Eduardo Suastegui's Blog, page 33
July 19, 2014
Working on that author portrait
How’s your author portrait looking? Did it come from a cellphone selfie, or did you use your laptop’s webcam to capture it? Maybe it turned out OK, but… well, I’m seeing a lot of these around, at indie author Amazon pages, and they’re hurting. Bad lighting, no lighting, too wide an angle that makes you […]
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July 17, 2014
The Ugly, the OK and the Improved: turning passive into active voice
If like me, you write or enjoy reading action-based fiction, nothing can kill a passage like the over-use of “to-be.” Maybe Shakespare’s Hamlet did ask a critical question, and as a guiding principle for what follows, we’ll answer it with a qualified “not to be.” Passive voice and just being I’m not going to get […]
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July 15, 2014
Don’t miss your Decisive Moment, available from Kindle
Well, after some consternation, Decisive Moment made the July 15th release! This will be my first full length novel simultaneously released through the Kindle distribution channel. Here’s a brief synopsis. Enjoy! Decisive Moment: Fine-art photographer Roger Morris should not have taken a paparazzo job to fill in for his loser brother. He shouldn’t have used […]
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Don’t miss your Decisive Moment, available from Kindle and Smashwords
Well, after some consternation, Decisive Moment made the July 15th release! This will be my first full length novel simultaneously released through the Kindle and Smashword distribution channels. Here’s a brief synopsis followed by the Kindle and Smashwords links. Enjoy! Decisive Moment: Fine-art photographer Roger Morris should not have taken a paparazzo job to fill […]
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July 12, 2014
Vote on the cover for ‘Ghost Writer’ to get a free preview copy
I need a little help selecting a book cover for my next novella, Ghost Writer. First 20 votes get a free preview copy! Vote by number and feel free to give me written feedback — the nice kind, of course. Make sure to include your email address so I can forward you the link. #1 […]
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July 9, 2014
Why a Christian author spins ugly, dark, bloody tales
The following will appear as the Afterword for my upcoming novel, Decisive Moment. Though it contains a slight hint of the ending, I don’t think it will spoil the story. All the same, you might want to defer its reading until after you finish the novel. If you know I hold a Christian world-view, after […]
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July 2, 2014
Active Shooter now released
Just wanted to drop a quick note about Active Shooter‘s release. It is currently available for Kindle and will soon also appear on other eBook platforms such as Nook and iBooks. I also wanted to remind you that two weeks or so, on July 15, Decisive Moment will also make its debut on Kindle and […]
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June 30, 2014
Ghost Writer is born
Sometimes story ideas come at odd and inconvenient times, like right in the middle of writing another story. This is how Ghost Writer‘s idea was born. While working on Beisbol Libre, a novel that brings back Cynthia Spencer into the fray, I found her such a compelling character, I had to come up with another […]
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June 25, 2014
Sign up to get a free copy of “Decisive Moment”
Sign up to our newsletter to download a free copy of Decisive Moment for your Kindle eReader. If you’re already signed up, you will automatically receive the free download link in a couple of days. Sign up to the newsletter (look to the right!) or do nothing if you’re already signed up. Simple, right? Decisive […]
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June 21, 2014
Active Shooter, an ‘Our Cyber World’ novella coming soon
Now that Pink Ballerina has been out dancing for a while, would you like to learn a little more about Andre Esperanza’s past? Some of you may have read an excerpt for an early draft of Active Shooter. Within a few days, I will be releasing a revised and fuller version of this short story, […]
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