Tag: books
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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September 24, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
www.fantasybookspot.com gives away free books now and again--this month it's Goblin Quest by Jim Hines. Hines will also be doing a live chat interview in a couple of weeks over at the same . . .
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November 08, 2006 09:31 AM EST --
An excellent book! Here's a twist on the typical human hero quest--this story is told from the point of the Goblin, Jig, who is forced to help humans hunt their treasure. Usually the . . .
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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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February 16, 2007 01:44 PM EST --
I posted about this site once before, but it was buried in a book review, so I thought I'd pull it out for better visibility. :>) A group of publishing industry professionals has put . . .
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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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March 25, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
Really good article by Abby Zidle over at "Hey, there's a dead body in my living room." She outlines what goes on in a typical meeting. It's a little dishearting . . .
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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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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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May 30, 2007 04:49 PM EDT --
Weird Tales As of 5/30/07 there are about 4 free short stories on the sidebar. “For Fear of Dragons” by Carrie Vaughn and “Conversations in the Tomb of an Unknown King” by Richard . . .
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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 08, 2006 08:27 PM EDT --
Okay, this one isn't free. But I started reading one of the stories (you can read the first 1/2 of each story on the preview site-- http://preview.baens-universe.com/ ) . . .
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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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January 07, 2007 04:34 PM EST --
The first issue of Spacesuits and Sixguns just came out. This online magazine is a paying market. It's online only but the editor did a really nice job with it, including some very good . . .
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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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