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Welcome to the LiveJournal blog of author Benjamin Tate. If you've never been here before, this is where I post about writing, book reviews, movie reviews, and odds and ends about my life or life in general that I think you'll find interesting or amusing. This is a general notice that will always appear at the top of the blog. Please scroll down ( Read more... ) -
Writing: Scene Economy
I teach an independent study course at the college where I work through the English department (even though I’m a math teacher) which is called COMP 399: Long Form. Basically, if a student is working on a fantasy novel and wants some help on improving it, they can ask for an independent study with me and we work on it during one semester. They ( Read more... ) -
Wallpaper, Banners, and Icons . . . Oh My!
The books Well of Sorrows now has some little extras for those of you interested. My webpage designer whipped up some wallpaper, banners, and icons based on the cover art. If you'd like to help spread the word about the book, feel free to use them on your own blogs and webpages. You can find them on my gallery page: Leave a commentReading/Signing at AFRICA HOUSE
Hey, all! Just wanted to pass on the word that I'll be holding a reading/signing this week on Thursday, September 16th, 2010, from 7-8pm at Africa House in Endicott, NY. Africa House is a local art gallery and this is the first in a new monthly writing series hosted by them. So if you're in the Endicott/Binghamton, NY area, stop on by and check ( Read more... )LEAVES OF FLAME is DONE!!
So a few days ago I finished the final "extra" scenes that I wanted to add to Leaves of Flame, the sequel to Well of Sorrows. I also began the final revision/polish of the manuscript before I print it out and send it in to my editor, where she'll get a chance to rip it to shre--er, make suggestions to make it better, whereupon I will start another ( Read more... )Upcoming Events Schedule and GOOD NEWS!
I got a nice surprise yesterday while checking up on my German books, written under the pseudonym Joshua Palmatier. Every now and then I check on the German editions of the Throne of Amenkor trilogy. In the past few weeks, I was getting a little concerned because the first book Die Assassine went down to only 1 copy, then none, then it would come ( Read more... )Review!
There's a new review of WELL OF SORROWS out there. You can find it here. Some good things to say and a quibble, which I can handle.
If you post a review, or find a review of WELL OF SORROWS online, please let me know about it and pass the review on if you would. As I've discussed at my blog entry here, it appears that one of the new ways to ( Read more... )Guest Blog: How do you find new books?
My monthly blog at APEX is up today. This month I'm talking about the fact that I can't go to the bookstore and simply browse for new books and authors like I used to . . . and the fact that it's put a crimp in my book buying style. I like to support new authors, but since I can't find them on the shelf as easily anymore, I know I'm missing out ( Read more... )Writing: Ideas
I have three novels under contract at the moment and am working hard to finish Leaves of Flame, the sequel to Well of Sorrows, by the end of the summer. The next book due after that though is NOT the third book in the trilogy, because while I was waiting to see if DAW was interested in the sequels to Well, I started a new trilogy. Well, sort of a ( Read more... )Contest Winners!
Way back in January, I started a contest where all you had to do to enter was friend me here on LJ. Since then, I let the contest slip my mind in all the frenzy of Well of Sorrows release and the writing of the sequel Leaves of Flame (still on track to be finished by September 1st). However, something prompted me to recall that there was, indeed ( Read more... )