Tag: arts
member name: Maria S.
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June 16, 2007 05:57 PM EDT --
M.J. Rose is an author and an expert on marketing. She wrote an interesting article (for publication) a few years back culling information from various authors who had been published that were willing . . .
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December 08, 2006 07:49 PM EST --
Just finished listening/reading Skinny Dip by Carl Hiassen. Listened to the first half on a car trip. The reader, Stephen Hoye, was an excellent narrator. I'd listen to books read by him again--good, . . .
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February 01, 2007 10:46 AM EST --
A most excellent book by Laura Underwood. I've read a short story or two by her and she's a wonderful author, very good with settings, but without going on and on about it. The Hounds . . .
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November 16, 2006 12:52 PM EST --
If you're a self-published author, it's hard to get press--there's a couple of sites that specifically review self-published POD type books.
There's POD-DY Mouth--she's been . . .
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June 17, 2007 12:01 PM EDT --
Michael Jecks has written some 22 historical mysteries involving the characters Baldwin (loosely, an investigator for the king) and Simon (a bailiff). Jecks is a meticulous researcher and always includes . . .
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August 15, 2006 11:23 AM EDT --
I think I've written a bit about this e-zine before--http://www.thetowndrunk.org is currently open for submissions! They are looking for short, speculative stories. From the guidelines: . . .
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April 08, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
We all feel overlooked at times; ignored, unimporant...here's some perspective. And a reminder that maybe we should take a little more time to smell the roses, listen to the music and keep a . . .
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April 08, 2007 11:59 AM EDT --
just finished Already Dead By Charile Huston -- Wow, what a read! Huston knows how to keep a reader on the edge of the seat. I finished the book in one sitting--what a wild and unique . . .
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April 12, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
For those that self-published via POD, there's another review site out there--taking thrillers, mystery, sci-fi, fantasy--just about anything except experimental and cookbooks!
http://www.podler.blogspot.com/ . . .
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June 02, 2007 07:42 PM EDT --
Story South has the final ten from their long list of favorite stories. Most of the stories are free (IGMS costs $2.50, but you can preview the Pratt story that made the finals.)
Here's the link . . .
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June 13, 2007 04:03 PM EDT --
FirstBooks (nonprofit) is running a bit of a contest to give away 50,000 books to a deserving state to encourage reading. (Forgive me if anyone already posted this!)
Basically to enter the . . .
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August 17, 2007 08:35 PM EDT --
In Coyote Wild (this is the first time I’ve read this online magazine. For some reason I thought their first issue wasn’t out until Jan 2008) there were some interesting stories. Anyway, it’s . . .
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August 29, 2007 06:35 PM EDT --
There's a new issue out over at www.coyotewildmag.com This newest issue is focused on what it means to be human--at least in a couple of the stories. There's one story about what if you could have . . .
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December 10, 2006 06:46 PM EST --
Edit: I'm going to cross-post this to the fantasy groups because the review site apply to fantasy--and I'm guessing the fantasy folks do a lot of reading too! . . .
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April 05, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
The www.thetowndrunk.org has a particularly amusing story out this month by Rod Santos. “The Great Deeds of Payven Larum” was definitely a good read--a bit of a Harry Potter setting, very well . . .
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June 23, 2007 07:38 PM EDT --
Gordon van Gelder (editor) is trying an experiment--he's going to offer one free short story on the website from the magazine. This magazine has been around for a long time--a rare feat . . .
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September 05, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
Jim Hines has his second Goblin Adventure out "Goblin Hero" and to generate interest, he's giving away a couple of copies of the first in the series, Goblin Quest.
I've read . . .
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July 17, 2007 02:41 PM EDT --
Brian Lindenmuth over at fantasybookspot did an amazing amount of reading and research on Black Crime writers and then put together this fascinating article. Of most interest are the book titles and authors–noir . . .
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August 31, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
I don't think this has any big prizes, and I think it's being done more to draw attention to urban fantasy as a sub-genre, but there's a "Best Of Urban Fantasy" being run here:
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January 24, 2008 09:09 PM EST --
Hello everyone! A quick news item:
My short story, "Haunting Clues" is now available over at www.AnthologyBuilder.com ! There's some great stories . . .
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