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Catching up
Picking up various bits of story here and there Blogging is a funny thing. Sometimes a topic just hits you and you can’t wait to write it down. Sometimes, you have nothing, and then the fact that you have nothing becomes a Thing, because you know you should blog if only to keep people from…
Read MoreMary Sues and assholes
On the notion of the Mary Sue and the ubiquity of fan fiction I’m a fairly non-social writer, by which I mean when I’m working on something I’m alone with it until I’m reasonably certain it’s truly and actually done. I have not historically taken advantage of writing groups or posted partials for comment, or…
Read MoreA new blurb for Immortal
New blurb for Immortal Imagine if you will two editors sitting at a bar in New York, trying to think up the next huge blockbuster. What they might come up with is to somehow combine Chuck Palahniuk with Phillip K. Dick with a little Charlie Huston sprinkled on top. The mega-ambitious story they’d concoct would…
Read MoreMiscellany
Losing my mind I’m going to go ahead and conclude that I am not wired properly to handle a gradual book roll-out. A week ago I was completely convinced Immortal wasn’t going to debut as scheduled, which is a terrifying thought for someone who’s already gone through that once. Now I’m completely preoccupied with the…
Read MoreIMMORTAL: Available NOW
Amazon comes through Against all conceivable odds, Amazon has successfully listed Immortal in time for its official release date, meaning it is available for ordering RIGHT NOW! Follow the link below to order your copy! IMMORTAL on Amazon Some details The listing is imperfect, and because this is Amazon, changes are going to take a…
Read MoreWhile we're waiting
That hiss you hear is my head imploding slowly Officially, Immortal is out at the end of this week. I say “officially” only because there are things that have to get done in a certain order for the release to actually happen entirely on schedule, and since they haven’t all happened yet, my cynical “I’ve…
Read MoreThe Pigeon Post: Immortal review
New Review A new review posted yesterday for Immortal! This one’s interesting; the reviewer raised questions I never thought to ask. Actually, scratch that: I never thought of them as questions at all. Read it here Goodreads Also, just a quick note: There is a second giveaway underway right now at GoodReads for one copy…
Read MoreRadio Radio
This might mean I’m getting old The other night I was tasked to obtain milk immediately. This was after I arrived home on my bike– I bike commute, as you know— to find my wife barely able to form complete sentences, as she’d gone the entire day without coffee. (She can’t drink coffee without milk.…
Read MoreBrave new world of e-publishing
A long time ago in a land far, far away Way back in 1999–which (and I hope you’re sitting down) was eleven years ago(!) (!!)– I was asked a question by an online friend, said question being this: do I have a novel I would like her to publish? This is a question many of…
Read MoreWritersNewsWeekly.com: Immortal Review
Book Review for Immortal The world of fantasy has been growing steadily popular over the past decade from stories about witches and wizards to the lives of an obscene amount of vampires. Readers have been thirsting for the next great book and after sifting through practically every book on my reading list and becoming thoroughly…
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