Archive | August 2014
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Fighting the Blurb
Originally posted on chrismcmullen:
BOOK BLURB In modern times, the book’s blurb is dynamic—it isn’t etched in stone. You can change it as often as you like. If you’re getting regular sales, don’t touch your blurb with a 12-ft. pole! Otherwise, keep fighting your blurb until you finally get it right. It would be ideal…
…accepting gifts from the reviewing Gods… an Author’s perfect present…
Originally posted on Seumas Gallacher:
…no self-respecting quill-scraper is embarrassed to admit the frisson of ecstasy yeez experience when an out-of-the-blue glowing review for yer WURK hits the Amazon and Goodreads pages… here’s what arrived on those review pages yesterday… LUV IT!… ..there are certain reviewers whose opinions I value so highly they are off…
Con-Eire FREE!
K. A. Laity In honour of Shamrokon and LonCon3, my short play Con-Eire from today through Monday will be completelyFREE! It’s appropriate for this season as it’s a love letter to the hard-working folks behind the scenes putting the madness all together: It’s three days before the start of Con-Eire, the best Irish-themed science fiction […]
Meet Guest Author Jeanne E. Rogers
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Middle Grade Fantasy – The Sword of Demelza The fact of the matter is – the Planet is fragile. Although humans have managed to inhabit every corner of it, they have done so at a price. Nevertheless, the Earth persevered prior to our populating…
Write When you Don’t Feel Like It
Originally posted on Write of Passage:
Everyone has bad days. Those are the days you won’t want to write. Those are the days when you have to write. Imagine the ideal writing day: It’s your day off, and you have the entire day to yourself. You crack your knuckles and adhere your fingers to the asdfjkl;…
Complaints & Questions
Originally posted on The Dark Forest: Literature, Philosophy, and Digital Arts:
? Yea, I see you there, shaking your head, like you knew things would turn out this way; or is that just a sigh I hear in your voice, a sort of fed up motion or heave of despair; maybe you’d hoped for more…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 