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Out Today: Iron Heinrich, The Wedding Pact, Bring Down the Shine, etc.

 

Settle in for a long ride….


 




Iron Heinrich by
A. B. Keuser –
Heinrich’s loyalty to his prince earns him an iron corset
when his iron fairy queen turns her stepson into a clockwork frog. The metal around
his waist is not as painful as the potential loss of his closest friend.
Maximillian’s curse traps him as an iron frog until moonlight touches him.
Naked and accosted by ruffians

Iron Heinrich

Iron Heinrich


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The Clockwork
Fairytales Series
(This series does
not have to be read in order. Though characters may appear in more than one
book, each is its own story.)


Beauty & The Clockwork Beast
Hazel & Gretel
Iron Heinrich
Jack & The Mechanical Beanstalk (June 2016)


Books 5-8 in 2017
 









Melding magic and ménage in this retelling of the classic

Creating a Map of Your World: Part Four

We're at the end of this series, I hope you enjoyed it so far... but let's get to the end, because its about time, am I right?

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

EMBIGGEN!
When you're playing with a world that is just HUGE, you may need to embiggen bits and pieces of it to give a zoomed in map of a specific area.

If you can scan the full map in, awesome. If you can't, you can do it the way I

Week's Links 4/24

 

This image of a high-power
solar electrical propulsion thruster prototype gives me chills


Steal this easy
character creation tip from Rachael Aaron


Sarah Negovetitch talks about what she learned about swag while
at RT


Still loving this story by Alyssa
Wong: A Fist of Permutations in Lightning and Wildflowers


Check out these time
saving tips for writers from Fiction University

SMSO: Roni Loren

Roni Loren




On Twitter: @RoniLoren


Check out her website

 



Who they Are:



Author
of the Loving
on the Edge romances.



Why you should follow
them if you’re not already:



Her
books are amazing, but her blog is a treat. She share’s a lot about her process.
I’m not talking about writing; it’s the way she lives AS a writer.

7 Careers You Should Consider Instead of Writing

Experimental Drug
Test Subject – You like the stories that play out in your head? You are
going to LOVE the side-effects of our newest acne treatment! Early tests show
that our side effects include in-depth hallucinations. Want to talk to the most
conscientious wall you’ve ever encountered? How about learning what it’s like
to have the floor really be lava! Best part! It’s legal drug use! (

3 Reasons I’m A Harsh Critic

 


1. It might be
hereditary


I was raised by a woman who didn’t pull any punches when
my homework was substandard. I suppose I get a little bit of my
straight-forwardness from her. She still reads most of my books. She has no
problem telling me when something just doesn’t work, or even when she
absolutely hates a book. (I don’t go that far, after all, I’m not your mother.)


 


2. Do

The Easiest Way To Write A Book (In 4 Steps)

 

Don’t.
 


This isn’t a post that will go on and on about the unlikelihood
you’ll get published, or even one about how writing a novel has the potential
to ruin your life. There are lots of those out there.


This is a guide to getting down a first draft* in (comparatively)
no time at all.




Step one: Know the
story you want to tell.
Obviously if you’re looking at this, you’ve got a plan

Out Today: Hystopia, The Everything Box

 



 

Hystopia by David
Means
By the early 1970s, President John F. Kennedy has
survived several assassination attempts and--martyred, heroic--is now in his
third term. Twenty-two-year-old Eugene Allen returns home from his tour of duty
in Vietnam and begins to write a war novel--a book echoing Catch-22 and
Slaughterhouse-Five--about veterans who have their battlefield experiences
"enfolded

Creating A Map Of Your World: Part 3

 

This is a
four part series, so hop back and check last week’s if you haven’t already and
come back for parts three and four!


Part 1
| Part 2
| Part 3 | Part 4


Create
Borders
If you’re working on a large scale (creating a continent or a
whole planet) you’ll want to create borders for your different countries, kingdoms,
realms etc.


If you’re working with something with a historical vibe