About a million years ago, I started my first author blog in order to talk transparently about book marketing and the results of various efforts. I didn’t keep that up, […]
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I’m thrilled to be at the SplatterFlix Film Series at The Carolina Theatre of Durham this weekend! I’m selling books, talking about Ret-Con, and giving away Arcane Carolinas buttons and
SplatterFlix 2022 at the Carolina Theatre of Durham! Read More »
$5 for 5 books, or 15 books for a little more? Who can beat that? As I type this, A Fall in Autumn is listed in a “Best of the
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Hey, check out what’s coming soon! RETURN TO THE MEAN STREETS OF AUTUMNValerius Bakhoum is dead and buried. Too bad he’s still flat broke and behind on the rent. Unsure
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FYI, this post talks about themes and some 10,000-foot-view elements of a work that is not yet published, so if you hate reading about a book before you read the
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Readers—and writers—like to see problems solved and villains defeated. The problems in our stories spring from problems in shared reality, though, and the enjoyment we derive from seeing evil defeated and wrongs righted should motivate us in the real world long after. Let us be willing to speak out against what’s wrong or unjust as readily as we cheer for the hero when they step on screen.
Y’all… …I won! Monday, July 27, 2020, Durham, NC: The North Carolina Speculative Fiction Foundation is proud to announce the winner of the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy,
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Y’all, I am intensely proud and flattered and humbled (yes, while also being proud) to have A Fall in Autumn listed as a finalist for the 2020 Manly Wade Wellman
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I’ve never worked as hard to promote a book as I have with A Fall in Autumn. In the two and a half months since it was published – no,
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Here’s a post from my Facebook Page. And to think, people pay me for words that I write! Two and a half things: I am ridiculous, and I’m starting a
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