We’re only two weeks away from the release of The Angel Who Wasn’t. As usual, I’m providing the first chapter of the book…and this week, I really can provide the first full chapter! 1: A Visit from Dr. Michael Jones The tall man in the front passenger seat of the black Ford Explorer hadn’t spoken […]
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You may remember in June last year my announcement that “Touched by Faelight” was included in a new urban fantasy anthology, Street Magic. A year later, I re-published Touched by Faelight as a standalone story. But in the meantime, the editor of the anthology, Lyn Worthen, has won the Best Book of the Year award from
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You bitched discussed, I listened. Although there was a large degree of self-interest in switching the Harley Firebird stories to novel length — writing novelettes is a lot harder than writing novels. 🙂 As I mentioned the other day, when I was talking about length, that I would give you a heads-up when The Angel
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I always write these posts a little way ahead of when they’ll be published on the site. I’m writing this post the day after typing “The End” on the newest Harley Firebird story, and I’ve been reflecting on the experience. After six novelettes, book 7, The Angel Who Wasn’t, is a full length novel, which changes the
Saw this the other day: I had a good laugh — it’s been well thought out and nicely produced, which makes it even funnier. (Who said the details don’t matter??) But the first thing that struck me was that they made a spelling mistake: You don’t spell “goblin” that way!! Then my brain caught up
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Today, in 1789, the peasants of Paris stormed the Bastille, triggering a major historical event, The French Revolution. The consequences and effects of the French Revolution can be tracked through history — the American Revolution and the United States’ Constitution were built upon the ideas and concepts that emerged from the Revolution. The idea
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“Dear Emperor” Fantastic Version by NextMars via DepositPhotosI came across this statement the other day: For the most part, quality fantasy art isn’t considered “serious” art by academia, but surreal art of similar quality is universally applauded. Why is that? — DeviantArt I admit that the attitude puzzles me. All three of my kids would
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If audiobooks were the same price as ebooks, would you read them? I don’t listen to audiobooks myself, but if they were the same price as ebooks, I might be stirred into trying them. And that will soon be possible. Let me explain. Audiobooks are SO expensive to make. For a long time now it
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I first heard this term a few weeks ago on an author group, where they were discussing just that: short epic fantasy. At first, that seems like an oxymoron. Epic fantasy is…well, epic. As in long, big, sprawling. No way can it be short. Or…can it? You tell me. Have you ever read short fantasy fiction
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There’s a fascinating discussion going on in one of my author groups, about writing short. So I thought I’d ask you about reading short(er) stories. Just to give you some perspective on that; traditional, NY-based publishing, the books you see on the shelves in bookstores, generally runs to around 100,000 words, if not more. Fantasy
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