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Talion: Revenant now on the Kindle.

Talion: Revenant now on the Kindle.

Talion: Revenant is finally available for the Kindle! The delay came from Amazon’s rather curious legal department’s requirement for double and triple verification that an author has the rights to any work he puts up. First, in the terms of service, if you put anything up that you don’t own, your service is terminated and […]

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More Reading from At The Queen’s Command

More Reading from At The Queen’s Command

Friday evening April 23rd, starting at 6PM Pacific time, I’ll be reading in Second Life from At The Queen’s Command again. On the 9th I read for four straight hours and got through the first twelve chapters. I’ll start with a synopsis of what’s happened up to this point, and then begin reading at Chapter […]

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Talion: Revenant Sequel Challenge

Talion: Revenant Sequel Challenge

I’ve just made Talion: Revenant available as an ebook. It’s in the epub format, which is suitable for all readers except the Kindle. I also have made it available through Amazon’s Kindle store and am awaiting them to clear it. I’ll let you know about more formats as I have them. Kat Klaybourne put together […]

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A New Look, Readings and RFL

A New Look, Readings and RFL

I mentioned last week that I had some pictures taken by Heather Hill, and right over there is the first of them. When I first started in the business, the only authors who needed pictures were the ones with big hardback books. Now everyone seems to want them. I guess it’s a mark of how […]

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Ebook Math New York Times style

Ebook Math New York Times style

A recent article in the New York Times takes a swipe at explaining ebook pricing. The analysis breaks down poorly, in my opinion, by ignoring the elephant in the room. That elephant is this: publishers have yet to control their own overhead. If they were to reduce their overhead, by moving out of Manhattan and […]

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The Secrets Issue 136: Serendipity

The Secrets Issue 136: Serendipity

I just released the most recent issue of my newsletter, The Secrets. This issue is titled Serendipity. In it I go through the thought processes that shaped my recent story Chance Corrigan and The Tick-tock King of the Nile. (It will be coming out some time this year from DAW—I’ll post on its availability when […]

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Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales

Authors Can Be Stupid: the myth of multiple sales

I’m not going to name any names, but as we move into the digital era, there is a spurious argument that gets brought up from time to time by authors who really ought to know better. It pretty much points out that a) most of us are not good dollars & cents kinds of folks […]

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