S.C. Barrus's Blog, page 9
July 10, 2014
The post wherein I talk about life’s troubles
Sooooo… How much of my life do I want to share with you? As someone who is working his way into the literary world, I find it very important to engage with my readers on a personal level. I know that even though I cannot see you, you are a living person with your own […]
July 8, 2014
Last Weekend @ GearCon
Last weekend was fantastic, even when considering the lows, and at one point our situation got dire (read on and I’ll tell you about it!). I was invited to GearCon in Portland by the conventions organizers, the first time I’ve ever been invited anywhere by the people putting on an event. In the past I’ve […]
June 30, 2014
Discovering Aberration Live Book Reading: Chapters 1 & 2 +Q&A
Last Friday I read the first two chapters of Discovering Aberration live online and answered readers questions. It was a great experience. Watch the video of the event below. One of my readers, @JLovesAStory was kind enough to write an in depth blog post about the event. You can read that here. Thanks for everyone who came and […]
June 24, 2014
Sponsor my booth at GEAR Con (a steampunk convention in portland) so you can get visibility and I can afford a hotel!
I was recently invited to GEAR Con to speak, sell copies of my novel and participate in panels. Thing is, I’m at this awkward point in my career where I really don’t have the money to fund this without potentially taking hit I can’t afford. So I’m hoping that one of you might be willing […]
June 20, 2014
Sneak Peek from my Work in Progress
Hazy, the room, and it smelled of lavender and smoke and licorice. She sat there, upon a mound of pillows thread with silk strands shimmering from the light of gas lamps and the red glowing ember. Under the ember smoldered a sweet smelling herb, and from a tube she sucked the smoke into her lungs […]
Reading “Discovering Aberration” Live on Google Hangouts
I want to tell you guys something. If you’re a reader of mine, I am so thankful for you. This publishing gig is tough. It took a lot of work for me to get my work in a position that you could discover it.For every reader who’s read my work, I can count the hours it took […]
June 16, 2014
Celebrating some of the cool authors I met at The Indie Book Fair
This weekend I spent behind a booth at The Indie Book Fair, but my favorite thing about the event was meeting the other authors during the lulls in activity. So rather than talk about myself, I’m going to share some of the great indie authors out there. While there were lot’s of cool people there, […]
June 13, 2014
Meet me at The Indie Book Fair in Seattle
This weekend I’ll be at the Indie Book Fair in Seattle. Stop by, say hi. I’ll be reading, selling and signing books Sat 14th & Sun 15th. Location: A/NT Art Gallery in Seattle 2045 Westlake Ave Seattle WA, 98121 More info here: http://events.indiebookfair.com/
Discovering Aberration will be Amazon Exclusive
Discovering Aberration will soon be exclusive to Amazon. After 3 months in the wide world, over 98% of all of my sales have come from Amazon, with 0 coming from any other retailer in the past month. So I’m going to take a whack at exclusivity to see if it can be beneficial for me.If you […]
June 12, 2014
Why I can’t sleep.
I reached the point in the writing process where when I try to sleep I can’t because the characters keep playing out scenes in my mind.
