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Nov.23.2011
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Many literary writers today are embracing genre - it's a form of competition that's inevitable for writers. Just as creative writing has become more cinematic in style in order to compete with movies, many literary writers, most of which are consideredstruggling...
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Oct.11.2011
My most recent marketing ploy seems to have fallen prey to a techno-glitch (don't ask), which helps to point up the challenges in marketing books and e-books in the digital age. There is still the issue of developing my work as a brand. So what's the answer? In short, there's no easy answer to...
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Sep.16.2011
What Is Steampunk?By Jason Boog
The next time somebody asks you “What is steampunk?” just show them the trailer for the upcoming documentary, Vintage Tomorrows. (embedded above).
The documentary already includes authors Cherie Priest and Cory Doctorow, so...
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Sep.05.2011
This essay is particularly relevant to me, in that there are genre elements in what I write, although when you view a complete work of mine, you don't see a mystery, or a thriller, or a clean-cut accounting of history. I think neither of Kim Wright's propositions are completely true; most of us...
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Jul.20.2011
When I originally started writing the first book in my Black Earth series, End of the Innocence, I vaguely referred to it as a Christian sci-fi/fantasy novel. In the book, some of the characters are of the Christian faith and there are some faith-based themes that run throughout. After a...
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Jun.02.2011
“The demands of the publishing business are a fetish that must not be allowed to keep us from trying out new forms.”
- Italo Calvino "Six Memos for The Next Millennium"
Every time I write a post like Gestures at Something I get a comment from an old friend and self-avowed “cham-...
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Apr.28.2011
Penguin Launches Book Country, An Online Community for Genre Fiction
By Calvin Reid
Looking to support and develop writers of genre fiction, Penguin is launching a public beta of Book Country, a free online writing community and publishing services venture. In development for more than a...
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Apr.28.2011
The missus and I met with two other couples yesterday afternoon for a neighborly chitchat. It didn't take long for the conversation to drift toward end-of-life issues. Not that any of us suspect the end is in sight; it's just that another, older neighbor does feel so, and he seems bent on drawing...
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Apr.07.2011
“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” –Diane Arbus, noted American photographer
Out walking the other day, I noticed an incredible shadow of a tree on the sidewalk, and I had to stop and take a picture. I happened to pass at just the right time. In a few...
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Mar.10.2011
A large cruise ship lumbers in.A high ranking government official with full security detail greets the tourists:''Welcome to the Banana Republic of Tipsy and Turvy.We want you to enjoy your Carnival, but please remember we can't guarantee your personal safety for the highly paid foreign police...
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