This Writer's Life
Interviews, new book releases, release parties, live events, convention news, and resources of interest to writers.
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Countdown: Eight Days To Brassbright
In 8 days, you can spend a day at the circus! Gasp as Princess Penelope performs a plethora of playful pirouettes while precariously perched on a pinto pony! Roll Up! Roll Up! “The…
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Countdown: Nine Days To Brassbright
In 9 days, you can shop at Nattersack’s for everything from mechanical pens to Sir Rubalot’s Brass Brightener By The Tub. “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31, 2015 and is available for…
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Countdown: Ten Days To Brassbright
In 10 days you can visit ‘The Inkwell’, simply by reading The Flight To Brassbright. How Extraordinary! “The Flight To Brassbright” publishes January 31, 2015 and is available for pre-order in electronic form…
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In Which I Finally Find a Jacket that REALLY Suits Me
Apparently my little review of Depth Charging Ice Planet Goth got noticed! After you’ve enjoyed the fantastic cover art by Kmye Chan, take a look at the reviewers quoted on the back cover.…
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Start the Presses!
I am so excited! I’ve turned over my novel manuscript to an independent publishing house for printing and distribution! I’m a firm believer in supporting indie publishing, so this felt like a really…
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Dawn’s Early Light: The Blog Tour! Q&A Time with Tee and Pip
Photo by J.R. Blackwell Pip Ballantine: Prolific award-winning author, podcaster, cat-herder, New Zealander on special assignment in the States, wife and mother, blogger. Tee Morris: Writer of Fantasy, Non-Fiction, Podcast Pioneer, partaker of good cigars and…
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A Portable Writer’s Retreat
Assemble your own individual "Portable Writer's Retreat" bag to set up a writer's retreat whenever the opportunity arises.
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It’s a Jeaney Halloweeney With Her Porch Pals
Halloween, 2005 was a special holiday, and I’ll tell you why. Back then, my online life was just starting to blossom in the rather trendy livejournal community, but my longstanding relationship with rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc…
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Day of the Dragons: Ballroom Blitz
Announcing the release of the Clockhaven Chronicles 2nd Edition/2nd Episode! Congratulations are in order for Mr. P.S. Chambers for the publication and release of his second episode in the 4-part serialization, “Day of the…
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Andrew McCurdy’s “A Drop of the Venom” Harkens Back to the Days of Serial Adventure Novels
Episode #1: “Leviathan’s Bane” A chance rescue on the high seas brings together an unlikely pairing: an aging submarine captain on a lifelong quest and a wayward confidence man down on his luck.…
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Full Steam Ahead to Happiness
Say you’re a writer. (Yes, I’m hearing “You’re A Writer!” from those of you permanently mindwarped by Zucker Brothers movies). Anyway – you’re a writer, and are adept in the genre of Steampunk. …
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The Novel: Research Fun
I thought it might be a kick to list out the interesting sites I came across while writing tonight. It’s such a great thing to have a few browser tabs open and the…
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Writing For The Primgraph
Sitting in my factory in the Academy of Industry in New Babbage, hard at work writing for the next issue of the Primgraph magazine. (http://primgraph.blogspot.com/). My floating steam writing desk hovers off the…