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I don't have a muse, and never have. I'm afraid that if I did have one, she would be a small Chinese woman standing in the doorway, looking significantly at her watch every minute or so while I dug around in the sofa searching for enough loose change to pay for the chicken-fried rice. On the whole, I think I do better without her. |
My first review in a long while on My Comfy Chair blog, but I plan to review more there this year. I got discouraged before because every book I was getting was for young adults, and I really want to concentrate more on middle grade and tweens. Thus, my first review is of a wonderful middle grade fairy tale retelling (3rd-7th grade, they say): Jack: The True Story of Jack and the Beanstalk (review) |
I am faced with a dilemma. I used to use Duotrope when they were free. I submitted hundreds of times, and got many, many stories and poems published, and a lot of them I found through Duotrope. Then I stopped submitting (and slowed way down writing), and somewhat coincidentally, Duotrope started charging $5/month. Now, I've been writing more. I'm starting to get a little bit of an urge to submit more. I signed up for the free one week trial on Duotrope, and it still looks very handy, but in a few days, I'm going to have to fish or cut bait. If I pay for it, it will drive me to submit more, but I may feel pushed rather than inspired. I can afford the $5, but should I? Having trouble deciding. |
Slowly growing the new StoryTime channel on Youtube . Why not stop by and subscribe, and then you can be notified when a new story appears? (Don't worry, while I'd love it to be every week, it is more like once or twice a month.) |
Putting together my home video studio (aka, the other side of my home office) and contemplating the Abeness of Judd Falcoln. A writer's/videographer's life is never dull. Read more about the excitement on my writing blog at Ye Olde Video Recording Studio and Abe in Space |
I just finished up my seventh poem for the week long Invalid Item . Woo hoo! I made it. You can find all seven poems as the first poems in my loose poetry folder:
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I actually posted a new item today. Kind of scary how long it has been. I'm afraid to look.
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Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles Marissa Meyer's wonderful SF fairytale... Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . . Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future. Amazon (Kindle): http://amzn.to/CinderUS Barnes & Noble (Nook): http://bit.ly/M8IohT |
Ordering a Kindle Fire for Christmas. Have you ordered one? http://amzn.to/OrderFireNow |
Hard-boiled detective? Frisky zombie? Hungry house? They're all in Savage Fire. Get sixteen great stories for your Kindle, Nook or PC for only $0.99. Five 5-star reviews and one 4-star on Amazon. Take a chance. My short story collection, Savage Fire, is available as an ebook on Amazon (for Kindle) , on Barnes&Noble (for Nook) and on Smashwords (for various digital formats) . It is a mix of horror, humor, bizarro and even a few naughty bits. On WDC it would be listed as 18+. The price is only $0.99 everywhere, and I hope you'll give it a try. |
It's Friday! To celebrate, get a copy of Savage Fire for 50% off on Smashwords using coupon FW77X Valid through Sunday only. $1.49 instead of $2.99, but you must use the coupon code FW77X. |