authors

An Interview with the Authoress

August 30, 2010

The mysterious blogger who goes by the name “Authoress” was the first aspiring writer to offer up her work in progress to the infamous Miss Snark for critique. She now runs the successful writing support/critique forum Miss Snark’s First Victim, a blogspace in which aspiring writers can get feedback on their work — both from [...]

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Marketing Tips for the Introverted Author

July 1, 2010

Fans who see authors at signings and readings and conventions may not realize that authors — just like anyone else — can be introverted, can get stage fright, or can be uncomfortable approaching others or putting themselves in the limelight. It’s one thing for a book to get great acclaim; it’s another thing to squint [...]

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On a personal note…

January 7, 2010

I met Tee Morris my very first day of college. He helped me move into the dorm for marching band camp, and when an unlikely foot injury benched him on the sidelines later that week, we got to talking and clicked at once. We’ve been close ever since, and even though we went in different [...]

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Author Pages

October 15, 2009

If you are a published author, I strongly encourage you to go sign up for Amazon.com’s Author Central and create your author page. More than just a listing of your current works, author pages are designed to be a better-rounded promotional opportunity. You can put up a headshot, a biography, and link in your latest [...]

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Author Sightings

August 24, 2009

I’m listening to Michell Plested’s podcast interview with Dave Sakmyster over on Get Published. Dave’s new book SILVER AND GOLD was a pleasure to work on, and it was recently released by Dragon Moon Press. I’m flattered by the mention I receive in the interview — completely unsolicited, I promise! At around 29:15: Dave Sakmyster: [...]

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Parsec Finalists

July 27, 2009

The Parsec Awards, presented each year at Dragon*Con, recognize excellence in speculative fiction podcasting. I’m pleased to honor and congratulate the following talented clients, friends and colleagues for their nominations as Parsec finalists: Philippa Ballantine (Erotica a la carte nominated for Best Speculative Fiction Magazine or Anthology Podcast) Christiana Ellis (Christiana’s Shallow Thoughts nominated for [...]

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Phil Rossi’s Big, Dark, and Terrible Machine

July 9, 2009

CRESCENT, the creepy and fantastic podiobook by Phil Rossi makes its print debut today, published by Dragon Moon Press. Meanwhile, Phil’s latest podiobook thriller brings the chills back down to Earth. HARVEY is a twisted tale about a down-on-his-luck musician and a small town that’s more than it seems. In between preparing for today’s live [...]

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Guest Blogger: Phil Rossi on “Rushing the Charts”

July 6, 2009

Phil Rossi is taking over the blog today with a timely guest post. Phil’s Amazon.com Chart Rush for the print release of his novel, CRESCENT, will be this Thursday, July 9th at 1pm Eastern. You can participate by buying the book on Amazon, attending Phil’s live uStream concert Thursday afternoon, and raising awareness by embedding [...]

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It’s a date!

June 8, 2009

Actually seeing it in print makes me want to jump up and down!  According to Pip, a November 2010 print date has been announced for GEIST. She’s already hard at work on the sequel, which bears the catchy working title of GEIST 2 (real title forthcoming!). And congrats also to Ms. Ballantine for winning the [...]

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David Eddings – 1931-2009

June 4, 2009

I discovered The Belgariad when I was twelve. I remember immersing myself in the first four books and waiting anxiously for the fifth to be released, and then following The Malloreon, the follow-up series, avidly forward. While I can’t say that The Belgariad was the first fantasy I’d ever read, I can certainly say without [...]

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