For Your Entertainment

Posted by on Apr 17, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

And yes, I like the Adam Lambert song too. But this post is about a free book excerpt from my recently finished novel, Mourn the Sun, that you can find here. If you enjoy the first five chapters, feel free to tell any publishing agent you know. ...

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It was the best of blogs, it was the worst of blogs…

Posted by on Apr 15, 2010 in Writers | 0 comments

OK, I’m just being silly. I’ve added a new blog to my blogroll. It’s the blog of Courtney Johnson. Courtney has written an urban fantasy novel called The Watcher’s Daughter. Check it out on her...

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Short Story: Because I Love You

Posted by on Apr 12, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

You said, don’t you still love me? I said no. You cried. I didn’t. Your mother slapped me. She doesn’t know. But she might have anyway. I think my mother wanted to slap me too. But she didn’t. She’s my mother, after all. She doesn’t know either. They all think I’m horrible. And I’ve let them. As if I don’t mind, but I do. Your friend...

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My book is deep!

Posted by on Apr 7, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

And no one is more surprised than I am. I wrote Mourn the Sun without thinking much about it, just writing what was there. But I was doing an exercise on Phillipa Fioretti’s site today to help me distill the core story from my book so I could write an effective synopsis, query letter, pitch, and one sentence answer to “so what’s your book...

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Mourn the Sun

Posted by on Apr 5, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

MOURN THE SUN Jacob Dawes has every reason to be wary of anyone in authority. He should be miles away from the Emperor of half the galaxy, not in his bed. The social rules of the Empire are simple, one should never aspire above his place. Jacob should never have seen the world outside the slums he was born into. But when his scientific genius is discovered,...

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