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Phase One Is Complete: My Results Using KDP Select

About two weeks ago I offered The Sins of Acheryn for free on Amazon, using three of my five “free days” through KDP Select (for an overview of that, see my previous post here). I decided on using only a … Continue reading

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Just Released: The Sins of Acheryn fantasy short story

As promised, I’ve just released a new short story through Amazon! The Sins of Acheryn is now live. Here’s the description of my latest fantasy story: The Sins of Acheryn tells the tale of the cataclysmic fall of a vanished … Continue reading

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Delving into the mists of time – in fantasy, and in reality

Some of you may have noticed my absence from the blogging world over the past two months. Of course you did. You’ve just forgotten. Over the autumn months, I was quite prolific. I have five short stories that I really … Continue reading

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The First 97 Mistakes are the Worst

A few days ago I was rifling through my Nook library. On a whim, I decided to open up The Perishing Land, my apocalyptic horror story that I offer for free on Smashwords. It took all of a second, on … Continue reading

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Amercia vs America: High-profile examples on why everyone needs a copy editor

Thought I’d pass along this well-written opinion piece posted on CNN a couple of days ago (Why ‘Amercia’ needs copy editors, by Merrill Perlman). It’s not that Ms. Perlman’s op-ed position is particularly controversial, but she calls attention to a part … Continue reading

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Feeding the e-Beast: will the eBook revolution overwhelm authors? #writing #reading

I just read a very interesting article published in the Christian Science Monitor. It was actually published almost a week ago, but I was so busy I had to save it for later. I’m glad I came back to it. … Continue reading

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Meet amazingly gifted #photographer Frank Schillinger @grindmaster #ebook #writing

I’d like to introduce you all to Frank Schillinger, an extremely talented photographer who hails from Germany that I met through blogging. Frank has a breathtaking portfolio, and is looking to expand his presence into the world of book/eBook covers … Continue reading

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The proof is in the Proof. The paperback edition of The Prince of Graves is (mostly) in. #writing #fantasy

And it’s in. The physical proof that I wrote something. While sitting in my home office waiting to kick off a teleconference, the kind UPS man dropped this off on my doorstep. I’m not going to lie…it was hard to … Continue reading

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The Evil Equation: Rise of eBooks + Self Publishing = Death of Print Books. Really? #writing

Few topics stir such passion among avid readers as “what is the future of the print book?” Will eBooks completely replace print books? When writers are introduced into the debate a number of related topics inevitably sprout up, often around … Continue reading

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eBook Review: Be the Monkey #publishing #writing

                Be the Monkey, as is explained in the forward,  is a Google Documents conversation  (actually, a series of conversations) that has been saved and compiled into a short eBook. Two authors, Barry Eisler … Continue reading

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