I thought the passing of Carrie Fisher was really the topper of the year, but no — her mother, Debbie Reynolds, passed the very next day. Well before Carrie Fisher’s death, people were already saying what a horrible year 2016 had been for unexpected deaths of celebrities, unexpected political outcomes, depressed sales, and much more. My […]
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There are many images of trees in snow out there, but I particularly like this one because it was taken in my home province of Alberta. For those of you celebrating Christmas, I offer yuletide greetings. For everyone else taking a very welcome break from work, enjoy! If you’re in a country that doesn’t recognize
I spend quite a bit of time in the science fiction sub-categories on Amazon and I have watched the Space Opera sub-category turn into a bastardized playground for military science fiction. Nearly every book in the top twenty is a variation of an aging spaceship and captain and their plucky crew saving the known worlds from
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At least a couple of years ago, a reader — let’s call her Sue — contacted me and asked in fairly demanding tones why I didn’t offer all my books as audiobooks. I politely replied that it was an expensive undertaking for indie authors, although producing audiobooks was on my list of things to do. (It
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It’s that time of year! I’m feeling the spirit now because I’ve got all my shopping done. If you’re still looking for inspiration and last minute gifts for other romance readers, browse through these ideas: A Romance Novel Coloring Book: Coloring Pages Inspired By Romance Novel Covers (Volume 1) [link] If you or your gift
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Amazon is always innovating, but this one left me a little wide-eyed. If they franchise this, it will revolutionize shopping in brick and mortar stores. It would make shopping for books very dangerous indeed. (It’s already high risk — that one-click button is a freaking disaster!) (…and I would have put the cake back.)
If you’ve read a lot of science fiction in the last few decades, then you are most likely familiar with Analog Science Fiction and Fact and Asimov’s Science Fiction magazines. These two magazines are the grand-daddies of the science fiction publishing scene, remaining in print for decades now. Analog started life in 1930, during the
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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis Writers are supposed to be creative, and love the act of writing stories. Yet writers as a whole have the worst time in the world putting butt in chair and actually writing. The excuses we come up with to avoid writing are as creative
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For four years, I have been writing a monthly indie publishing column over at Night Owl Reviews. On December 1, 2016, I published the last column there, called “Not the END”. There were a number of reasons I halted the column there (although it is always possible someone else will pick it up and take
Recently, I received an email from a reader, Wen, who said in part: I hate myself in pictures, specially where I have to pose but be natural WTH!!! But I have learned that selfies are more benevolent with me 🙂 Video? No way Jose!!! About questions… I was the student who almost never asked questions