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Nina Kimbery The Merciless, FREE PDF - Buy TODAY!

She’s on a mission to kill the man who loves her. Why? Because he’s an idiot. Ten years ago, Nina Kimberly the Merciless was cheated out of the life of adventure that she truly deserves. Her father, the fearsome barbarian conqueror Marcus the Merciless, met his first and only defeat at the hands of, well… a gopher hole. Ever since this epic humiliation, she and the rest of the horde have been stuck in the rural backwater kingdom of Langia. Now Francis IX, the idiotic king, has decided that he an

ISBW #118 - Getting Restarted - Christiana Ellis Interview

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Frankly, it’s late. I’ll make the show notes detailed tomorrow. But for now, check out Ellis’s book, Nina Kimberly the Merciless, at Amazon, and support indie authors!

ISBW #117 - Back to Basics / Scott Sigler Interview

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ISBW #116 - Writing Magazines / China Miéville Interview

New show format, new show notes format!

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00:07: ISBW #11700:37: GoTo Meeting Message01:27: Allergy Attack!01:52: Change in show format - adding interviews, subtracting nothing03:57: Progress report on WAR04:40: Hope to see you at Balticon- sign up for our ISBW Workshop!05:30: Join me for breakfast at Balticon!05:57: Promo: Jack Wakes Up07:52: What can you get out of writing magazines? We peruse two to find

Jack Wakes Up available now!

Another podcast author has hit the big time, and has some free content for you! Jack Wakes Up, Seth Harwood’s gritty crime noir debut novel, was released today, and he is releasing the first three chapters as a PDF just for you! If you’re into crime and noir, you owe it to yourself to check this book out! (If you like, you can still subscribe to the podcast.)

“Safe”

I was doing some thinking on the word “safe” this morning. And I’m finding I’m having problems with it. I think we need more words.

As a mom, I’m very aware of what is “safe” for my daughter. Away from the hot oven, bike helmet on, don’t poke the hissing cat. And in this case, “safe” is very good. Because if you do not play on the “safe” side, you are in danger of harming yourself. Even in terms of being a daredevil or practicing unsafe sex, the rewards of a bit of excitement are definitely not w

5 Ways to Pick Yourself Back Up

Let’s face it. The reason most of us fail in this writing game is because someone knocks us down and we lie there, on the sidewalk, knees skinned, tears running down our face, and wonder why we do this. We want to go home, have our moms put band-aids on our knees, hug us, and give us some ice cream. They’ll tell us that we’re the smartest and cleverest and no one will ever be better. And we’ll feel better and never go back to that sidewalk again.

Stupid sidewalk.

[ending the metaphor here because

Advice, protocol, survivor’s guide, and NYT Bestsellerdom

This is an *excellent* resource of other links. Degree Director recently posted “10 Ways To Become a Better Writer,” and while the advice is stuff you’ve heard before, they have links to reinforce each rule. They link to free writing courses, online crit groups, and places to teach you better self-editing and proofreading. BOOKMARK THIS POST.I’m going to WorldCon this year and I hope to meet many industry professionals. I thought Janet Reid’s blog post on social interactions with agents would be

ISBW Special #43 - Nebula Award Winner John Kessel

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I interviewed Dr. John Kessel, winner of the 2009 Nebula Award for best novella! We talked in a coffee shop, so please forgive the background noise.

Did I mention you can get the early info of the new Heaven book at the site, if you join the Inside Story?Promo: Get a $3 discount off Scott Sigler’s The Rookie with the discount code MURInterview with Dr. John Kessel, author of Pride and Prometheus, winner o

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Flu Preparedness Kit

Found via making light, written in 2006 and very timely.