The Author Life
What's going on with me and my writer tribe. Interviews, new book releases, release parties, live events, convention news, and resources of interest to writers.
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BLACK FRIDAY UNSALE!
For an unlimited time, you can buy ALL my books at full price! There's absolutely no limit on quantities, either! This offer has NO deadline, NO hidden fees, NO catches, NO discounts.
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New Release Soon! J. Scott Coatsworth’s ‘The Gauntlet Runner’
The Gauntlet Runner is the sequel to The Dragon Eater (books 1 and 2 of the Tharassas Cycle) and will be available for purchase Thursday, September 21st.
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Writing Workshop: Blurbs the Word!
If that back cover description isn't compelling, your potential audience could be passing you by. Learn how to hook a casual browser and turn them into your next avid reader.
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Writing Workshop: Continuity: Solid Worlds, Believable Characters
Ever have a character change their hair color, accent, or even gender in mid-story? And it's not part of the plot? Oops. If your Loki-wannabe isn't a shapeshifter or a trickster, it's up…
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Adventures in Copyediting – Booze and Bullets
As I copyedit/rewrite a 103K-word, modern-day vampire novel, I'm pausing often to consider word usage.
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Fantasy Faire 2023: My Literary Festival Events
If you're a Second Lifer and also a writer, you may be interested in attending my special events at Fantasy Faire 2023
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The Dragon Eater
J. Scott Coatsworth has a new queer YA/Crossover Sci-Fantasy book out – The Dragon Eater, Tharassas Cycle book one. There’s a giveaway, and a free book with purchase too! Raven’s a thief who…
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Christmas in Spaaaace! Free Books for the Holidays
Santa's miffed he didn't think of this gift for you himself! SciFi/Fantasy authors (including me) have teamed up to give you free books written with a hint of the holiday spirit.
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HopePunk – The StoryBundle!
I love the term "HopePunk". I try to write in the spirit of it as often as possible. What is HopePunk? you may ask...
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Queer Sci Fi’s newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here
Queer Sci Fi's newest LGBTQ+ speculative fiction anthology is here: Clarity. And there's a giveaway.
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Clarity
My 300 word flash fiction, "Magic Mirror" will soon be published along with 314 other flash fictions in a collection based on the theme, "Clarity"
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Clarity
I'm happy to announce that my flash-fiction story, "Magic Mirror" was chosen for this year's Queer Sci-Fi anthology.
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A New Way To Discover Books
Shepherd.com intends to give readers a new way to discover books.
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Steamed and Steamy: The eBook Six Years in the Making!
Perhaps you know about my little cookbook, Steamed and Steamy: Recipes from the Steampunk World of Industralia, published as a paperback in 2016. Almost immediately people started asking me when the eBook would…
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Werks from the Iron Road releases Werk-Books Version 3.0
Werks from the Iron Road, a webstore and design house based in the virtual world of Second Life, has announced the arrival of Werk-Books Book Scripts Package, version 3.0, to its Second Life…
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Book Review: Two Poems by Peter Okonkwo
I enjoy poetry of all sorts, whether it’s cheesy limericks, genteel sonnets of love, harsh dystopian viewpoints, odes to nature, and more. In the category of ‘more’ is the work of Peter Okonkwo.…
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Santa and the Region Crossing
This is a reprint of a story I wrote for Prim Perfect, issue #38 in December, 2011. Happy 10th anniversary, little story!
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Good News for Second Life Readers, Writers, and RPG Fans
I've received a press release that has me really excited. As an author who's also a long-time resident of Second Life, I'm always interested in the various ways literature is enjoyed in-world. A…
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Why Should I Pre-Order A Book?
If you’ve been reading my book reviews, odds are that some of the books sound interesting, and you’d like to buy a copy. But when you hop over to Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes &…
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Lorem Ipsum Collection
I’ve gathered my Lorum Ipsum Generator link collection into one page at my site. Hope this helps you with all your Lorem Ipsum needs! The collection is permanently listed in the menu at…
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Book Release Announcement: Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil
Release Date: August 17, 2021. "Tia Lugo Speaks No Evil" Tia Lugo, an asthmatic thirteen-year-old Puerto Rican girl living in NYC, witnesses a murder late one night from her bedroom window. Terrified the…
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Cassowaries, Chickens, and the Apocalypse: An Interview with “Morning Dew” Author Andrew McCurdy
“Life’s become pretty stable since the apocalypse. Grief’s given way to survival. Routines have been established. Farming, rationing, and scavenging skills have been perfected. Not much changes—until you unearth a mysterious black hole,…
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Book Review: Dead Dead Girls
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa AfiaMy rating: 5 of 5 stars This can’t-put-it-down novel gives a vintage twist to the ‘ordinary citizen teams up with police to fight crime’ trope. But while that…
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Dead Dead Girls Excerpt
“Lovie,” the bartender, Rafael Moreno, greeted her. He leaned over and kissed her forehead. “Everything copacetic, baby doll?” Louise smiled and pulled her hair from her lipstick, her pulse slowing. “Everything’s jake, babe.”…
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A Conversation with Nekesa Afia
A conversation with Nekesa Afia Author of Dead Dead Girls
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Tales of the Trails Book Two Now Available
Book Two in the “Tales of the Trails” series is now available at Amazon. Helping to develop and edit it has been a huge labor of love for Ken and I, and is…
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SL Book Club – Writers In Virtual Worlds
A few days ago I read from A Life Invented on the Second Life Book Club, a talk-show that broadcasts from the virtual space of Second Life. I enjoyed the experience! If you…
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Meet Storyteller Fran Wilde
I discovered Fran Wilde’s imagination through Updraft. the first of the three books in the Bone Universe novels. Those books flew me up to a fantastical world where humans live above the clouds…
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Young Michigan Author’s Debut Novel is a Keeper
The Keeper Academy: The Legend of the Witch’s Woods is available for pre-order at Amazon, in either Kindle or paperback formats. M.E. Garrett is a talented teenage writer, and this is her debut…
