Richard Lee Byers writes in Astrojive: In the “Conan” movie, the Cimmerian is out to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his clan. In the “John Carter” film, the hero is a Confederate veteran who lost his wife and child in the war (right, just like the dude in Hell on […]
Some people suffer pain. Other people mock it. What’s the secret to never getting a bad review? This is a question authors get asked a lot. Hell, I’ve asked other authors the same question. “I don’t know. I don’t read reviews,” some say with a benevolent smile. Others shrug their shoulders and say, “There is
I went to a bookstore opening for Back to the Books on Saturday and talked to author Bill Hubiak, who was there signing. We brushed on the subject of ebooks: he’s selling some, and had color business cards giving the web addresses of place where people can buy the book. I asked him whether he
Suw Charman-Anderson writes: But anyone taking an objective view of self-publishing can see that it shows every sign of reaching the Peak of Inflated Expectations. And that can mean only one thing: Soon it will take that inevitable, unavoidable tumbling slide down into the Trough of Disillusionment. Just because new tools make the technical aspects
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I’ve been all over the spectrum when it comes to deciding whether I like Amazon or not, but I’m at the point, now, where I feel like that if people don’t want Amazon to out-compete them, they have to provide me with something better. The reason I don’t go to WalMart is that I don’t
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New fiction up! I’m trying out the Kindle Direct Select program, which means I have to leave it exclusive on Amazon.com for three months (May 20th). I’ll let you know how it goes…at any rate, it’s only available via Amazon.com at the moment. So if you happen to buy a copy but don’t have a Kindle, contact
This was my first ebook, the one that’s been up the longest. Now available at Smashwords, Amazon.com, and Barnes and Noble. A Fly in Amber by DeAnna Knippling Three bottles of the Shackleton Scotch have returned to Scotland over 100 years after the failed Antarctic expedition. But how do they taste? This is a story
A short story collection of contemporary fantasy and mundane magic. At Smashwords, B&N, and Amazon.com, with more sites to come. One of my favorite writers, as a kid, was Zenna Henderson. I loved The Anything Box. I never really got into The People as a series, for some reason–but The Anything Box. It was an amazing short story collection,
The year in review for my DeAnna Knippling ebooks… Novel: Chance Damnation: A Tale of the Weird West A little girl with the power of a God. Invaders from another world. When demons rewrite history on the Great Plains, three brothers follow one of their own into a strange Hell to change it back. (Related
The year in review for my De Kenyon pen name… The Exotics Book 1: The Floating Menagerie Nobody knows what happened when Rachael’s mom disappeared a week ago–except Rachael’s classmate Raul. So when giant talking dogs attack him, Rachael follows and gets kidnapped, too. Now she’s on a mysterious ship full of kids who can
