Happy Gnu Ear
First, an announcement: I’m raising the prices of my ebooks early in 2016, so if they’re on your TBR list and you’d like to pick up a copy at bargain … Continue reading
“The Victorians had some really strange ideas about what served as an appropriate Christmas greeting”
Christmas can be weird. You know it’s true. You can tell by this history of Christmas cards, covering the late Victorian era & forward. This is it for me this … Continue reading
Yesterday Road – a review
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Yesterday Road by Kevin Brennan Purchase copies here A coming-of-old-age beauty, destined to become a classic… It isn’t often that the sheer beauty of…
When did Santa skew scary?
Maybe it was always thus, but I think there’s a proliferation of scary Santas these days. Seems likes it’s less Ho Ho Ho and more Muahahaha. Anyway, check out the … Continue reading
Hint hint: Town Father would make a great gift
Not to sound like a broken mp3 (stuck on perpetual repeat), but it’s not too late to order a paperback of Town Father for Xmas-time giving. Thanks to Max Scratchmann, … Continue reading
The economics of writing: more and more it’s pay-to-play
Here’s an interesting piece in Literary Hub about how the literary world is pretty much closed to those who can’t afford the price of admission. I’ve had this belief for … Continue reading
More What The Hell gift ideas
You know you have to have an Edgar Allen Poe lunchbox. I offer this as a prompt to find a way to get someone to give you an Edgar Allen … Continue reading
Shamefully late letter to someone I used to know
Hello LRL, How are you? I am fine. I know it’s been a very long time — going on forty years, actually — but it’s not for lack of thinking … Continue reading
Booktrope: a team-engine to publish your book
Last week I stumbled on an intriguing wrinkle in, let’s call it, “indie publishing” — a newish platform called Booktrope. Unlike Smashwords, CreateSpace, or Kindle Direct Publishing, Booktrope is team-based … Continue reading
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