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This is me, pooks.
I guess I should have done this a lot sooner.
I'm a novelist and screenwriter. My novels are all out of print. But you can learn more about me here and on my blog, and you can follow me on twitter or on facebook (although on facebook you'll have to friend me first). I'm a lot more active in those places than I am here.
Right now I've just ( Read more... ) -
Scenes from the war room...
08:27:30 ‹Chrysoula› chili is a form of stew!
08:40:26 ‹pooks› Do NOT call chili stew.
08:40:30 ‹pooks› EVER.
08:40:58 ‹pooks›
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Bookworm Blues » Speculative Fiction Book Reviews
Bookworm Blues » Speculative Fiction Book Reviews
When I first discovered that Bookworm Blues had the option of reading/reviewing This Crumbling Pageant as part of Mark Lawrence's Great Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off I didn't realize this was the same Sarah Chorn that also writes the Special Needs in Strange Worlds weekly column in SF Signal, ( Read more... ) -
SBTB/DA Bestsellers: 10-17 March 2015 - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
SBTB/DA Bestsellers: 10-17 March 2015 - Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
I never expected to show up on a Smart Bitches best seller list because it seemed like it was always big names and big books.
I guess the bit of controversy in comments about whether my book was horrible or fabulous really did make people curious, huh? I call that a win! -
Amazon Best Seller
During the past week and for a couple of weeks forward, This Crumbling Pageant has been on sale for .99 at Amazon, BN, iBooks and Kobo. During that time it soared to the #1 spot on top of the YA Sword & Sorcery list at Amazon. It was also #2 for Romantic Fantasy in the romance genre and #3 for Epic Fantasy in SFF ( Read more... ) -
The Great Self-published Fantasy Blog-off | Update » Bookworm Blues
THIS IS SO AWESOME.
The Great Self-published Fantasy Blog-off | Update » Bookworm BluesIt's also one of those 'well yes, maybe' things. When I submitted my book to Mark Lawrence for inclusion in the Blog-Off I explained that it's not self-pub, but it's very small/new pub with no distribution, advance or marketing, so if he thought it qualified, I'd ( Read more... ) -
My Mailing List - redux
I have a mailing list and I'm going to be sharing sneaks of my new fantasy trilogy [beginning with the epic-length epic fantasy, This Crumbling Pageant, May 6, 2014 in hardcover, trade and digital from Story Spring Publishing].
I'd LOVE to have you on the listFirst prize will be a wand. Mind you, nobody nice uses them. They are dangerous and ( Read more... ) -
Page 77 Tease Meme
So, Gwenda is doing this and Steph Burgis is doing this and evidently a lot of others, and I thought it looked like fun.
The Meme:
1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they’re written. No cheating.
So, here is it, from my W-I-P:
Soft, cool dustings of ( Read more... ) -
Go, me!
Yes, I'm excited about several things.
One, we're closing in on launch date for La Desperada (Jan 24).
Two, I finally announced that I am a new member of the fabulous Book View Cafe.
Three, Book View Cafe is featured on Scalzi's Whatever today.
Four, I'm really unreasonably giddy about giving away "the book of your choice" in my contest, as long as ( Read more... )
