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Loss of A Sensei
Sensei. n. A teacher or instructor usually of Japanese martial arts (such as karate or judo). “No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away…” ― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man. On Monday, I learned that one of my doctoral committee members had passed away. As one should do when a person’s made a big…
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Covering Alternate History
Where Sarah Hoyt discusses the difficulty of putting a cover on alternate history works. Go on and take a gander…
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Never Do Business With…
There’s an old saying about commercial relationships: “Never do business with someone you’re not ready to do business to.” I can’t recall when I first heard it (recent attempts to blame my mother have been vehemently refuted by Mama Shark), but it’s something I’ve remembered. Especially with regards to doing business with friends and family. The…
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We Have A Cover!
For the next Phases of Mars anthology: Yep, that’ll do! Pretty excited about the line up we have–this should go very well.
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On Anthologies
So there was a discussion on a fellow author’s Facebook about anthologies. While I wasn’t going to add to my long “to do” stack, Cedar Sanderson felt strongly enough about the issue to put together a great post about the topic, while Dorothy Grant also gave her views on the topic. I’ll add a couple things…
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Four Days With My People (GENCON 2018)
GENCON. Man. Part of the reason I’ve taken so long to do this AAR is that I was having trouble trying to put the experience into words. It’s been two weeks since I loaded out of Indianapolis and began the long trip home…and I still find myself having a goofy smile for no good reason. …
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Get out and vote!
No, no, I’m not talking about in elections (although you might want to consider that too). I mean vote for what universe a free short story should be set in! Details here!
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News on Reviews
Recent news about Amazon reviews here. My quick thoughts: Jeff Bezos and the gang are not playing around. This is a strong action taken against click farms and other gimmicks that have had Amazon’s review / marketing features in the news for all the wrong reasons. It was starting to appear to some indie authors…
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For A Few Credits More…
The Four Horsemen Universe (4HU) anthology your humble narrator contributed to is available! Click here to get military sci-fi written by both independent and traditionally published authors. If you like exploding space ships, mecha, or just plain carnage, go ahead and click here. You can also buy the first anthology, A Fistful of Credits. …
