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Begin the Emprise

I will be making my 3rd novel, Emprise, free for the Kindle for 3 days, starting at midnight Pacific time on Monday, April 29, 2013. The goal is to start generating some buzz, or at least reviews. The first two

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Emprise – Chapter 13: “Hitchcock Would Be Thrilled”

Because I think it’s a fun book, and I know you haven’t read it, here’s (randomly) Chapter 13 of Emprise, the 3rd book in the Stream series. This is a standalone story (as are they all) and doesn’t require you’ve

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The Next Book, Day 1

They whisper to me, you know. Like auditory hallucinations, I can hear their breathing, inside my ear, their breathy words, their admonitions. Although they speak mostly gibberish, as if I were dreaming, it is their emotional content I recognize. She

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End Life As We Know It with a Good Book

Celebrate the End of the World with a good book! Since the world will be coming to an end in 10 days, I’m putting all of my books out for free, ensuring you have something to do as you wait

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If I Wanted to Get Depressed I’d Have Gone to Work

I read a couple of books this week, both science fiction, one upbeat, the other decidedly not. It got me to thinking a lot about how society has evolved, and how we respond to hope (or the lack thereof). It

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These Books Intentionally Free

Last week’s freebie promotion for Discovery and Awakening was quite successful. Lovers of YA fiction and Contemporary Fantasy in particular downloaded copies of the ebooks. However, I know some of you still miss paper books. Me too. Indeed, I will

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Progress

I am having a good day, I’ve decided. First, I finished updates of Emprise this week, and last night successfully built the epub (Nook & Apple) and mobi (Kindle) ebook documents. I will start populating Amazon and other sites this

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Posted in Charlie, dreams, ebooks, Emprise, fantasy, Fantasy Fiction, fiction, The Stream

Getting Dark

My next book, which I will start plotting this month, stars a female Security Analyst – a female Sherlock Holmes type – who is gifted with Synesthesia. Her partner is a burly, ex-Army Ranger with what he calls a “Crazy

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Posted in characterization, descriptions, fiction, outlining, planning, plotting, writer's block, writing

Ohmigawd, These Books Are Like, Totally Free!

I am giving away one paperback (real books!) copy of each of my first two books on Goodreads. All you have to do is enter for a chance to win! The two links are below. Awakening: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/26865-awakening Discovery: http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_choose_address/23466-the-stream-discovery If you want to

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Charley Patterson and the Chamber of Secrets – from Emprise

One of the scenes from Emprise. This place was so NOT cool. Charlie’s mom does NOT like small, dark places. Charley Patterson and the Chamber of Secrets They squeezed through the crevice and crawled hand-over-hand through a narrow, tubular tunnel.

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