Category: publishing
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Author Interview: Lydia Sherrer
I met Lydia Sherrer at an indie author event last fall. Her urban fantasy books for young adults (and grown ups) attracted my attention because of their colorful covers. She created the Love, Lies and Hocus Pocus series. I have just started reading one of her latest projects, Accidental Witch, which is part of her…
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Review of Omniorb
Here’s what’s happening with my books: Sandy, from her blog, Feed My Biblio-Diction, gave Omniorb a good review. See the review here. Sandy also placed her review on Amazon and Goodreads. Advocate: Consortium, Episode 2, is released tomorrow. LibraryThing is listing my books for free giveaways. Omniorb is available to read for free on Kindle…
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Consortium: The Books
The Consortium. A supposed “utopia” where thousands of planets benefit from financial and cultural unity. Where neurological experiences and emotions are converted to energy via mysterious orbs. Where travel from one end of the galaxy to the other in mere hours is possible thanks to the dimension called The WhereHow. Where a mysterious being named…
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My Favorite Fiction Books from 2017
I read other books than the ones listed below, but they were non-fiction or fiction I didn’t want to include as a favorite. Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror) A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron This is the fourth installment of Aaron’s Heartstrikers series, the story of which proceeded nicely until…
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Five tips for new writers
I still consider myself a new writer, but I was first published at twelve years old. I won’t tell you how long ago that was, but it was before Ronald Reagan sat in the White House. Here’s the thing: you’re constantly learning as a writer. You’re learning your craft. You’re learning how to use grammar…
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In honor of fifty years of YA novels
In honor of its fiftieth anniversary, I read The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton again after about twenty-five years. Hinton has been said to single-handedly jump started the YA publishing market. I went through a period of reading YA novels. Most of Hinton’s–That Was Then, This Is Now; Rumble Fish–and tackled Paul Zindel’s books beginning…
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22 Summer 2016 Books You Won’t Want To Miss
From the Huffington Post: Soak up these family dramas, advice column collections and near-future hijinks. This summer, in addition to the obvious 2016 warm-weather pastime of drinking watermelon water while listening to “Lemonade,” we’re looking forward to reading new books! Because, although we are big proponents of couch lounging, reading in the grass while using…
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Four quick reads on writing
When I was on vacation earlier this month, I read some e-books on writing. Even though these gems were inexpensive and quick, they provided me with some valuable lessons to apply to my writing craft. Here they are: Self-publishing a Book By Hank Quense Quense has a great series on self-publishing and this is the…
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Support Self-Published Writers and Small Publishing Houses
As I plan my reading list for 2016, I want to include several self-published writers and small, independent publishing companies. So far I plan to read the following: Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure by K.M. Weiland Read her novel Dreamlander last year and loved it. She also has great books for fiction writers and a blog…
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