as well as the odd freebie.

In about a month I’m going to need about 6 beta readers for my latest fantasy book,Necromancer. If you’re interested please contact me. If you’ve been a beta reader before then that’s great, but no matter if not. As lo...

Looking for beta readers

Hello everyone, and especially to all the people who have recently subscribed to my blog. Welcome aboard!You might also want to subscribe to my newsletter which comes out every few months. It’s a great way to keep up to date with what I’m working on, as well as the odd freebie.

In about a month I’m going to need about 6 beta readers for my latest fantasy book,Necromancer. If you’re interested please contact me (by any means). If you’ve been a beta reader before then that’s great, but no matte...