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Win a Baby Griffin!

April 11, 2011

The amazing Windstone Editions is teaming up with World of Andovar. Author Erin Hoffman will be giving away two baby griffin statues in celebration of the release of Sword of Fire and Sea from Pyr. To enter, just “like” the World of Andovar Facebook page! More details are available at Erin’s blog. I had the [...]

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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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Next Generation Indie Awards

June 22, 2009

If you’ve had a book published by a small press in 2009, or will be published in early 2010, consider submitting your book to the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Submissions are open until March, 2010. While the entry fee may be a little steep at $75, the awards range from $100-$1,500 and include promotion [...]

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The painful ‘nowning’ process

January 22, 2009

BUFFY: How do you get to be renowned? I mean, like, do you have to be ‘nowned’ first? WILLOW: Yes, first there’s the painful ‘nowning’ process. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episode 4.1 “The Freshman”) Clever wording aside, the process of gaining renown is, often, a painful one. Yet, renown, or reputation, or recognition, or whatever [...]

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