I'm having a pre-release party over at SFR Brigade for "Blaze of Glory" tomorrow!

Be there or be... er... be not.

;)

"Editors" who brag about the reaction their rejection letters have on people. I know it's childish for an author to post the rejection and then rant, but "editors" who then point at it and laugh - annoying, unprofessional, imo.

"Authors" who complain about losing their "voice" if they subject their golden words to an editor. The editor is there to ( Read more... )

I've noticed over the past year or so the rush of readers to both the superhero genre and the steampunk genre - not that the two haven't been around for decades, but the surge to the forefront of the media is somewhat interesting. I'm going to put forth a few theories as to why I think movies like "Dark Knight" and "Iron Man" have really put us ( Read more... )

I really miss our local bookstore. Since it closed, we've saved money because we're not dropping in two, three times a week and buying books, but still... it's hard to live with the nearest bookstore at leas an hour away. And I miss seeing the kids running around the bookstore, clutching a book in hand, racing to get to the counter ( Read more... )

There's an interesting rant/argument/brawl going on at AbsoluteWrite at the moment. In a nutshell, an agent who leads a well-known agency with lots of major success to her credit, posted the email query and dialogue of one unfortunate writer who started querying as to the status of his/her manuscript after it had been requested by her agency. As ( Read more... )

A hundred, thousand years ago when I decided to write “Blaze of Glory”, I went back to my basic comic book roots.

Which, admittedly, were real old-school. Contrary to the current surge of violent comic books that seem to thrive on how many horrible images and shocking stories they can put out, I decided to go back to my past and write a story where ( Read more... )

I remembered after posting last time about where to get free ebooks (legally!) that I had forgotten one of the best, BEST sites.

Project Gutenberg.

I know that’s the Wikipedia reference, but it lays out the goals of this faboo site much better than I ever could. I found it amazing how many classic novels were in the public domain and available to ( Read more... )

I've decided today to give you the benefit of my limited, silly ground bits of knowledge on the mystery that is, ebooks.

Yeah, yeah, I know - you've got it all figured out. Probably so, but bear with this old broad as she puts down some thoughts on electronic paper for those who may just not be as fast as you are.

Which would be, me.

;)

Ebooks come in ( Read more... )

... your ideas?

It's one of the easiest questions to ask a writer, but one of the hardest for us to answer. Where do you get those wonderful toys?

I can only speak for myself, but usually it's a mishmash of articles I've read, books I've devoured and just a lot of "what if"s going through my mind.

For example, my Sunday copy of the Pittsburgh Post ( Read more... )

... to get your hands on "Blaze of Glory" and don't want to miss the release date...

Pre-orders are NOW being accepted at Amazon!

Why miss getting this into your inbox as soon as it comes out in six weeks?

You know you want to...

And, in case you need a refresher on what's going on with Jo Tanis...

Chapter One is available!

;)