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Fri, 13:12 : Good morning, internets.. what's shakin'? Fri, 13:23 : Some day soon I will be writing gargoyles and not writing about writing gargoyles #PromoIsDraining Fri, 13:47 : I am holding a baby while doing Excel for the day job and while also plotting Spellmasons 3.. suck it, monotaskers! Fri, 18:10 : Some days I I feel an overwhelming sadness that there are not cookies in my mouth.. like now... wherefore art thou, cookies?

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Thu, 12:41 : The Other Side of the Story: Guest Author Anton Strout: Suck-tion Power & Fear! http://t.co/W0leUj8D8c Thu, 16:47 : RT @sffwrtcht: And the transcript from #sffwrtcht with @acerocbooks author @AntonStrout is live! http://t.co/Ch9HGZY6ma #uf #writing #fanta… Thu, 20:25 : Some days you get the bear, and some days the bear gets you.. today has hella been the latter #thud Fri, 01:55 : Transcript: SFFWRTCHT 10/02/13 With Anton Strout http://t.co/xkUAr6Km4j Fri, 01:57 : Who's got two thumbs about to go in his eyes as he untangles the mysteries of BISAC coding for 39,000 book titles? This--YEOUCH!! Fri, 03:28 : How Dune helps me get through the suckage of writing my books: Suck-tion Power http://t.co/W0leUj8D8c

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Wed, 13:13 : Today I wish I as Multiple Man so I stood a chance at getting ALL THE THINGS done today that won't be getting done #prefail #FTL! Wed, 14:17 : I'll stick with @AgentsofSHIELD for a bit due to its Joss-ness, but not long if they turn out like episode two #qualitycontrolplease Wed, 14:38 : If you happened to have finished STONECAST already, might I urge you to go review it at all the usual suspects? I know I sold more than 2 :P Wed, 14:39 : Rest in peace, Mr. Clancy... you gave me a love of espionage & military tech-- especially submarines--that has stood with me thru the years Wed, 15:04 : If you see me doing Crazy Ivans in the halls of Penguin today, you'll know why #TomClancy Wed, 18:27 : TONIGHT 9PM EDT I talk #urbanfantasy, #writing, The Spellmason Chronicles & more at the hashtag #sffwrtcht w/ @sffwrtcht. Spread the word! Wed, 19:14 : Because if I have to talk to myself during that twitter chat, my revenge will be SEVENFOLD on you who are absent! Wed, 20:04 : @fitbitsupport with background sync off, my Flex drains in less that six hours on a full charge.. any thoughts on why? #help! Wed, 23:52 : In approx 1 hour 9 EDT I will answer ALL YOUR QUESTIONS at #sffwrtcht abt urban fantasy, gargoyles, writing & getting published so ASK THEN Thu, 00:10 : Testing something.. IGNORE THIS POST!!!!! Thu, 00:49 : In 13 minutes come watch me embarrass myself over at #sffwrtcht as I attempt to drop some UF writing knowledge on y'all! @sffwrtcht Thu, 01:04 : Thanks for having me. I grew up reading Doctor Seuss, which is fantastical as one can get, don’t you think? But I loved.. (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:04 : Reading The Hobbit as a kid & then got hooked on genre when PBS showed Doctor Who & Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy. (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:04 : Bought the Hitchhiker’s books immediately.. there were only three back then (3/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:05 : Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Piers Anthony… more recently Joss Whedon.. he’s my Major Diety. Also, have always loved Stephen King #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:07 : Bootlegs of Akira and Highlander got me into anme & sword slinging in a modern setting #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:09 : I set my books in NYC so I can write off New York Comic Con and dinners out on the town! #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:10 : I was an English/Theater major who ended up teaching for awhile.. won some school awards for writing, but learned as I went (1/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:10 : I’ve always dabbled, but didn’t take writing seriously until 2004ish & formed the Dorks of the Round Table writing group (2/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:10 : We kept each other honest with a no holds barred critique process.. it made me the semi-coherent author you see today (3/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:11 : Trunked my 1st serial killer novel & began Dead To Me, the 1st urban fantasy of 4 books sold in the Simon Canderous series (4/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:12 : Started trying to SELL writing seriously in 2005 & immediately sold a modern Red Riding Hood short to @DAWBooks… (1/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:12 : Sold DEAD TO ME 2 years later to @AceRocBooks after having an editor friend look it over.. she liked it enough to want it! (2/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:16 : My editor tells me when I've gone back to certain humor wells too often. I tend to react to humor in a sitch as it comes #sffwtcht Thu, 01:17 : I moved from the Berkserkshires to NYC because I always loved the city … came here to be a musician/actor/writer (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:17 : Liked the writer rejection cycle better than the daily acting one, so I stuck with the author path. NYC is perfect for UF (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:17 : Been there 20 years now.. such great art & architecture.. def. creepy enough to inspire my paranormal tales (3/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:18 : That perfect blend blurring the line between the reality we know & the fantastical so that we buy into the mix of the 2 (1/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:18 : It’s my job to tell you what does(n’t) pass as normal in my world (2/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:19 : How does the average Joe reacts to zombies, ghosts, chupacabras? For me, there also has to be self aware humor. (3/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:19 : You have to laugh in the face of those shambling night horrors coming down Broadway after you, or else go mad (4/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:20 : My characters know of D&D and Harry Potter & relate to their own fantastical world thru those filters(5/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:21 : I often get the idea for the burdens certain characters would carry that makes me want to create them. (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:21 : And I have some cool scenes or ways to make them suffer floating in my head, and start with those plot points (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:21 : The rest comes into focus for me as I fill in the connective tissue that eventually becomes the complete adventure (3/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:24 : Right now, I can do a book a year… I want to get to at least 2 a year, but there’s the day job & our newborn twins, so… (1/1) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:26 : I wrote a gargoyle short for an anthology,Spells Of The City, & liked the idea of artists interacting w. their creations (1/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:26 : A gargoyle meeting the kin of his creator intrigued me much like my fascination with who created the rings in LOTR (2/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:26 : In figuring where to begin & end the short, I realized there was more to this tale.. everything that came before (3/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:26 : And everything that came after that small story.. so I HAD to write ALCHEMYSTIC, book one (4/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:28 : Modern NYC gal stuck taking over her family’s real estate business until the true legacy of the Belarus Clan comes to light (1/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:28 : They possess the Spellmason secrets-- an ancient order that fused magic with stone to create living creatures- gargoyles (2/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:29 : Aurora ‘Rory’ Torres grew up with Lexi, best friends since grade school.. she’s a dancer w/ paladin tendencies (1/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:30 : She falls in love with the glaive guisarme polearm as her weapon of choice.. hard to hide in NYC but she makes it work (2/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:30 : Marshall’s a newer friend & Rory’s roommate… his nerdy knowledge of D&D comes in handy when magic is revealed to be real (3/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:30 : Together, they kick ass (4/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:32 : I would, but I don’t want to spoil anything, suffice it to say that Stanis the centuries old gargoyle is more than he appears #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:36 : Magic is all but forgotten in our modern era.. that’s not to say there’s not practitioners of it out there (1/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:36 : Lexi & her friends are new to it.. in ALCHEMYSTIC it floors them to know it exists (2/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:36 : In STONECAST I pull the camera back to reveal a larger piece of the magic that exists beyond that of Spellmasonry (3/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:37 : But again, I’d have to kill you if I told you, or a several ton gargoyle would have to (4/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:38 : Six months have passed since the events of ALCHEMYSTIC, and STONECAST is ultimately about how Lexi & Stanis have changed (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:38 : What has Lexi learned of Spellmasonry? Where has Stanis disappeared to? If gargoyles & alchemy exist, what else does? (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:38 : STONECAST examines all of that, action/adventure/treachery! (3/3)#sffwrtcht Thu, 01:41 : Oh, I am a minimalist outliner w/ a lot of pantser in me. I need to surprise myself to keep the writing process interesting 4 me #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:43 : I’m contracted for 3, but I have both long & short term goals for the series… you never know when the axe will drop… (1/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:44 : I feel like a Fox show. But I know the events of book 3 & have plans for the 4th. We’ll see if @AceRocBooks takes #4 (2/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:45 : For the Spellmason Chronicles there has been a six month gap of time between each of them which will continue #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:47 : Simon’s my boy. Reformed thief, wanting to do good in a red tape filled gov’t office dealing with the paranormal (1/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:47 : Series of failed relationships from his psychometric power allowing him too much sexual history knowledge of girlfriends (2/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:47 : The DEA’s motto is: Fighting Evil, Under Budget. They operate on the sly in NYC & are ridiculed by real cops (3/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:48 : They may have prevented an apocalypse or two (4/4) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:48 : Simon can read the history of objects simply by touching them… it’s mostly been out of his control (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:48 : Hence ruining all his relationships, but thru his time with the DEA he’s learning to finesse it in the name of doing good (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:48 : Also, it’s great when watching Storage Wars or visiting antiques stores (3/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:49 : To date, Simon & the DEA have dealt with: ghosts, cultists, zombies, chupacabras, necromancers… (1/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:49 : Vampires, sea monsters, water spirits… oh, and a carnivorous book case that can only be killed by self pubbed books (2/2) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:50 : I tend to resolve a book but still leave a cliffhanger at their ends. With Dead Waters, I left a BIG one (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:50 : And I’d like to tell that tale, but right now the Spellmason Chronicles is the series I’m getting paid for, so it wins out (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:50 : For now… we’ll see if I can Kickstart something or find a home for Simon elsewhere (3/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:52 : drink the blood of other writers to steal their strength… I guess that counts as a ritual (1/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:52 : I don’t use Scrivener, although I am Scrivener Curious (2/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:53 : I’m a tech nerd, so I write using Excel grids to lay out a VERY loose outline (3/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:53 : Anything deeper than that & I lose interest in writing the tale itself Then it’s simply writing the cool scenes in my head (4/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:53 : & fleshing them out like a forensic scientist reconstructing a rotting corpse (5/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:53 : As far as music, I like things that are cyclical & occupy that part of my brain that frees the rest up to write (6/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:53 : I love John Williams scores, Philip Glass & Matrix soundtrack/electronica music for all that (7/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:55 : With twins in the mix now, I have to really be careful I fit in the writing time (1/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:55 : I write on my commuter bus into NYC these days.. that’s an hour (2/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:55 : I write during lunch at my day job.. another hour (3/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:55 : Write on the bus home, then in the evening from 10-12 after the household is asleep (4/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:55 : I’m tired just typing all this (5/5) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:58 : Best: You don’t have to write from beginning to end.. so many writers get stuck that way (1/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:59 : Jump around, write was interests you or seems cool for your book, then flesh it out once you see it forming up (2/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:59 : Worst: Hmmm…. Anyone who doesn’t give critques their due diligence. Your words aren’t that precious. Listen, (3/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:59 : Listen and learn… you might not agree with that someone is saying about Your Precious, but jump through the mental hoops (4/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:59 : There might be something you find in that exercise that’s even better than what you’ve written already (5/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:59 : Keep what you have if it wins the mental gymnastics of your “what if..?” scenario of processing the critique given you (6/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 01:59 : There’s crap advice in some critique, but it’s worth going through the contemplation of suggested changes (7/7) #sffwrtcht Thu, 02:00 : Hard at work on book three of The Spellmason Chronicles.. I also have a yet unsold YA Dickensian Steampunk Voltrony idea (1/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 02:00 : And I’d like to do a 5th Simon Canderous book but there’s so little time! (2/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 02:01 : And there’s an awesome graphic novel idea picking its way to the front of my brain meat… we’ll see which takes over (3/3) #sffwrtcht Thu, 02:02 : Thanks for having me.. and do follow me & if so moved, give my books a try! #sffwrtcht Thu, 02:12 : Exhausted from my #sffwrtcht but had a lot of fun doing it.. thanks, @BryanThomasS and @sffwrtcht ! Thu, 02:47 : Now? I SLUMBER! #sleepywriterissleepy

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Tue, 13:02 : Blank is the New Vampire, or what trends an author should (or shouldn't) chase, by yours truly over at @TheSciFiChick http://t.co/C1Xy95Z4p3 Tue, 13:33 : RT @TheSciFiChick: Guest Post via @antonstrout!: http://t.co/aOy9bVZcMK @AceRocBooks Tue, 18:21 : RT @tordotcom: In our Pop Quiz interview, author @antonstrout discusses Fashion Week zombies, Gamera, and a soundtrack for STONECAST http:/… Tue, 18:26 : Over at @tordotcom I am answerable for MUCH as I take their Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe http://t.co/7K3DjKrjyc Tue, 18:42 : RT @TheSciFiChick: .@antonstrout Hopes Gargoyles will be the new Urban Fantasy craze over at SciFiChick!: http://t.co/aOy9bVZcMK Tue, 18:46 : Struggling with writer's block, fledgling author? I CALL SHENANIGANS! @JenniferBielman http://t.co/xyqaMcU2pZ Tue, 19:05 : Having my books in your bookstores is AWESOME. Having them still in the backroom a week after pub? Not so much. Tue, 23:57 : Blank are the New Vampires: Chasing Trends in Genre Publishing http://t.co/oxeCtXY1dn Wed, 00:03 : Time for chicken pot pie & Agents of SHIELD! @AgentsofSHIELD Wed, 00:09 : Found out how fluent I am (or amn't) in Tolkien's Sindarin over at @tordotcom's Pop Quiz at the End of the Universe http://t.co/7K3DjKrjyc Wed, 01:00 : FURY! @AgentsofSHIELD Wed, 02:42 : Wednesday, 10/2, 9PM EDT, I talk #urbanfantasy, #writing, The Spellmason Chronicles & more.at the #sfwrtcht hastag @sffwrtcht Join us!

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Mon, 12:37 : Oh, FitBit, I forgot to charge you, and now all my steps in NYC have been wasted... WASTED, I tell you! Mon, 12:38 : New Release Interview: Stonecast by Anton Strout http://t.co/5EAX2Wm3Wl Mon, 12:43 : It's Monday! Time to talk about ME, STONECAST & gargoyles again, this time over at @suvudu! http://t.co/BPwfigbeOO Mon, 14:26 : Over at @BastardBooks: No one teaches you how to write a series, dammit! Life as a Serial Murderer by yours truly http://t.co/jEy1bs8YCo Mon, 16:27 : In non book promotion news, I am genetically unable to distinguish one Arcade Fire song from another... Mon, 16:29 : Also, the next person to bring me a pumpkin spiced beverage will be given the location of my secret pot of gold Mon, 18:07 : For those of you who HAVE had a chance to get through STONECAST, might I suggest you go review it at the usual places? 'Tis a ghost town! Mon, 19:12 : Finally poking my head up from the all day project.. my brain done hurts! Mon, 20:08 : RT @CorgiParty7: rt if u love corgis or have killed a man Mon, 20:12 : For the afternoon/evening crowd: I'm over at the awesome @suvudu talking STONECAST, stone magic & future projects http://t.co/BPwfigbeOO Tue, 01:42 : Man, you'd think writing urban fantasy that these articles might write themselves, but you'd be dead wrong #NoGhostWriter Tue, 03:24 : Enough urban fantasy article writing.... Time for Simpsons Tapped Out and SLUMBER!

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Sun, 23:36 : RT @JenniferBielman: Writing & Publishing Tips: Got Writer’s Block? No, You Don’t by Anton Strout http://t.co/MRf5DB6Uwk Sun, 23:59 : Wherein I tell writers that If you think you've got writer's block, you are DEAD WRONG! @JenniferBielman http://t.co/xyqaMcU2pZ Mon, 00:33 : Prediction: Tonight's finale of Breaking Bad is going to be a happily ever after... right? #fingerscrossedbitch Mon, 02:47 : No spoilers, but well played, Breaking Bad, well played... Mon, 03:13 : Yes, Ladies and Gents, he does it again! - In Libris Vita #Stonecast #SpellmasonChronicles http://t.co/Ku19Ur38JH

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Fri, 12:34 : Several votes for Team Stanis out there.. interesting, interesting... Fri, 13:06 : Over at @NightOwlReviews I talk about STONECAST & why Friendship is Magic. Read on, Stonies! http://t.co/RBVX1pC2Bu Fri, 13:22 : Come, pest control, to rid me of the squirrel digging through my ceiling to claw my face in the night! #GlamorousAuthorLife Fri, 14:31 : So we're getting a Constantine TV show.. can we at least let an English actor audition for the part? Fri, 17:49 : The reign of attic squirrels is over.. long live the reign of vengeful squirrels! Fri, 18:07 : Catch me over at @tordotcom! Getting Stoned: Gargoyles, Golems, and Why Petrification Magic Is Awesome http://t.co/qwc2K4GSHd Fri, 20:48 : RT @infinitieh: At local B&N: @AntonStrout's STONECAST - much cooler in person! http://t.co/KRfUBSsiZI Sat, 01:36 : What's that? Write another guest post about STONECAST, you say? IF YOU INSIST! #I'mAGiver

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Thu, 12:42 : RT @sfsignal: [GUEST POST] @AntonStrout on How Writing is Like A Crime Scene: http://t.co/ZdmOJqLR7u Thu, 12:42 : RT @Lit_Escapists: #GuestAuthor @antonstrout discusses the nerdy inspiration for 2 of his #SpellMasonChronicles sidekicks @AceRocBooks http… Thu, 12:47 : Wherein in I discuss the rampant nerdery in my urban fantasy at @LiteraryEscapis incl.stealing a name from Doctor Who http://t.co/OKINnBstC3 Thu, 13:28 : The only think worse than people not understanding your geenyus is them not comprehending the true depths of how humble you are Thu, 13:34 : RT @sffwrtcht: Next week @AntonStrout joins us to talk #urbanfantasy #writing The Spellmason Chronicles and more. At 9 pm EDT 10/2 on #sfwr… Thu, 15:01 : Sometimes I know I'm not right in the head as I randomly wonder how many giant fuzzy hats & goggles does Mystery the pick up artist own? Thu, 15:16 : Despite the cast of Dexter's acting chops, I couldn't help but feel their embarrassment seeping out of them through my screen #badfinale Thu, 15:27 : Is there a coffee cup large enough and warm enough for me to crawl in? There should be, dammit! Thu, 16:37 : If you read only one book this month... okay, fine, read DOCTOR SLEEP... but if you read TWO books, this month, make the 2nd one STONECAST! Thu, 19:27 : My FitBit should be arriving any day now, and you know what THAT means? DEAD BY MONDAY, Y'ALLLLL! (Hold on to those signed books!) Thu, 20:31 : RT @Stroppy_Girl: Just downloaded "Stonecast" by @antonstrout. Going to sneak in some awesome reading time on my lunch break (I have coffee… Thu, 22:40 : Holy crap a ton of new gargoyle ideas are hitting me... May have to forgo guest posts on STONECAST tonight to get them down! Fri, 02:18 : Now that I've got my FitBit on, I feel like I've been tagged and released back into the wild... BUT I SHALL NOT BE TAMED! #RAWR! Fri, 02:35 : Another guest post done, now time to get down some of these gargoyle notes... no rest for the wicked! Fri, 03:04 : I got my nerds in your UF! You got your UF in my nerds! Guest Author: Anton Strout http://t.co/a5fs95NDKr @LiteraryEscapis Fri, 03:24 : RT @PatriceSarath: What's that you say? You need more #urbanfantasy in your life? So check out @antonstrout #SpellMasonChronicles.You're we… Fri, 04:14 : I'm afraid the geenyus well has run dry for the eve, folks.. stay tuned tomorrow, Stoners! Same gargoyle time, same gargoyle channel!

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Wed, 13:05 : Morning, all! Over at @SavvyAuthors it's time to find out why the author of STONECAST's spirit animal is Kasey Kasem! http://t.co/s60qv8wLTL Wed, 14:03 : So Coulson is Mal and the SHIELD air "bus" is Serenity, right? Wed, 14:05 : Assassin guy is Jayne, and hey, even Shepard Book is there! Welcome back, Agents of FIREFLY! Wed, 14:29 : The weeks before & after a book launch are much like riding the crest of a wave while surfing, precariously balanced from drowning in it all Wed, 15:16 : Just HOW glamorous is the author life? I spent the release day of STONECAST eating a celebratory lobster roll,alone...at my day job desk... Wed, 16:02 : I might be using the Litany Against Fear from the Bene Gesserit for a guest blog right now... Wed, 16:05 : Wherein I talk about writing Para-urban Rom-antasy over at @smexybooks http://t.co/84WbUMXlEr Wed, 19:35 : I was kinda quiet yesterday, I know, so you probably missed it, but gargoyle-tastic STONECAST came out if you could help spread the word. Wed, 22:09 : RT @smexybooks: It's well said :) RT @BookChickCity: I enjoyed reading this. RT @SmexyBooks http://t.co/m43ZL1MW9Y Wed, 22:10 : RT @smexybooks: Guest Author Anton Strout: Para-urban Rom-antasy http://t.co/RVLAknEDIw Thu, 00:11 : Oh, couch, how I missed thee! Will you perhaps write these STONECAST guest posts for me? NO...? Eff you, couch, EFF YOU! #ineedsleep Thu, 02:58 : Another guest post done... another part of my soul chipped away... and on to the next... #soulless Thu, 03:10 : Crowdsourcing:Has anyone ever heard of bookstores NOT putting out mass markets on time to instead shelve pricier formats books & gift stuff?

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Tue, 12:40 : *yawn, stretch* Mornin'.. anything exciting happening today? Tue, 12:43 : Dear @josswhedon, thank you so much for giving me @AgentsofSHIELD on my new urban fantasy book's birthday... you shouldn't have! Tue, 13:18 : Why is today different from all other days? Because STONECAST is on sale! Spread the gargoyle-y love, won't you? http://t.co/Wye3NNAZi4 Tue, 14:23 : Bricksley is excited for the release of STONECAST.... are YOU? #SpellmasonChronicles http://t.co/eKoxtq5rZI Tue, 15:06 : [GUEST POST] Anton Strout on How Writing is Like A Crime Scene http://t.co/2wKiCU4Rff Tue, 15:06 : RT @sfsignal: [GUEST POST] @AntonStrout on How Writing is Like A Crime Scene: http://t.co/ZdmOJqLR7u Tue, 15:20 : RT @AceRocBooks: Can't get enough gargoyles? Today you can pick up @antonstrout's STONECAST, the second in the Spellmason series. http://t.… Tue, 15:47 : RT @WickedLPixie: On release day @antonstrout stops by to tell us his Top 10 Tips For Surviving Paranormal NYC http://t.co/V5faV5s0On cc @A… Tue, 15:48 : Anton Strout: Top 10 Tips for Surviving Paranormal New York http://t.co/xFRqN6IlIE Tue, 17:15 : Hmm... thinking about what @Zombie_Joe said and wondering if Spellmason fans should be like MLP fans and called Stonies.... Tue, 17:24 : Why do I suspect that the new 50 Shades of Grey wines will takes of both tears and urine? #ELShames Tue, 18:11 : Must remember in 2:30 meeting not to spend it talking about ME ME ME... Tue, 18:14 : Want a taste of STONECAST before shelling out your sheckles? BAM! Here are the first 2 chapters. You're welcome! http://t.co/vHSSlUrgs4 Tue, 22:41 : Bus nap was blissful but now it's back to STONECAST promo, babies and guest post writing! Tue, 23:57 : People... Joss Whedon returns to television tonight! Take some time away from reading STONECAST to check out @AgentsofSHIELD! Wed, 01:27 : I am 100% on board the @AgentsofSHIELD metaphorical Helicarrier! Wed, 02:52 : Head over to @sfsignal & find out how my writing is like a rotting corpse!(hmm...perhaps I should phrase that better) http://t.co/LNPLVT5oZE Wed, 03:14 : My pimp hand was strong & I must now collapse from exhaustion, but a hearty thank you to ALL OF YOU who showed some STONECAST love today.