03 Sunday Sep 2017
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amazon, Book, free, limited time, novel, sale, short story
All this movie stuff has gotten me thinking about publishing again. It’s not that I don’t want to, I’ve just been busy. I have a number of practically finished stories that just need a little massaging. Hopefully, I’ll be able to publish some new stuff sometime in the near-ish future.
In the meantime, I haven’t done a sale in a long time, so I decided to put my books on sale. Some are on a countdown, others are free! Links below.
28 Tuesday Jul 2015
Posted in Mention Monday
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armada, audible, Book, book review of armada, ernest cline, ready player one, review, wil wheaton
Last MM: The Z Chronicles
I am a huge fan of Ready Player One. It is easily one of my favorite books of all time. So you can imagine how eagerly I awaited the release of Armada. By now, you’ve probably heard some mixed reviews about this book. Well, you can add this one to that list, because I know I feel a bit mixed myself.
*spoilers* Continue reading
17 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in Mention Monday
Last Week’s MM: Elena E. Giorgi
![An Unwelcome Quest: Magic 2.0, Book 3 | [Scott Meyer]](https://i2.wp.com/ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-3EpTGogL._SL300_.jpg)
A few weeks ago I mentioned Off to Be the Wizard and Spell or High Water. Well, the third book in the series has come out, An Unwelcome Quest, and it didn’t disappoint. In some ways, I think this may be the best of the three. The first book was good, but a bit predictable. The second book was also interesting, although the bad guy didn’t make much sense to me, or, at lest, I felt that there could have been better villains. But I can’t really think of any problems with the third. I listened to the book in about 2 days. I also really like the narrator for this series.
I’m really enjoying this world and this concept. I feel like it has endless possibilities. Scott Meyer can’t release them fast enough for me. I hope that the series keeps going, and I can’t wait to see what’s next.
27 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Mention Monday
Last Week’s MM: Gone Girl – Movie
I’ve recently been enjoying a genre that seems to be gaining in popularity. Or maybe there’s just a new abundance of it. I’m not sure exactly what this genre is called, or if it has a title, but I like to call it Science Fantasy.
Think Ready Player One. That sort of thing. A story where you get the fantasy elements made possible by science. Add a splash of geek (usually) and there ya go: fresh, fun genre.
(That’s not to say that this book is anything like Ready Player One. It’s not. Only saying that they share a basis of fantasy made possible by science.)
This story is about a guy who accidentally discovers that life, the world, existence, all of it, is actually just a simulation. But the story doesn’t go where I’d expect it to. Usually, in that situation, you find a protagonist depressed about their existence, trying to find out who made them and why, or trying to escape. Not in this book. Our main character, Martin, decides to do what we all probably really would do in that situation: get some money. But, this quickly gets him into trouble, so, of course he does the next rational thing: goes back to the middle ages to live as a wizard. Continue reading
01 Monday Dec 2014
Posted in Random
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amazon, author, Book, books, help, kindle, kindle scout, new book, nominate, novel, novels, otherworlders, publish, published, reader, scout, vote, writer
It’s getting to be the last week for my novel on Kindle Scout. If you haven’t nominated it yet, it would mean a lot to me if you could. It’s getting down to crunch time, and I need all the support that I can get.
If you haven’t heard of Kindle Scout, here’s the gist: It gives readers the opportunity to see the first chapters of never before published books. If you like it, nominate it! And if it gets enough nominations, then you’ve helped a book get published and you get a FREE copy of the ebook before it’s published, and a thank you from the author. And since it’s run by Kindle, you just use your Amazon log-in to vote.
It’s almost over, so nomination time is limited. I’d really appreciate it if you could check it out and nominate it if you like it. Spread the word about it if you really like it. Thanks!!
05 Sunday Oct 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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Just wanted to give a quick shout out and thanks to author Nick Cole for sending me a signed copy of Soda Pop Soldier. Can’t wait to read it!
13 Saturday Sep 2014
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Book, flash fiction, proof, proof copy, publishing, scifi, self-publishing
I got the proof version of my book today. Soon, it’ll be available in the physical form. Also, the audio recordings are coming along well. Can’t wait for that to be ready, too 🙂
01 Monday Sep 2014
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author, Book, first person, novel, parts, past tense, present tense, serial, short stories, tense, third person, writer, writing
The story that I’m writing is taking on a life of it’s own. Does that ever happen to you?
This book has a mind of it’s own, and won’t be told what to do. It’s dictating the way it wants to be told.
03 Sunday Aug 2014
Posted in Random
I decided to collect some of my flash fictions, specifically the scifi ones for now, and compile them into a collection and put them up on Amazon for .99
I only recently did this. But I was surprised when I checked on it today and discovered that I’m currently in the top 250,000 in all of Paid Amazon. I didn’t do any advertising whatsoever, liter rally just hit publish and threw it out into the world. I know, that’s still pretty far down the list. But, it’s new. And, there are millions of books on Amazon, so it’s kinda cool to be up there. I don’t know if it’ll go up or down, but for now, I’m excited about that number.
15 Tuesday Jul 2014
Posted in Mention Monday
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author, Book, book review, booktrack, contest, fan fiction, fanfic, half way home, hugh howey, scifi, scifi geeks club, writer, writing
https://www.youtube.com/embed/59ixz6udGzQ?autoplay=1
I’ve looked at booktrack before, but never really got around to using it. It seems like a nice way to enhance your reading.
Beyond that, I found that they are having a competition. I was participating in a live google hangout thing, it was for The SciFi Geeks Club, and Hugh Howey was the guest. Actually got to ask him questions, which was awesome. The writer in me was excited to be networking. The social anxiety side was terrified. But, I did manage to participate. Anyway, he told me about this contest. I’m currently writing a story, Witness, for Kindle Worlds, based on his Silo Saga. This contest is looking for short stories based on a different book of his, Halfway Home.
There are two different contests. Continue reading
