Music Monday – Amanda F. Palmer tweets to me…
I had my first brush with the power of Twitter today. Yes, in the past it has gotten me things like coffee discounts, and also informed me that Wil Wheaton Continue Reading
Under the Dome by Stephen King
This massive work from Stephen King was at once engaging and frustrating. Clocking in at over 1,000 pages, and featuring a vast array of characters, “ambitious” is easily the best Continue Reading
Out of the competition and what we’ve learned…
I was eliminated from the Amazon Breakthrough Novel 2010 competition. Quarterfinalist was a pretty good run for a book that’s not exactly mainstream fiction, so I’m pretty happy with the Continue Reading
Returning to the scene of the crime…
So, way back in October, I had a post about a foggy beach ride in which I encountered a mysterious carousel in the middle of a parking lot by the beach Continue Reading
Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
The closing chapter of the Mistborn trilogy. After having read Sanderson’s debut novel Elantris, I was excited to see where this was all leading. He does a fantastic job of Continue Reading
Wanna read an excerpt from Angel Falls?
Amazon has started posting the 500 quarterfinalists excerpts in Kindle form, but fear not! There’s a (very tiny) link there for “Available on your PC” as well. Here’s the two Continue Reading
ANGEL FALLS makes the next round in Amazon.com’s Breakthrough Novel Competition!
Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaawwwww! I am now a quarterfinalist (made the cut from 500 to 250 in the General Fiction category) in Amazon.com’s contest! NOW is the time (when I figure out what Continue Reading
Anticipation, it’s a killer…
Tomorrow I find out if I made the cut into the next round of Amazon.com’s Breakthrough Novel Award. If not, it’s on to the aggressive marketing phase of Angel Falls. Continue Reading