Fiction Writing Assessment

From the brilliant Tim Waggoner, here’s an assessment form for use in teaching, workshops, or even critique groups. At the very least, it can be used as a checklist for beta readers as to what kind of feedback would be useful.   It’s a freebie. The email and name is to send a receipt. Feel […]

Facebook Pages: Are they worth your time?

Almost every book marketing eBook I read says I should get out on Facebook and spew information on my current books. “Set up a Facebook Page for each book or series.” Now that Facebook has changed their algorithm, is it worth the time for an author to post about their books? Lets take a look […]

Steampunk and Aether

I was poking around on Gutenberg when I found an old textbook on the sciences. It’s called Aether and Gravitation, and it’s located here: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24667/24667-h/24667-h.htm#CHAPTER_IV It’s fascinating to look at all of the cutting edge science (that ended up getting scrapped because it was all wrong). This is what those Victorian Steampunk folks were talking about […]