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February 12, 2016
Free Flash: Cupid's Bow (Happy Valentine's Day)
Christopher Robin—no relation to the little boy whose
psychosis let him think his stuffed animals were alive and talking to him-that
kid needed help—stood in the middle of a dark alleyway, staring at a grafitiied
brick wall, waiting for dawn. He'd cleared out the few vagrants that had been
sleeping near the dumpster and the one who'd actually taken refuge inside the
foul-smelling box.
The
psychosis let him think his stuffed animals were alive and talking to him-that
kid needed help—stood in the middle of a dark alleyway, staring at a grafitiied
brick wall, waiting for dawn. He'd cleared out the few vagrants that had been
sleeping near the dumpster and the one who'd actually taken refuge inside the
foul-smelling box.
The
February 11, 2016
Review: Feed by Mira Grant
Feed
by Mira Grant
Post Zombie-apocalypse Bloggers take on the system
Mass Market Paperback, 599 pages
May 1, 2010 – Orbit
The first four chapters are great. And then it goes off
the rails. The book, the plot and the general idea are all fine, but it’s not
the zombie book I was looking for, and that made it a tough sell that just kept
getting harder to like.
The
by Mira Grant
Post Zombie-apocalypse Bloggers take on the system
Mass Market Paperback, 599 pages
May 1, 2010 – Orbit
The first four chapters are great. And then it goes off
the rails. The book, the plot and the general idea are all fine, but it’s not
the zombie book I was looking for, and that made it a tough sell that just kept
getting harder to like.
The
February 10, 2016
What I do on an "Off" Day
Today’s post is not about vacations. I’ve already written
about that here.
Today’s post is about those days when motivation fails
you and the writing doesn’t flow. Today’s post is about the off days when
getting those words out feels like pulling teeth.
An off day can mess up your whole schedule. They are the
reason I write wiggle room into mine.
I’ve read several author’s accounts on
about that here.
Today’s post is about those days when motivation fails
you and the writing doesn’t flow. Today’s post is about the off days when
getting those words out feels like pulling teeth.
An off day can mess up your whole schedule. They are the
reason I write wiggle room into mine.
I’ve read several author’s accounts on
February 9, 2016
Out Today: Glass Sword, Sudden Death, The Lives of Elves, etc
Glass Sword by
Victoria Aveyard –
Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but
her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a
weapon that the royal court tries to control.
The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from
Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something
startling: she is not the only
Victoria Aveyard –
Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but
her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a
weapon that the royal court tries to control.
The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from
Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something
startling: she is not the only
February 8, 2016
Why Bernadette is the only reason I still watch the Big Bang Theory
I don’t remember when I started watching the big bang
theory. I know that it wasn’t when the first season aired. I think it was
sometime in the third season when I grabbed a copy of the first season and then
proceeded to binge watch it. It was interesting, it had a mix of likable and
unlikable characters, and it had its problems. (Full disclosure: this is based
on the full seasons 1-8 and
theory. I know that it wasn’t when the first season aired. I think it was
sometime in the third season when I grabbed a copy of the first season and then
proceeded to binge watch it. It was interesting, it had a mix of likable and
unlikable characters, and it had its problems. (Full disclosure: this is based
on the full seasons 1-8 and
February 7, 2016
This Week’s Links 2/7
I am out of town this weekend, so I’ve put together a list
of links for pre-posting that are a little old, but hey! They’re still
relevant.
Katie
Lance Describes how to turn into a Twitter Pro
Lindsay Buroker talks about what
worked and didn’t work for her book launch that earned $3043 in the first
month.
Editing
for People Who Hate Editing (Via Rachel Aaron)
Ways To Be
a More
February 6, 2016
SMSO: Andrea Phillips
Andrea Phillips
On Twitter: @andrhia
Check out her website
Who they Are:
Game designer, author and transmedia writer, Andrea has
worked on the app Zombies, run!, America 2049, and Perplex City. Author of
Revision and A Creator’s Guide to Transmedia Storytelling, she has also
produced a kickstarter-backed serial The Daring adventures of Captain Lucy
Smokeheart.
Why you should
On Twitter: @andrhia
Check out her website
Who they Are:
Game designer, author and transmedia writer, Andrea has
worked on the app Zombies, run!, America 2049, and Perplex City. Author of
Revision and A Creator’s Guide to Transmedia Storytelling, she has also
produced a kickstarter-backed serial The Daring adventures of Captain Lucy
Smokeheart.
Why you should
February 5, 2016
7 Things to Secure Your Place in Writing History
Be a dick –
Let’s be honest. The easiest way to live in infamy as an
author is to be “that” person. You know the one. They do outrageous things,
like stalk reviewers or spend all their time and energy bashing other authors—especially
those who are more successful than them. When they’re not tweeting about their
book and demanding that you buy it now, they’re trolling for attention. This
February 4, 2016
Review: Maplecroft by Cherie Priest
Maplecroft
The Borden
Dispatches #1
By Cherie Priest
Paperback, 435 pages
September 2, 2014, Roc
My Summary:
I don’t really know
how to summarize this one without getting too wordy, so have this logline
instead.
A lovecraftian style horror that combines urban fantasy,
historical fiction and the legend of Lizzie Borden in a tidy package.
My Review:
An awesome tale
The Borden
Dispatches #1
By Cherie Priest
Paperback, 435 pages
September 2, 2014, Roc
My Summary:
I don’t really know
how to summarize this one without getting too wordy, so have this logline
instead.
A lovecraftian style horror that combines urban fantasy,
historical fiction and the legend of Lizzie Borden in a tidy package.
My Review:
An awesome tale
February 3, 2016
IWSG: Support – Giving and Getting
Support comes in lots of different forms and sometimes I
worry that when I ask someone to support me they somehow see it as a sales
pitch.
Would it be great if everyone I knew or met bought my
books? Heck yeah! I’d be ecstatic.
Do I expect that? Not at all.
For one thing, I still know a lot of people who fall into
the “starving college student” category, or the broader “crippled by
