Amid all the excitement around the release of Glamour of the God-Touched, I forgot to mention that The Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide has posted an excerpt of my short story “Goliath vs. Robodog” on Wattpad. Their kickstarter has funded, and the project is a full-go. Congrats to them. I’m really happy to be a part […]
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Publication Day Arrives for Glamour of the God-Touched!
And so it begins… I’m beyond excited to note that Glamour of the God-Touched, (Saga of the God-Touched Mage, Volume 1) is finally available in all formats! If you’ve been following me for any time, you’ll know exactly how long of a journey this has been, and how much of a labor of love it’s […]
Read More ...Trail of the Torean – Cover Reveal!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch … I’m happy to say that the pre-order numbers for Glamour of the God-Touched have been interesting enough to put the book on the Amazon Top 100 list for short SF & Fantasy Reads for all of yesterday (at 64 pages, it barely qualifies … but I’ll take it)! I […]
Read More ...Cultural snobbery and the genres
As synchronicity would have it, I ran into two different bits today that have to do with cultural snobbery and the genres. The first is a blog entry by Mike Dunn, who is an aspiring writer who was literally chased from his love of Analog by the culture of friends he hung around. The second […]
Read More ...The Writer as Artist
“I’ve never thought of writing as being artistic.” I’m paraphrasing a little, but that was a friend of mine said during a conversation we were having a couple weeks ago. He’s a moderately new writer, meaning he’s been working on it for a while, but still has tons o’ questions and tons o’ worries and […]
Read More ...Taylor Swift & The Culture of Free
So Taylor Swift has pulled her catalog off Spotify. She has been a proponent of artists being paid properly for their work, she’s apparently decided to make a point. It’s certainly an interesting one. Let’s face it, Swift is going to make a chunk of change, no matter how she releases her work. That’s what […]
Read More ...Top 5 Standard Techniques of Writing Avoidance
Not that I’ve done any of these today, but … #5 – Reading about writing and pretending that it’s just as good #4 – Doing “more important things” like laundry #3 – Helping people who are Wrong On The Internet #2 – Checking your paltry sales numbers on Amazon, et al (*) #1 – Writing […]
Read More ...Two Hours of Sawyer
A little while back Roberta Laurie interviewed me for On Spec magazine, which is the really rocking Canadian small press that published my short story “Operation Hercules.” It’s a great publiciation. I suggest you read it. She asked me who some of my favorite authors are, and I started with Robert J. Sawyer. I think […]
Read More ...Glamour of the God-Touched Announced!
I am so excited to note that Glamour of the God-Touched has an official publication date of November 15th. Finally! This is the first novella of an eight-part serial that I’ve titled Saga of the God-Touched Mage, and is now available for pre-order at the following locations: Amazon (US) Amazon (UK) Amazon (DE) (and other […]
Read More ...Podcast: Here’s the Thing
As I’ve noted in the past every now and again, I listen to a lot of podcasts during the afternoons when I walk, or work out, or go to the grocery, or do whatever non-writing thing I do to break from the creative/productive side of the day. I used to listen to a lot of […]
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