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No more livejournal for me
It might seem obvious, since I haven't posted here since March, that I am no longer using this livejournal. I am trying to streamline all my blogs/promotion/products/processes. In doing that, I'm closing down this journal and moving from livejournal to my own websites.
Where you can now find me on the interwebs:
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I hate my novel
50 pages to go - around 5000 words to add in edits, and a ton of mistakes to fix. I HATE it. It's terrible. It's a foulup of epic proportions.
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The always fascinating agent Nathen Bransford blogged today about Free Ebooks. He asks if free content is inevitable and how it will work for authors, if at all? One commented, RW, made an excellent point, which I wanted to bring up:
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Recent Publications/Acceptances
I figured I'd better do one of these posts. This is only my fiction and poetry sales - I'll do one with my non-fiction sometime this week:
Publications:- 'Court of the Litterfey' (short story). Reflections Edge, December Issue, 2008.
- 'Over the Edge', Mindflights print anthology, issue 4, 2009.
- 'Over the Edge' (poem). Mindflights, November 18, 2008
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Writing Motivation
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I'm working on a series of short ebook reports for my website. I reckon I'm on a winning formula with my freelance efforts, and everywhere I go I see writers losing homes, facing bankrupcy, struggling to get by, and I think if I can do something to help, even in some small way, then I should ( Read more... ) -
33 Mistakes Writers Make About Blind Characters is Out!
My second ebook - and my first about the art of writing - is up on my website now.
Are you writing about a blind character? Avoid the common mistakes with 33 Mistakes Writers Make about Blind Characters...
Blind Characters is part of an ebook series founded by the fantasy writer Holly Lisle. Several authors - each an expert in their topic - ( Read more... ) -
Long Time No Blog: Current Happenings in the World of Bookbogan
Right. Well. 2 months turned into 4 months. Forgive me, dear readers, for I have sinned...
First off, my ebook Halloween Wedding Planner has arrived in the big wide world. To help promote the book I've begun Wedding Skulls blog over on blogger - advice and inspiration for couples planning halloween, gothic, steampunk and misc. alternative weddings. ( Read more... ) -
There be changes afoot
As of today bookbogan is on haitus for TWO MONTHS. I know that's a long time, but I'm getting married on Halloween, and I need to concentrate on that, and my novel and ebook writing.
When I return this blog will take a much more structured form, and I'll be posting more often. It will work like this:
monday: writing post
wednesday: review (book, music ( Read more... ) -
poetry, novel and non fic ramble.
Yaaay, three of my favourite poems have gone up over at Breath and Shadow. Here's the link:
http://www.abilitymaine.org/breath/July08/sgreen.html
I really love this magazine and what they do. Every member of the staff has a disability, so there's been lots of delays this year because two staff members were hospitalised. But finally, finally they're ( Read more... )