The release storm that is. At the end of the post there are the two new ads for those of you who are worried about missing out. We are finalizing the merch store, and I am hoping it will be ready in time for the release next week. We are doing both Sanctuary and Sweep
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Folding Time
Why would anyone want to fold time? In the narrative, there are times when interesting things don’t happen, and the story skips forward. There are a few ways to accomplish this while still keeping the reader interested, but the most common way is the scene break. What happened here? Well, the character went to bed and woke
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Promo and Religion in SF/Fantasy
Tuesday our internet went out because Hurricane Beryl nuked Spectrum’s tower in Houston. That’s on the heels of our AC unit busting a leak in the evaporator coil. We have more than one AC unit, but yeah, half of the house is pretty warm. Gordon kept promising to sleep on the couch due to the
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Luisa Preissler’s Print sale
We have some wonderful news from Luisa Preissler. We know many of you have been waiting for the prints and her print shop is now open. Those links again are: That Kate in blood armor, though.
ARCs, AI, Agents, and Author Courses
Normally I stay out of the author and industry discussions. I’m too busy writing. But as I’m writing this on Saturday, Gordon slept in, and I can’t work on the explosion scene until he wakes up, so you get the tea. Here are some answers to assorted questions that floated into my inbox over the
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News We Missed
Happy Wednesday, everybody. Today I bring you some news we missed while on vacation. Jessie Mihalik’s Books and Broadswords Happy belated book birthday to Jessie Mihalik! From Jessie’s website: This novella-length collection contains the two stories that were previously posted as free serials on the blog (Books & Broadswords and Rocks & Rapiers) as well
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Audio/GA Audio Summer Listen Recommendation Thread and Confusion About Collector Edition
Woo, that is a mouthful of a title. This actually should be two posts, but the newsletter service cannot handle two posts in one day, so we have to Frankenstein this together. First, let me clear up some confusion around the Subterranean Innkeeper collector edition. We are a business. I know, this is shocking, heh,
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RWA Filed for Bankruptcy
Romance Writers of America filed for bankruptcy. For some reason, I’ve received a number of emails about it. Not sure why since we are not members, although we did give a talk one time to the local Austin chapter of RWA. If you google this topic, you will come across an article from Bloomberg, which
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Sweaters, Yarn, and Collector Editions
I am a yarn addict. I have purchased yarn across places far and wide, and one of the fun places I shop is Eat, Knit, Sleep, a cool online yarn store that lets you search their inventory by color, which is all sorts of awesome. They have a great selection, a physical location in Georgia,
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First Impressions
The more time the writer spends on the description of something, the more attention the reader will pay to it. Check out this opening from Dean Koontz’ Face. AFTER THE APPLE HAD BEEN CUT IN HALF, THE halves had been sewn together with coarse black thread. Ten bold stitches were uniformly spaced. Each knot had
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Preview of Sanctuary Merch
We have some preliminary merch designs to show you. Those above are mockups. But these below are an actual thing. Behold, the overly expensive entrance mat! We are planning on testing it for durability. As you can see, the canine QC consultants are hard at work already.
Immortals, Merchants, and Surprise Female Awesomeness
It’s the c-drama (Chinese show) recommendation thread, by popular demand. Love Blossoms in Adversity We begin with Love Blossoms in Adversity, also listed as Blossoms in Adversity, which makes a lot less sense. It is really difficult to summarize the plot without spoilers. Setting: Historical China Main leads: Hu Yi Tian, Zhang Jing Yi Platform:
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