What if Amazon Killed Kindle Unlimited?

A thought experiment What if Amazon killed Kindle Unlimited? I’m asking the question without any actual information that this is going to happen, so consider this a thought experiment, with a half-decent understanding of the indie marketplace sprinkled in. It’s not an alarm. Although…maybe it could be, because there are signs out there, if you…

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Fixer Redux is coming soon

A sequel is coming! It’s Fixer Redux, a follow-up to my 2013(!) novel, Fixer! Here are the details, first, and then I’ll come back with more. The Cover The Links for preordering Fixer Redux on Amazon Fixer Redux on Barnes & Noble Fixer Redux on iTunes Fixer Redux on Kobo Fixer Redux on Google Play…

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There will continue to be stories like this

A new scandal has put a spotlight (again) on the way indie publishing operates these days, and let me just say, this one’s a doozy. Why? Well, it has a little of everything, and it’s being amplified by the righteous anger of a traditionally published author who (commendably, for the most part) takes no prisoners.…

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Back from Boskone

An Introduction Calling Boskone my ‘first convention’ is nearly correct. It depends largely on how one defines ‘convention.’ I’ve been to a couple of other cons (Phauxcon, for instance) but this was the first time I attended something this large, and the first time I was a panelist. Let’s say it was my first big con,…

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Boskone 56

Let’s talk about Boskone! I’ll be attending Boskone 56, the Boston-based sci-fi/fantasy/horror convention, from February 15th– 17th, and I might not need to tell you this, but I’m pretty excited. I’m not a convention kind of guy, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want to be. It only means I have not, historically, attended conventions.…

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When Writing A Sequel Feels Like Fan Fiction

The topic of this article began as an idea for a tweet. The tweet was going to read something like this: writing new books in your own series, when you’re a pantser, is like writing fan fiction on your own stuff. The problem with this tweet—which I did not send—is that it only makes sense…

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Immortal From Hell available now!

Happy release day! Immortal From Hell is now available for purchase from your finest online retailers. This is book five in the Immortal novel series. If you’re looking for a full accounting of what books are out there and which order in which they should be consumed, check out this blog post. Happy reading! 

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Revisiting the order of the Immortal books

I thought this would be a good time to do a quick review of the Immortal books, seeing as how a new one will be coming out shortly. But first: when I say ‘shortly’ I mean ‘a week earlier than I said it was going to.’ Hang on, let me switch to bold text. Immortal…

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Immortal From Hell: on preorder

If I were the kind of author who did this promotion stuff properly, you would all have been made aware already that: There is a fifth Immortal novel coming (so you can stop emailing me politely asking if I have died) The title of that fifth Immortal novel is Immortal From Hell It will be…

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The Spaceship Next Door lands in bookstores

Happy re-release day! The new edition of The Spaceship Next Door is now available wherever books are sold, in whatever format you prefer. To recap, for those of you new to my website: this edition is being published by the John Joseph Adams imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. (You may also see it branded Mariner…

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