Thomas Rydder's Blog: The Clearing, page 24
July 24, 2013
Hey! “Corporate America”, an hilarious satire by Jack Dougherty, is out NOW on Amazon…check it out!
Click on the cover to get it on Amazon! Thirteen 5-star reviews for this one, so far! Book Description: Thank You For Smoking meets House of Cards in this fast-paced, sharp satire about the business world. After aspiring novelist Francis Scanlon is expelled from a prestigious graduate creative writing program, he is forced to become a spin doctor […]
July 23, 2013
My pal, childrens’ author Kirstin Pulioff, has her books up for the “Reader’s Choice” awards, and she needs your vote!
The site “Shut Up and Read” has kicked off their “Reader’s Choice” voting for their award by the same name, and our own Kirstin Stein Pulioff has her two childrens’ fantasy books “The Battle for Princess Madeline”, and “Escape of Princess Madeline” up for the “Middle Grade Fantasy” voting. Won’t you vote for one of […]
Book Excerpt! A little something from my new novella “Simona Says”, from the anthology “Restless Souls: 3 Dark Fables”
Simona bent her head and studied the page for a moment, calmed the ravens that were flapping wildly in her stomach, and began: “Flying spirit, kindred mine Thou shalt heed my voice throughout all time By Lord Faroc I say to thee Your will shall now belong to me Get thee inside and do […]
Book Excerpt! The beginning of my new short story “Colors”, from the anthology “Restless Souls: 3 Dark Fables”
The double line of Harleys seemed to go on forever, the thunder of their exhausts thrumming the air, a V-twin operetta. Meek residents stood and gawked or scuttled inside as the first of the column passed by, the leader looking neither left nor right, sure in his power, unmindful of the cowering town folk […]
Book Excerpt! The beginning of my new short story “Do Unto Others”, from the anthology “Restless Souls: 3 Dark Fables”
“Get the hell outa here!” A boot sailed across the room, bouncing off the wall when the scraggly tabby cat dodged hastily. “Bloody hell. Man can’t even grab a few winks without you wailing for something.” He ran a grimy hand through his greasy, sleep-do hair and staggered over to the mirror to squint at […]
Check out the beautiful poem my brother Gavriel Navarro wrote for my birthday :)
No wisecracks about a guy writing me poetry, either… At times I come to you in dreams of moonlight to soothe the bitterness distance gives to your brilliant pale under siege into the mist… Gavriel Navarro© 2013 Filed under: Articles and Posts by Authors Tagged: gavriel navarro, Poet, Poetry, Thomas Rydder
What Beta reading is – and what it ain’t…
Ah, the exhilaration one feels when first asked to be on a Beta team. He must think I’m a great writer. She must think I know what I’m doing. Well? Do you? Many don’t. And in fact, although loads of sites list the do’s and don’ts of Beta reading, most folks, when asked to participate […]
When he said “shitkittens”, he had me – by Chuck Wendig…
Click on the photo if you’re curious… Filed under: Articles and Posts by Authors Tagged: art, chuck wendig, Facebook News Feed, Flash fiction, Organizations, terrible minds, The Clearing, Thomas Rydder, twitter, United States, writer, Writers Resources
July 22, 2013
My pal, childrens’ author Kirstin Pulioff, has her books up for the “Reader’s Choice” awards, and she needs your vote!
The site “Shut Up and Read” has kicked off their “Reader’s Choice” voting for their award by the same name, and our own Kirstin Stein Pulioff has her two childrens’ fantasy books “The Battle for Princess Madeline”, and “Escape of Princess Madeline” up for the “Middle Grade Fantasy” voting. Won’t you vote for one of […]
Joel Friedlander, with J.K. Rowling’s fascinating experiment…and read the comments after, too…
Click on Joel’s photo to read it… Filed under: Articles and Posts by Authors Tagged: Arts, author, EBay, harry potter, JK Rowling, Literature, Royal Military Police, Sunday Times
