Yearly Archives: 2015

Interview with Daniel White–Publisher at Thinkerbeat

I met Daniel White at Thinkerbeat, which is a site that I highly recommend. They have frequent contests, and you don’t even have to win to appear in their online magazine if they like your work. Their first anthology, The

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6 Formatting Tips for Smashwords, Kindle, and CreateSpace

Ugh. Formatting. There is not a single Anglo-Saxon epithet vile enough to do it justice. I hate formatting. I loathe it down to the very toenails of my soul. However, I made it harder on myself than I needed to,

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The Art Of Description: How Much Do You Need?

Originally posted on Allison Maruska:
One of my favorite books is Stephen King’s On Writing, and one of my favorite parts of that book is when he describes the rabbit. Remember that part? After a few sentences, readers pictured a…

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Interview with Marian Perera

Our guest this week is one of my friends from Absolute Write, Marian Perera. She was born in Sri Lanka, grew up in Dubai, studied in Texas and lives in Toronto. For now. She works as a medical laboratory technologist by

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Interview with Bleak New World’s Publisher–Clark Chamberlain

Clark Chamberlain is head of Raven International Publishing, the man behind A Bleak New World. What was the story behind the story concerning Bleak New World? How did this book come about? A late night conversation with my old partner about

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Message in a Bottle for 2020

I’m on the verge of being a published writer, and that’s exciting and frightening at the same time. I’ve got spots in two trade anthologies–A Bleak New World and the Art of Losing–which was easy from the publishing standpoint. They

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Advice from a Writers of the Future Contest Judge

Okay, so this is a good news/bad news scenario. I entered the Writer’s of the Future Contest (http://www.writersofthefuture.com/), which I highly recommend, even though they rejected me. Ms. Joni Labaqui, the contest director, carried out the dubious honors of telling

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Dragon Hoard and Other Tales of Faerie

Discover twelve tales of Faerie and experience its paradox–both close and inaccessible–peopled with heroes, rogues, and ciphers. A modern dragon who desires more than mere gold, A troll who longs for the kiss of sunlight on his skin, Pixies who

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Cover Reveal for The Art of Losing

I’m going to be in another anthology, The Art of Losing, due to be out December 1st (2015). This one has my short story Trojan Wargames in it, the tale behind the saga of the Trojan War. The ebook cover’s

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Chris Galford on A Bleak New World

This is a reblog of a post by fellow author Chris Galford on his thoughts on being involved in the recently-released anthology, A Bleak New World. I’m in it, too, for my short story, Property, which is all about where

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