Tobias Buckell posted an interesting post on Twitter. The whole thread is great, and the take away is that many writers have kept their day job, while greatly contributing to literature. There is no shame in it. Watch this interview starting at about 3:00 minute mark. The popular culture conditions us that this is what
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Back in the Saddle
Bad things come in threes. Two of the three things are now rolling to conclusion: I’ve had my endoscopy and it went better than I expected, although we are still waiting on the biopsy results. Glad that’s over. And the infected eye of Charlie the French Bulldog has ruptured after 3 months of us treating
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Various Good News & A Strange Delivery
Hey guys, Brandi here taking over for an exhausted Ilona and Gordon.So a couple of things. First of all, I wanted to thank everyone for their helpful advice and get-well wishes for kid 1. After a recent visit with a doctor, it has been determined that she was suffering from a very severe, very painful
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Fights and banter
We’ve had a stressful couple of weeks trying to navigate through my father’s visit and trying to save one of our dog’s eye from infection while feverishly editing and writing. Sorry for no new posts. I’m trying something new, for me at least. Okay I’ve got this fight scene where 8 different fights are happening
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Jim POV?
Quick question: did we ever post Jim’s pov when Curran abdicated and if so, does anyone have a link to it?
Audio, Hips, and Other Things
I did something to myself at the gym. I’m pretty sure how I did it, too. I had an exercise where I knelt on a bench supporting myself with one arm and one knee, one leg extended and the opposite arm curling 25 lbs. At the time I didn’t notice anything and finished my work
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Sweep of the Blade Beta Read
This is an open beta read for Sweep of the Blade. We are looking for 5-10 betas. What’s expected: we want you to read the book and tell us your reactions as you are reading it. If something doesn’t make sense or pulls you out of the story, for example. If you see serious grammatical
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Job Frustration
Sometimes work makes me deeply frustrated. Not the writing part – although that too. The writing frustration mostly results in me moaning about being a fraud or not talking at all until my brain sorts itself out. But the business part of publishing makes me boiling mad. Unfortunately I can’t vent about my business publicly,
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Hybrid Authors
First things first: if you want the collector edition of Kinsmen from Subterranean, it’s on sale now for $37.50, 50% off. Click this link, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and it will be the 8th title up. Thank you to Aarya for heads up. Quick update on SWEEP OF THE BLADE: thank
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Sapphire Flames ARC Giveaway Winners
We are so happy to announce that the thirteen lucky winners have been drawn. In case you’ve forgotten or don’t know, there was a total of 4 spots for international winners and 9 for winners currently located in the US. Each winner will be also contacted by email to be shipped their ARC of Sapphire
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Feeling Better
Thank you for all of the cheering up in the comments. Yay! I am feeling better today. I also have something for you. Ta-da! Give away ARCs. The giveaway post will go up later today so be ready. The comments about weight loss reminded me of this tweet, which I thought was hilarious. That’s me,
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If you were rejected for Sapphire Flames ARC
This post is addressed to reviewers. The ARCs are finally up on Edelweiss and Netgalley. Hopefully the technical difficulties are behind us. We can’t guarantee that everyone will get approved. The final approval is handled by Avon publicity department. To pass that hurdle, it helps if you are someone who can create advance publicity for
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