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A Reason to Live featured on www.emysterybargains.com!

Posted on April 1, 2013

emsyteryHey Folks –

If you’re over my April Fool’s scare, why don’t you head on over to www.emysterybargains.com. It’s the brainchild of frequent visitor to this blog, managing editor of Cemetery Dance magazine, and fellow writer Brian Freeman.

He’s got both a Mystery and a Horror blog that features one awesomely-priced book each day. The site has featured the novels of such notables as James Patteson, Dean Koontz, and Jeffery Deaver, all of them low-priced for a short time or, like mine, less than than the price of a grande skim latte at Starbucks.

There’s no cost to you; Brian makes a little bit of change of each sale by way of the Amazon Affiliate program. Give it a gander if you’ve got a second: www.emysterybargains.com

Posted in: My Books & Titles | Tagged: A Reason to Live, bargain, books, Brian Freeman, Cemetery Dance, cheap, emysterybargains, free, horror, literature, mystery, novels

The Stages of Novel Writing

Posted on July 6, 2012

Sookie, with textile ape toy.

I’ve spent the last week dogsitting my sister’s Irish Wolfhound/English sheepdog mixes, Sookie and Elrod. They’re two gentle giants who would—probably—leave the house alone if left to their own devices, but I feel obligated to hang out with them and make sure they feel comfortable.

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Posted in: Deep Thoughts | Tagged: craft, ebook, Irish Wolfhound, literature, novel, writing

The Six-Day Fantasy Swag Post-Mortem, Part II

Posted on June 29, 2012

This is a breakdown of a recent KDP Select experiment (a six-day sale 6/22-6/26) I ran on three short fantasy titles of mine—Sword of Kings, Assassin, and Seven Into the Bleak—to see if visibility for one would mean sustained visibility for all. Read Part I here.

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Posted in: My Books & Titles, Tips for eAuthors | Tagged: amazon, blogging, ebook, epublishing, fantasy, Game of Thrones, goodreads, Kindle, literature, promotion, technology, writing

Telling Your Tale: A Beginner’s Guide to Novel Writing

Posted on June 5, 2012

Click to buy on Amazon! Just 99 cents!

I’m thrilled to announce the publication of a side-project of mine, Telling Your Tale: A Beginner’s Guide to Novel Writing, available on this site through Oronjo.com (all formats supported, see below) and Amazon.com for the Kindle.

I was inspired to write my first e-article after reading a great post on fantasy author Lindsay Burocker’s blog. Subsequently, I read e-article guru Kate Harper’s amazing guest blog, bought her $.99 e-article on writing e-articles (how post-modern is that?), and then went for it on the thing I know the best: writing!

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Posted in: My Books & Titles, Tips for eAuthors | Tagged: amazon, books, concise guide, craft, ebook, epublishing, fantasy author, guide, kate harper, Kindle, literature, novel, self-publishing, writers, writing, writing your first novel

Writers on Writing: I Guest Blog on Kathleen Valentine’s Site

Posted on May 14, 2012

I’m excited to let you know I’m today’s guest blogger on novelist Kathleen Valentine’s site Parlez-Moi.

Kathleen has a wonderful thematic blog going where she asks writers to comment on writing, especially the authors that have influenced and guided them. I chose to ruminate on Tobias Wolff’s amazing short story “Bullet in the Brain,” a stunning short work from his collection Our Story Begins that will have you thinking LONG after you’ve read it. Please check out Kathleen’s blog and tell your friends! (And for Pete’s sake, read more of  Wolff’s stuff!)

In Other News
I apologize for not  updating the blog nearly enough lately, but I’ve been hard at work on my debut crime fiction novel, A Reason to Live, featuring retired Washington DC homicide detective Marty Singer. It will be available in Kindle and print within the week.

The sequel, Blueblood, is finished and going to the editor later this month. And the third, Signs, is 1/3 finished and I’m looking forward to a scribbling marathon over the next five days where I hope to reach a goal of 20,000 – 25,000 words (hey, if David Gaughran can do 40,000 words in a month, I’m game).

I also have a non-fiction guidebook on how to write a novel (Telling the Tale: The Complete Guide to Writing Your Novel) coming out soon and I hope to offer it through Amazon as well as this site via Oronjo.com, a free site that facilitates file download-for-payment and empowers writers everywhere. Lastly, I’ve been committed to cultivating a presence on Goodreads.com, where I think the future of e-authoring is going to occur. If you hang out there, please friend me!

Shine on, you crazy diamonds. 🙂

Posted in: The Journey | Tagged: author, blog, blogging, Bullet in the Brain, craft, David Gaughran, ebook, fiction novel, how to write a novel, Kindle, literature, novel, Oronjo, Tobias Wolff, writing

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