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DMP Submission Roundup – The Stats

January 2, 2012

Happy New Year, readers! This is the post in which I make a resolution to be more faithful about my blog posting this year. You have my apologies for my December silence, but it was a busy month. Between travel (mine), a broken arm (not mine), two sets of submissions to track, a short story [...]

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EDEN by Phil Rossi – Amazon Chart Rush, Thursday December 8

December 5, 2011

The tree is beautiful and they call her Eden. Her branches reach for the stars. But this tree does not sprout from the dirt. Eden fills the sky, high in orbit above the blue expanse of Uranus. Eden changes humanity’s very concept of extraterrestrial life. Dr. Malcolm Green is sent to Eden to audit a [...]

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Ripe Ideas and Low-Hanging Fruit

November 28, 2011

“Low-hanging fruit” is a common metaphor you’ll hear in writing circles, in reference to coming up with ideas. The lowest-hanging fruit on any tree are the easiest ones to reach and therefore the ones that get picked first. For writers, the metaphor usually suggests that the ideas you come up with first, or most easily, [...]

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DMP December 2011 Open Submissions – Guidelines

November 10, 2011

Thanks for your patience! The December 2011 Open Submissions guidelines are now up at dragonmoonpress.com, where they will remain through the month of December. The rules are slightly different this time around. Most notably, DMP is ONLY seeking fantasy (traditional fantasy, sword and sorcery, epic fantasy) and urban fantasy. DMP is solid on science fiction [...]

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Praise for TRIPTYCH by J.M. Frey

November 7, 2011

I don’t have any children, so I’ve never been the parent of an honors child. But, I’ve been an acquiring editor for a while now, and I think the pride and joy I feel when one of my book-children does well are probably the same buzz that a parent gets when a child wins some [...]

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Coming Soon: Dragon Moon Press open submission period

November 3, 2011

Just an early heads-up for blog readers — Dragon Moon Press will again be opening its virtual gates this December. Send no manuscripts yet! Full submissions details will be appearing soon on the DMP website. Manuscripts arriving before December 1, or which do not follow submissions guidelines, will be deleted unread. Wait for posting of [...]

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Goodreads Giveaway Winners!

October 31, 2011

First, a big thank you to all 669 readers who participated in our first WHEN THE HERO COMES HOME giveaway on Goodreads! Congrats to our winners, Gabriel and BL834 — your copies are in the mail! Thanks again, everyone who participated! As a reminder, the Kindle edition is only $3.99. And keep an eye out [...]

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Lightbringer

October 27, 2011

LIGHTBRINGER by K.D. McEntire Pyr kicks off their new Young Adult line with LIGHTBRINGER by debut author K.D. McEntire, releasing on November 15. This was a FUN book to work on, and I’m excited to see the early reviews starting to come in! “Lightbringer is a superb unforgettable young adult romantic urban fantasy filled with [...]

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5 Tips For Boosting Your NaNoWriMo Word Count

October 24, 2011

NaNoWriMo is almost upon us. Writers everywhere are stretching fingers and sharpening pencils, saying farewell to loved ones and clearing schedules to accommodate large blocks of writing time. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to pen 50,000 words within the month of November. Your mission is to get to that word count. There are no rules [...]

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The Etiquette of Retweeting

October 18, 2011

All of you are techologically clued-in, emotionally and socially sensitive individuals, so I don’t expect any of this to apply to you, my readers. Still, here are the three types of misguided retweets that really fail my whale. 1. The @ response. When you send a message beginning with @ and someone’s name (like @gabrielle_h), [...]

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