The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.
For years I’ve been investigating how to get published, and how to market once it happened. It occurred to me recently that while I’ve been figuring it out, I never passed that information on. I have friends who can help me spread the word, but they don’t know how. This post is to address that. If […]
I’m no expert in marketing, that’s for sure. So I’m coming at this as a reader, because that I certainly am. I read fantasy, love a good quest, and the mention of elves and/or dragons is sure to perk up my catgirl ears. (Shut up. I have them. They are on my head now.) So
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A friend of mine was the first to read His Faithful Squire, back when I called the manuscript simply “Rafe.” I remember she thought Taro and Rafe were too affectionate. She explained that her gay son and his friends were not at all demonstrative. I thought that in a time and place where gays were
I hand-sold two copies of my book today. I haven’t received any money from my online sales yet, so it’s the first money I’ve had in hand from the books I’ve worked so long and hard writing. Probably I should have saved the money–I’m darn near broke and I need to get my car through
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I asked for it, didn’t I? And I know you people. You’re just sitting out there with your weapons of choice, waiting for me to muck it up and forget so you can poke me. You want to take out your hungover 2011-sucks-so-far misery on me. Well, suck it up, lovelies, because I’m not giving
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I love science. It’s so…science-y. So sexy. The internet is indeed for porn. SCIENCE PORN. (Do you have that song in your head now? You’re welcome.) It seems attempts at making babies in micro-gravity may encounter difficulties not experienced in Earth’s gravity. Interesting. I may not use that in my current SF universe–in the Dream’verse
So. That was fun. Not. NaNo was rough this year, and I think I know why. One, I was over-confident. Most years I finish handily, getting my 50K by the 28th at the latest. Last year it was the fifteenth! So I didn’t worry as I fell farther and farther behind. Two, I was trying