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Expanding Your Amazon Reach
Amazon’s AuthorCentral websites allow readers to see a dedicated page focusing on a particular writer. It’s an easy way for Amazon customers, particularly those with Kindle readers, to find more about an author. The recently re-designed pages now include a sliding window featuring books registered to an author. The images are larger, allowing the viewer to […] Name the 9th Planet Gallifrey
To Con or Not to Con: The Write Question
For years, I’ve gone to conventions all over the continental United States. Some were genre conventions such as MileHiCon, Radcon, and Archon. Others were more media-centric, such as Denver Comic Con and Salt Lake Comic Con. Toss in a World Horror and a few writing conventions such as Superstars Writing Seminars and you’re looking at […] Fake Twitter Accounts
One of the things authors do is to blindly accept every Twitter follower that falls within their gravitational well. After all, it does look like you have a huge following when someone visits your Twitter profile. Unfortunately, people can see what percentage of your followers and folks you follow are made up of bogus accounts. […] Artistic Freebies
For those folks who dabble in the artistic side of things, there’s a website that gives away six items every Monday. While you do have to sign up, you can get a weekly email letting you know what’s on their freebie list. The items you get include unique fonts, logo designs, background images in very […] The Sandman by E. T. W. Hoffmann
Here’s an old classic creepy story. I’ve always been fascinated by the characters, particularly the malevolent Coppelius and his daughter. I hope you enjoy this one. ~ Guy Letter, NATHANIEL TO LOTHAIRE. Certainly you must all be uneasy that I have not written for so long—so very long. My mother, I am sure, is angry, […] Star Trek TOS CGI Updates
It’s been a while since I’ve seen episodes of Star Trek, the original sixties series. I’ve been watching every episode in order a couple of times a week, when I need a NaNoWriMo break. (Note: Current word count is 182,868 — woo hoo!) There have been strange things I’ve seen that didn’t seem to jive […] NaNoWriMo 2015
One of the bad things about being a fast and prolific writer is that it sometimes causes other writers to feel a bit down. Unlike many NaNo’ers, I literally have nothing better to do besides write and occasionally check what’s happening on social media. Because it’s my full-time job, I can focus and write simply […]