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Third Life Books Grand Opening Party!

Third Life Books Grand Opening Party!

You are all cordially invited to the Grand Opening of Third Life Books in Second Life on Saturday 2 August, from 5 to 8 PM Pacific/game time. Our schedule of events is as follows: 5pm – 8pm: The Spirit Dazzlers, tours, and chat! 5pm: Michael A. Stackpole Presents: A Class for Writers – Plotting Techniques […]

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Issue 103 of The Secrets

Issue 103 of The Secrets

The latest issue of The Secrets went out to subscribers yesterday. The issue covers distribution of serial fiction on the web. You’ll see more about serial fiction here in the future. I’ve completed a story that I’ll be serializing here over the next month!

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Cool thoughts about E-books on the iPod Touch/iPhone

Now that OS 2.0 for the iPhone/iPod Touch is available, I’ve gotten to see my books on the Touch. I love it. It’s really cool, the interface works great, and I’m looking forward to getting more stuff out there. Michael Zapp, who created the Legends interface, said he’s been getting a lot of mail about […]

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Another Sunday Night Reading in Second Life

Another Sunday Night Reading in Second Life

My soccer game is late on Sunday, and I want to celebrate being the first author ever selling fiction for the iPhone/iPod Touch. So, what I’m going to do is another reading. I’m going to be reading the story The Silver Knife. It’s one of the stories I have for sale in my store, in […]

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Serpent on The Station

Serpent on The Station

I just realized that in all the excitement about the iPod Touch/iPhone and hustling to get stories ready for it, I never put Serpent on The Station up for sale here. Serpent is the most recent Purgatory Station story. I’d actually envisioned it as the first story, but ended up writing several others before I […]

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Fiction on the iPhone/iPod Touch

Apple has opened their Applications store! Least of My Brethren Kid Binary and the Two-Bit Gang The Silver Knife Serpent On The Station The links above will take you to the appropriate pages for buying those four stories. It will be interesting to watch how things shake out. There are a couple ereaders available beside […]

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Books for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Books for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Click the above for some very exciting news and some great screen shots of how fiction will appear on the iPhone/iPod Touch. A novel the size of Once a Hero comes in at just over 2.1 megs—mainly because of having a map and a picture of the author in it. What that means, however, is […]

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