I also did a Twitter thread on Shut the Gates of Mercy, my third Emperor Norton time travel novella, as part of Sarah J. Sover‘s #TueSneakPeek. Mostly this book happens in a 1960’s diner, so it’s all stainless steel flatware, chipped coffee cups, and plate glass windows. Shut the Gates of Mercy also involves Coit […]
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Hey, folks! The first installment in SERVANT/SOVEREIGN, my new time travel/urban fantasy/historical fiction series set in San Francisco, is out now! Pick it up!
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Falstaff Books have put the first four volumes of The Withrow Chronicles up on Amazon for digital pre-order. These are, Amazon-wise, completely different books from the versions I published myself, meaning if you already have the books they will not automatically update to these editions. PERISHABLES is up for a pre-order price of 99 cents. It’s
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Check it out: Wrapped in White is a new anthology from Sekhmet Press, LLC, containing 13 fantastic ghost stories, available in a variety of formats: paperback, Kindle and Nook. Here’s a teaser of mine, titled “His Shrine to Santa Muerte”: Lorraine nudged the torsion wrench with her right thumb while her left hand worked the pick.
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For nearly two years I have stuck to my guns and insisted I would make my books available via as many platforms as possible rather than let any one online source have total control. I am just naturally the sort of person who rejects monopolies and the notion of letting a company control my choices.
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Check it out: Deal with the Devil is out now for Kindle! That last bit is important, though: it’s out for Kindle only. That’s a temporary measure, but it’s one I felt I had to take to really test the Kindle Direct Publishing platform. On the advice of a friend who runs a micropress, I’m trying out
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I’ve had my head buried in grad school this month but I also have some super-fun news: the editing and cover design for are done and I’m waiting on Smashwords and Amazon to look them over. If everything is successfully vetted then I’ll officially make it available this weekend and it will get pushed out to Nook/iBooks/etc.
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With the approaching completion of Tooth & Nail, I face a philosophical quandary: do I drink the Kindle Kool-Aid or do I stick to my idealistic principles? Oh, wait, one thing: here’s the video of my talk to opensource.com’s #cc10 event in December! OK, back to my quandary. If you’re not familiar with the behind-the-scenes
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I’ve published a new short story called “Complications”. It was inspired by Machine of Death and I obtained the explicit permission of the editors of that fine volume before making it available. It’s free on Smashwords or 99c on Kindle. Its publication is a quiet experiment and I’m letting you in on the secret as a way to
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Check it out: Perishables is live and available for purchase on the Kindle store! Overnight I got three sales, one of which was to the wife of a friend so it doesn’t count towards my goal of ten sales. The other two are totally counting unless someone outs themselves to me. It’s interesting to me
