Today , NOO Journal is kind enough to post an interview that author Nik Korpon did with me a few weeks back. NOO is too good to me. Click here to read the interview. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
Disclaimer: I actually really love each of the three aristocratic representative books in the above trailer. In fact, Freedom was definitely one of my favorites from last year. It's just fun to chip away at pillars.
You don't want to hang out with family this July 4th weekend anyway, right? For a limited time, through July 7th to be exact, Otherworld Publications is offering all five titles from their "Brat Pack" authors at $0.99 each. That's one penny for every moment of regret you'll have reading this rubbish. Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords Stay God by Nik Korpon $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Transubstantiate by Richard Thomas $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords We are Oblivion by Michael Sonbert $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords TOTAL $4.95
Pablo D'Stair is easily the hardest working man in independent literature. The guy has operated his own publishing press (Brown Paper Publishing) for a few years now, he continuously produces his own amazing fiction (he's authored about 43,000 books, I think), he's innovative with his means of extracting meaningful dialog between author and reader (see: The Predicate Dialogues, and Norman Court for his latest projects in this space) and he works tirelessly to apply critical analysis to fiction in a way that maintains intellectual integrity without compromising accessibility. Above all, he's a passionate thinker. Though I've known Pablo for a while (I was involved in his first The Predicate Dialogues back in March 2010), his most recent critical contributions, and his inclusion of my novel Stranger Will, leave me no less impressed. Pablo is currently conducting a series of Six Investigations of the Act of Reading for the Sunday Observer…
You will be hearing about this a lot in the coming weeks. I sense a paradigm shift. Enter: Velvet Noir. Website: warmedandbound.com Twitter: @WarmedAndBound Facebook: Warmed and Bound Facebook (The Velvet): The Velvet
Today I stop by Gordon Highland's blog to deliver a quick list of author dos and don'ts. Gone is the blurry line between maybe and possibly. These are hard and fast rules for authors. Click here to read the guest post. Also, don’t forget that if you comment on all guest blog posts, you will get free stuff. See all tour stops here
This week I talk about the necessary entrepreneurial spirit of the contemporary author. I know; “boooooooooo” you say. Me too. But the fact is that publishers, even (perhaps especially) independent and small press publishers are relying more and more on the marketing savvy of the author. Is this fair? Probably not. Is it the reality? Definitely yes. Show Notes and Mentions: Ebooks: the latest frontier for spam (via The Guardian) E singles by Axel Taiari and Richard Thomas Broadcastr Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainerebert/