About a million years ago, I started my first author blog in order to talk transparently about book marketing and the results of various efforts. I didn’t keep that up, in part because it just took a lot of time, and in part because I do not sell many books and frankly I got embarrassed […]
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I’m thrilled to be at the SplatterFlix Film Series at The Carolina Theatre of Durham this weekend! I’m selling books, talking about Ret-Con, and giving away Arcane Carolinas buttons and stickers. Many thanks to Jim and the Carolina Theatre for encouraging and supporting local creatives by welcoming us into such a gorgeous part of Durham’s
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$5 for 5 books, or 15 books for a little more? Who can beat that? As I type this, A Fall in Autumn is listed in a “Best of the Indies” StoryBundle alongside some amazing books by a raft of writers I know and love! https://storybundle.com/indie
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Hey, check out what’s coming soon! RETURN TO THE MEAN STREETS OF AUTUMNValerius Bakhoum is dead and buried. Too bad he’s still flat broke and behind on the rent. Unsure what to do with himself—and of who he is—Valerius resumes his career as a detective by taking up the oldest case in his files: where
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FYI, this post talks about themes and some 10,000-foot-view elements of a work that is not yet published, so if you hate reading about a book before you read the book itself, skip this! Sarah J. Sover is doing a #TueSneakPeek thing on Twitter and inviting other writers to jump in. I’ve done so over
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Readers—and writers—like to see problems solved and villains defeated. The problems in our stories spring from problems in shared reality, though, and the enjoyment we derive from seeing evil defeated and wrongs righted should motivate us in the real world long after. Let us be willing to speak out against what’s wrong or unjust as readily as we cheer for the hero when they step on screen.
Y’all… …I won! Monday, July 27, 2020, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy, the result of juried selection from the list of finalists, in turn the result of juried selection from an eligibility list of over 80 titles. The award was
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Y’all, I am intensely proud and flattered and humbled (yes, while also being proud) to have A Fall in Autumn listed as a finalist for the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award from the North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation. I don’t even know what to say. This is an incredible honor, and very validating, and I
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I’ve never worked as hard to promote a book as I have with A Fall in Autumn. In the two and a half months since it was published – no, two and three-quarters – I’ve directly queried something in the neighborhood of 150 outlets seeking reviews. I nearly got reviews by NPR’s All Things Considered,
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Here’s a post from my Facebook Page. And to think, people pay me for words that I write! Two and a half things: I am ridiculous, and I’m starting a newsletter, and I’m going to sneak a fun half-thing into a footnote of this post because why not? THING ONE: I finally let
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