Well, this week has been one of the more stressful in my life. I had to have surgery this past Wednesday, and I've spent the rest of the week recouperating. I thought this would give me more time to write, but the strain on my body between the horrible anxiety before the surgery and the hangover from the anesthesia drugs took its toll. The anxiety ( Read more... )

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Terri Luanna Mountainborne Robinson da Silva, daughter of Spider and the late Jeanne Robinson, is now in The Undiscovered Country, occurring Friday, December 5th, 2014, at the age of 40 years, due to Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (which she described as "the most common form of breast cancer"). Waiting for their time to greet her again are her father ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! I have just published my first paranormal fantasy novel on Amazon. I'm sure that my friends/ family will buy it but I need to learn about promotion if I want to reach beyond my circle and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me about raising awareness etc? The book is dark fantasy aimed at young adult but I don't have hard ( Read more... )

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All right, folks, time for some shameless plugging.

If you're interested in writing sci-fi or fantasy, and you want to improve your craft, you should attend the ArmadilloCon Writers' Workshop. I could give you all sorts of reasons why, like our fantastic teachers: Mario Acevedo, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Ted Chiang, Nicky Drayden, Mark Finn, Derek ( Read more... )

Hey everyone, I have just joined this community and I would like to introduce myself. My name is Noha El-Sergani and I live in Egypt. I love reading and writing. I have published my first book (The Demon's Fight) but I am having a bit of bad luck with letting more people to get to know about my book. I have created a community for anyone who wants ( Read more... )

Hello, I can see the group is a little dead, but in case it comes back all Zombies-like, thought I'd introduce myself. I write fantasy as Iscah, and I enjoy a lot of sci-fi. I usually steer clear of horror. I like a good thriller or ghost story, but not gory or dark for the sake of being gory and dark ( Read more... )

I've disappeared from livejournal for a while and now I return cap in hand, shamlessly begging ( Read more... )

I hope that this is okay... My e-book, The Universal Mirror, is free for today and tomorrow over at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Universal-Mirror-ebook/dp/B006VYHLNS/ref=zg_bs_158576011_5Read more... )