When I was invited to participate in the cover reveal of Power Elements of Story Structure, I thought to myself, Of course. It’s not a lot to do. I’ve done more than one cover reveal in my day. (I’ve done two.) So here you go: Power Elements of Story Structure is a writing instruction e-book…
Category: Writing
2014: Reading Books, Writing Books
Over at Speculative Faith, Becky Miller began a discussion about reading and writing goals for 2014. I answered the question there, but I thought I’d take it up again, in more depth, here. I have two reading goals right now. One, to slip in some novels between those I read for review. I enjoy nearly…
CSFF Blog Tour: Interview with Robert Treskillard, part 2
Here is the conclusion to my interview with Robert Treskillard, author of Merlin’s Blade and Merlin’s Shadow. To learn more about his works, visit the blog tour, or his profiles on Goodreads and Amazon. What level of historical veracity did you aim to achieve? Well … as highly accurate as I was able to write,…
CSFF Blog Tour: Interview with Robert Treskillard, part 1
This is the first half of my interview with Robert Treskillard, author of Merlin’s Blade and Merlin’s Shadow, books one and two in the Merlin Spiral. Enjoy! How far back does your interest in King Arthur go? When I was fourteen I read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and I fell in…
Interviews, Guest Posts, Giveaways, and Summer Leaves
The last two weeks have been busy for me. Just before Thanksgiving, I did an interview and a guest post. Just after Thanksgiving, I released a new e-book. Yesterday evening, Homeschooling Teen Magazine released the interview; this morning, Sarah Holman posted the guest post up on Homeschool Authors. In conjunction with these, I am running…
“Beauty of the Lilies” Release and Giveaway
Almost two weeks ago, I published my novella Beauty of the Lilies to Kindle Amazon. Beauty of the Lilies is set in the same universe as The Last Heir, starring one of Emperor Alexander’s predecessors – Jediah, the painting emperor. Of all the stories I have written, this is the only one whose nucleus was…
News
So, today, I have another announcement. The Kindle Edition of The Last Heir is now being sold on Amazon. Again, I’ve set a promotion for this weekend, September 21 and 22, when the e-book will be available for free download. Over the past week I’ve been building up my profile on Goodreads; I’m starting to…
Doings
I’ve been busy this past week, with various projects. One of these was getting onto Amazon. The Last Heir is now on Amazon, eligible for free shipping and boasting one review. I also published Sweet Green Paper: An Adventure of Christian Holmes to Amazon Kindle. I enrolled it in KDP Select, making it free to…
Beginning – and Ending – Well
So let’s talk about one of my pet peeves. The writing community is, these days, quite occupied with good openings. On writing blogs, in discussions and critiques, at the writing conference I attended last month – it comes up again and again: the Opening; Are Your Readers Hooked? Taken individually, there’s nothing wrong with any…
Rules for Reviewers
Before the end of the summer, I expect to participate in at least four blog tours. Possibly five, but just possibly. So, with all this reviewing ahead of me, I’ve been thinking again of what makes a good review – the first principles, if you will. Here, then, are some rules for reviewers. First of…