Current Fiction Writing Advice – 8/1/16

OVERALL The best people to get fiction writing advice from are long-term professional writers who have been supporting themselves through their fiction work for 15+ years, publishing at least a book a year (therefore not relying on a fluke).  Short story collection = 1 book.  Other types of writing (e.g., graphic novels) don’t count. Therefore …

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Guest Post: James Aquilone’s New Zombie Detective Has a Kickstarter, See…

James Aquilone writes fun, fast, funny, and twisty fiction; I’m thinking this is gonna be good.  He’s doing a Kickstarter on the project to a) make sure he raises interest in the series, b) pay for illustrations, and c) streeeetch toward funding an audiobook.  Read a sample of the book below–and check out some of …

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Fiction: The Sixth Extinction

The fluorescent lights sound like bug zappers up and down the hallway. Everything smells of chlorine bleach and lemon-pine cleaner, so strong your eyes sting and your taste buds shut down. The floor shifts underfoot. Your husband tells you, jovially, that the constant sensation of feeling the ocean moving underneath you will eventually go away.The …

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Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse back in business!

So. The word is that the Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse ebook is delayed but still in progress. The second printing is up and running.  You can find a copy here on Amazon:   HOWEVER, if you’re a Goodreads member, the last of the first edition print books are on sale here for $6.50 plus …

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Kobo November Promotion: Romance, Thrillers, Sci Fi, Fantasy/Horror

Today begins the November Kobo promotion, focusing on Romance, Thrillers, SF/F/H.  My current title in the promo is my lovely horror/Weird Western novel, Chance Damnation, which, when I think about it, is really one long piece of sarcasm about how some people have trouble coping with change–even if they are in the middle of inflicting …

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