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August 25, 2021
Called it, Again!
Dang, I never get tired of being right: In the early 2000s I wrote a column about efforts by the State of California to outlaw certain school mascot names like: Warriors, Indians, etc. I asked when would it stop? At what point would ANY mascot name be deemed offensive and used as one …
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August 20, 2021
Must Read Books: Lady Hawk And Her Mountain Man by N. Gray
Every Friday I tell you about a book by an author you should be reading. This week’s book is: Lady Hawk And Her Mountain Man by N. Gray I’m the last of my kind and hunted. They killed my protector; drove me out of my home, and now I have nowhere to go. During my …
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August 17, 2021
New Release By Tuscany Bay Books
New release today! Already in the Top 100 in one category on Amazon! People who aren’t exactly as they seem. Familiar places transformed into sinister voids of darkness and despair. Stories of the paranormal and science fiction, both macabre and mystifying, that will have you hesitate in fear and awe before you step out… …
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August 16, 2021
Sometimes, you’ve just got to ignore the rules
One of the rules of thumb for a writer is to never, publicly anyway, respond to a negative review no matter how egregious it may be. It’s a good rule. You aren’t going to change the review, or the reviewer’s mind, and you almost always come off looking like a jerk. I had one review …
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August 13, 2021
Must Read Books: Healing Luck, by Mary Kit Caelsto
Every Friday I tell you about a book by an author you really should be reading. This week’s book is: Healing Luck, by Mary Kit Caelsto A council of goddesses calls a healer, a warrior, a bard, and a monk to fight for them. When an iguana falls at Sean Mulligan’s feet on an unseasonably …
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August 12, 2021
2021 Dragon Award Finalists
The 2021 Dragon Award Finalists have been announced. Congratulations to all of you on the list below. As a finalist (2017) myself you should be very proud of this honor and good luck to all of you going forward. I also want to thank everyone who nominated my book, Galen’s Way, for Best Sci-Fi Novel. …
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August 10, 2021
A Special Favor On Behalf Of A Fallen Friend
Gibson Michaels was working on his fourth novel, Eerie, on Sept. 7, 2017 when he suffered a fatal heart attack. I had been beta reading it and was excited to see how he was going to wrap it up. Then tragedy struck and my friend was no longer with us. A few weeks later, his …
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August 6, 2021
Must Read Books: Taking The Night by J.F. Posthumus
Every Friday I tell you about a book by an author you really should be reading. This week’s book is: Taking The Night by J.F. Posthumus Magic and the Mob don’t usually mix well. But to survive, Selia Lascari has made both work in her favor. Banished from her hidden island homeland and adopted into …
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July 30, 2021
Edward Willett Is In The Superversive Spotlight
Edward Willett steps into The Superversive Spotlight in Episode 5 of the podcast. He talks about his new book, his upcoming anthology filled with stories from great authors and the age of #indiepublishing . Check it out here: https://rumble.com/vkie1f-in-the-supe...
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Must Read Books: The Devil You Know edited by R.J. Carter
Every week I tell you about a book by an author you really should be reading. This week’s book is: THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, edited by R.J. Carter THE DEVIL YOU KNOW is a short-story anthology collection of encounters with various incarnations of The Devil. The genres range from fairy tale to folk tale, from …
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