Today marks the 819 anniversary of the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, which temporarily ended the Byzantine Empire in 1204. The attack of Constantinople was a political strategy driven mostly by the new Republic of Venice. Constantinople was the greatest city in the world at that time, measured by both […]
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So here’s a nice little kudo. Barnes & Noble have selected The Rivers Ran Red as a Top Indie Favourite this month. Taylen
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The remains of Pompeii, Italy.I have a thing about volcanoes. Don’t know why. But of all the disaster movies and books that I’ve seen and read in my time, the ones featuring volcanoes get my thumbs-up and attention. One of my favourite movies of all time is Dante’s Peak. There’s nothing that can beat the
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There’s been a few interesting tidbits crossing my desk lately. Here’s a couple of them. First up, there’s been a rash of AI-adjusted pirated books appearing on the bookstores. There’s a video that explains it on Twitter (and you don’t need a Twitter account to watch it) here. The gist is, the AI writing tools
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This is a sort-of pre-review, I suppose. One of my preferred authors for urban fantasy is Charlaine Harris. If she heard me say so, she would probably shudder. Harris has two series that I consider to be great UF — Sookie Stackhouse (which was made into the True Blood TV series that eventually came apart
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Fellow Stories Rule Press author Cameron Cooper posted earlier this month that they’d reached the semi-finals in the Self-Published Science Fiction Contest run by Hugh Howey. First off, congratulations to Cameron. Secondly, the post made me wonder if you were aware that there is an older, similar contest out there, one just for fantasy. The
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I know. Historical Romance isn’t exactly fantasy. However, SRP author Tracy Cooper-Posey helped spread the word about my Kickstarter last month, so now I’m returning the favour. Her “The Great Family: Tracy Cooper-Posey’s Victorian Romance Mega-Series” project funded in 12 hours and now is working toward the first stretch goal. That means you’re guaranteed to
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Smashwords has been around for many, many years. It was one of the first bookstores to cater to the indie publishing scene. In late 2022, Draft2Digital bought Smashwords, which was a smart move, because Draft2Digital is an indie distributor/aggregator. It didn’t have a bookstore front of its own. But now it does. I distribute books
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I’m super chuffed, everyone. The Kickstarter project for the release of The Rivers Ran Red has fully funded! And in just 6 days!! For a first Kickstarter project, this is amazing. Thank you to everyone who has already sponsored the project. You can be assured now that you will get your books and bonuses. If
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I’ve never been involved in a Kickstarter project before. I’ve sponsored many of them (oddly, Brandon Sanderson’s infamous mulit-million dollar campaign was not one of them), but never been part of the building of one. It has been a very interesting experience. I learned that there is a lot of work that goes into building
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