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Blog Hop – The Next Big Thing
Many thanks to Charlotte Holley who tagged me to participate in The Next Big Thing blog hop. I didn’t know what a blog hop was but it seems like fun. In this one, authors answer questions about their...
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The Truth About “A Tale More True”
Gypsy Shadow Publishing just launched my newest story, “A Tale More True” and I’m excited about it. Here’s the blurb: History’s greatest liar, a colossal clockwork spring, a fantastic trip to the...
View ArticleThe Seed and Twist Revisited
I’ve mentioned a couple of times before (here and here) my method of coming up with story ideas. I call it the seed and twist. The seed is some humdrum, everyday thing. The twist is where you look...
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Meet the Punk Family
If you’re into science fiction, particularly alternate history or speculative fiction, there are some interesting sub-genres to be aware of. They all have -punk in their name: cyberpunk, clockpunk,...
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How I Inspired an Expedition
According to news accounts here, here, and here, divers will use a special diving suit (called the Exosuit) to explore off the coast of Antikythera Island near Greece. The site is a debris field left...
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Time for a Story to Launch
I just learned my next story, “Time’s Deformèd Hand,” is scheduled to be launched by Gypsy Shadow Publishing in just three days, on November 15th. It’s the 12th book in that What Man Hath Wrought...
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The Reviews Are In, and It’s About Time
My new story, “Time’s Deformèd Hand,” is starting to garner some interesting praise from reviewers. Here’s just a sample: “I laughed, I cried, I winced, I snorted my milk in my cereal.” Houston...
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The Story behind “Time’s Deformèd Hand”
You were wondering about this new story of mine, “Time’s Deformèd Hand,” so I’ve written this blog post to answer all your questions. It’s the least I can do to satisfy your curiosity. Luckily for both...
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Vote for Your Favorite Story of 2014
Happy New Year! That must mean it’s time for the Critters Writers Workshop to conduct their Preditors and Editors Poll (the 17th annual one this time) to see which newly published e-book readers...
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The Votes Are In
I owe a great big thank-you to those who voted for my stories in the Critters Workshop Annual Preditors and Editors Readers Poll for 2014. My story “The Cometeers” came in 3rd of 7 among...
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Making Leonardo’s Lion
An artistic acquaintance of mine has been making 3D printed models of vehicles and gadgets from my stories. Today I’ll introduce another one she made, the mechanical clockwork lion from my book...
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My Books, Now Half Price
Yes, the rumors are true. This is Read an Ebook Week, and all of my books listed on Smashwords are half price! Hard to believe, but it’s a fact. Read an Ebook Week runs from today until March 11. My...
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What? My Books are Half Price?
The folks at Smashwords are nice, but they’ve gone too far now. They’ve priced my entire What Man Hath Wrought series at half price for the entire month of July. I’ve checked, and it’s true. You can...
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