As you can see by the photo, I’ve got some new friends! We just moved from one apartment to a brand new one. Still in Boston, but it’s a nice change of location for us. We’re in a brick building now, right on the street, instead of high in the sky. And we’ve got cute …
Yup, I have BY DARKNESS REVEALED free on Kindle. Ends at about midnight. Why give my book away? I know that subject is controversial, but I have reasons. First? Because I\’ve been indie publishing for a year now. Happy anniversary! Here\’s a free book. =) No, seriously – I mean that. It\’s been a fun …
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There\’s 1,410,714 ebooks on Amazon as of this writing. By this time next year, that will have gone up to over 2 million. By this time in five years, I expect it to be over five million. By this time in twenty years, I expect it to be…well, really, really, REALLY doggone high. 😉 …
Every doggone year, I want to do NaNoWriMo right. I want to get out there, and write not just 1600 words a day – but more than that! And every doggone year, it seems like things just explode around me every November. Instead of getting more work done, I get less. Instead of having more …
Robin Sullivan just posted to her blog this morning that she, too, was banned from the Absolute Write site. Her ban message? You have been banned for the following reason: Just get the hell off my site. You\’re relentlessly snotty, rude, and you\’re a f***cking bald-faced liar. I\’m done with you. Date the ban will be …
J.E. Medrick invites some of the writers for the \”Twelve Worlds\” anthologies to do a series of interviews and guest blogs over on his site. Mines up now – actually, has been up a few days now, and I\’m a little late getting the word out over on my own blog. 😉 Been a busy …
In the wake of Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath\’s discussion of Eisler\’s move to self publishing (turning down a $500,000 contract in the process), Dean Wesley Smith has posted some thoughts that he disagreed with their views on how to get help in those bits of publishing a writer wasn\’t able to do, or didn\’t …
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Yup – a brand new Ryan Blackwell story will be in the upcoming Twelve Worlds anthology, due out next month. I was also honored to have my story chosen to be the first in order, which puts it up in its entirety in the ebook sample. I\’m thrilled to have participated in the project with …
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Jim Hines just wrote an interesting article the other day regarding Amanda Hocking\’s success and what it means for other people. He\’s speaking about her in a fairly cautious manner, though – reminding folks that she\’s an outlier, and probably not indicative of what any one writer will be able to accomplish any more than …
