We are delighted to announce that Kobo is doing a special promotion for 15 of our audio titles for US and Canada only: From May 1st to 31st, these titles will be available for $5.99. The kolovershi would like to reiterate that this is an audiobook sale for US and Canada only and it is
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Ghost in the Machine: Sadly Not O. Henry
It is often said that writing short stories is harder than writing novels. There is very little room to set up a plot and learning what must be left out is probably a greater challenge than figuring out what to put in. William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry, wrote a remarkable number of
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Irish Flirting and Convention Fails
First, obligatory health update: my recovery surgical appointment is in one week. My hope is to be cleared for some mild workouts. I would love to be back to normal or at least try to get there. As I get better, we are going to try to resume Fiction Fridays at some point soon, although
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Why No Novels, Cousin?
::pokes her nose out:: We did a schedule announcement and the blog is still standing. Phew! Thank you for all of the votes of confidence, guys. Someone pointed out that the tentative schedule for this year didn’t include novels. The releases for 2024 are limited to novellas and why is that? This will be a
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A Stop at Quincy’s
Happy Monday. I hope things are going well for you this Monday. If not, I have a place I would like to share with you. It’s a nice point to stop when you travel the Multiverse. You can find Quincy’s tavern on Facebook, TikTok, or Youtube, although Youtube mostly has compilations.
Audio, Roman, and AI
The subject of AI reading audiobooks has come up a number of times, and today I bring you an interesting article from Brian’s Book Blog: Audible’s Virtual Voice is Flooding the Market. Brian talks in depth about the potential harm and ramifications of relying on the Virtual Voice to read audiobooks and he backed it
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Vampires on Fire: Elizabeth Hunter
We’ve received a few messages asking for good vampire books. Dear Dromichaets, For the last time, there are no vampires in Jeaniene Frost’s latest work. It is very entertaining, it has dark creatures, it has transformations, and it has lots of violence and romance. I cannot make her write a vampire novel for you. I
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Coastal Magic Con Recap
We had a lovely time at Coastal Magic Con. It was a smaller con, which meant that we could actually sit and chat with people rather than hurry from one panel room to another. Both of our panels in Room A had the same excellent moderator. And we got to spend time with Jeaniene Frost
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Writer Hate and the Dreaded 30K Slump
I think this has been asked before but how do you make yourself continue writing something when you’ve started to hate it? You mentioned getting through Ruby Fire was difficult but you couldn’t extend your deadlines. If the idea of a looming deadline doesn’t work for a person as a reason to continue writing, what
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All The Maggie Questions
Mod R has compiled a very long list of questions you had about Maggie and self-publishing, so here are some answers. What are your reasons for going the traditional publishing route as I understood you were done with it? Self publishing allowing you more freedom over your writing schedule? We need to get back in
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A Bit of Housekeeping
This is a quick admin note to let you know that we have changed our newsletter providers. Our Blog newsletter was previously handled by Mailchimp and will now be handled by MailerLite. This decision was made for business reasons, primarily because of the way Mailchimp calculates subscribers and their constant price hikes. FYI, if you
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Samurai and Global Warming
Good news first: The Sweep of the Heart adaptation from Graphic Audio will be released on Audible& other audio stores on February 2nd, a bit earlier than expected. Me, in a post about the found dog: Jeaniene, if you are reading this, no, we did not keep the puppy. Stop laughing. Yesterday: phone rings. Me:
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