I have an article featured over on The Long and Short Reviews blog. Inspired by some probing questions from an aspiring author, my post is entitled the Short and the Long of a Novel Idea. It examines the difference between short fiction and novels, and some tips on how to transition from one to the other.


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Publisher Neal Levin of Dark Quest LLC and editor Mike McPhail are proud to announce that So It Begins, book two of the Defending the Future series, has been recognized as a two-time finalist for the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award, once for Best Anthology and once for Best Short Stories - Fiction. http://www.indiebookawards.com/ ( Read more... )

Hard to believe Balticon is just less than two weeks away! For those of you attending I'd like to remind you about our launch party for book two in the Defending The Future series, So It Begins. As an added bonus, we will also be launching Radiation Angels: The Key to Damocles, the long-awaited second novel by our contributor, James Daniel Ross.

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ATTEND THE OFFICIAL So It Begins/The Key to Damocles BOOK LAUNCH AT BALTICON 43 AND YOU COULD WIN A WALK-ON PART IN AN UPCOMING LOST FLEET NOVEL!

Official Invitation
Join the editor, contributors, and publisher as they celebrate the launch of So It Begins, the second book in the award-winning Defending the Future Series.

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Addendum to the below announcement, which I also sent out by email about an hour ago...SIB is already ranked #27,642 in Books! The rank was no-existent when I discovered the listing...an hour ago, did I mention! Whee!
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Dark Quest Books and Editor Mike McPhail would like to announce the release of So It Begins, book two ( Read more... )

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Have you ever been told if it's too easy to get, it's not worth having? In that case, the Defending the Future anthologies must be priceless. The history of this collection has been one of challenge and struggle. Book one, Breach the Hull went through three potential publishers before being released by the fourth. It went on to win the 2007 ( Read more... )

It's been a while. Time for a book update.

We've been working on several projects lately. One of those is So It Begins, the sequel anthology to the award-winning Breach the Hull (Marietta Publishing).

All the stories are in and have been approved, a preliminary publication order set, and now...for the icons! For those that are not familiar with ( Read more... )