Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’
Immortal press release
Immortal press release I’d like to say I finally got around to writing and releasing a press release for Immortal, but the truth is, between freaking out about the launch party (tomorrow) and getting sick with some manner of death flu, it never crossed my mind. Fortunately, the Twitter community is paying attention, and in…
Read MoreThe Latest Column on the Future of Publishing
I am nothing if not trendy I have seen a large number of articles recently about The Future of Publishing. This may be because I spend much of my “I’m promoting my book” time hanging out on Twitter with other writers, but that doesn’t mean the question isn’t being put out there a lot. I…
Read MoreI need my own flash mob
I need command of my own flash mob Speaking today to a local bookseller, the question was posed: if an event were planned in the store to promote Immortal, could I get thirty or forty people to show up? And the answer is: I don’t know. Because so far all of my promoting has been…
Read MoreA Newtonian Universe
Stirring up trouble I participated in a Twitter chat last Friday with fellow science-fiction/fantasy writers, in which it was suggested by one commenter that it would be a good idea for a writer to study science in order to better his or her writing. I made the perhaps foolish comment that if any writer were…
Read MoreImmortal Quotes
Some choice quotes With little else to do right now but wait for the advance review copies to surface–soon, honestly–I thought I’d share some of my favorite quotes from Immortal. These are taken from various sections of the book and mostly stand on their own without need for additional context. I’d also like to add…
Read MoreAccidental Network
When I was still trying to understand Twitter I had this conversation once with a friend who signed onto Twitter before I did. “I’m in a chat.” “On Twitter? How the hell do you chat in Twitter? Is there a room everyone goes to?” “No, we just all follow each other.” This struck me as…
Read MoreOn agents
I ended up in a Twitter chat last night for anyone interested in asking a literary agent a question, and I realized… I didn’t have any questions. Well, that’s not true, I had two: “would you like to represent me” and, “how about now?” But those are rude questions, because I have to think there…
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Ancient times Let me take you back to when I first started writing for the Internet. The year was 1995, and “the Internet” consisted of America On-Line and a sign posted at the edge of AOL that read “Here There Be Monsters”. That was where the rest of the World Wide Web lived, and one…
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