Ok, you’re probably assuming I’m judging this book by its amazing cover (which I totally am). But if you do, you’re basically judging me. And because I noticed you judging me, I’ve basically judged you back. Now we’re all wrapped up in an endless cycle of judging and judging-back and it’s pretty tangled now and freaky like a game of strip Twister and…
So anyway… I picked up The Red King free today. Looks like a good book, and did I mention how cool the cover is?
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(he has yellow eyes!)
Not a great week. Started off with some sleeping issues (going to bed too late, waking up too late), and to be honest some laziness issues — watching TV when I should have been working. I don’t even remember what I watched. Oh yeah, a ton of Key and Peele videos on the Roku player. They sure are funny…
Next week, I hope to beat this week’s word count by at least 4k words, as usual. I haven’t reached that special spot in the novel where it all rolls easily downhill yet. I hope when that happens the counts will be much higher. We shall see.
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I just had my first ever interview on a podcast. In it I talk quite a bit about the Awesome Indies, my book (of course), and about various things that’d be interesting to writers. Things like marketing, productivity, and craft. If you find yourself with time to kill, maybe give it a listen. If you do, I’d love to know what you think. If you have/use iTunes, maybe drop a review in for TJ’s cool show. I’ve listened to about 8 episodes now.
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Awesome Indie Dan C. Rinnert has a free promo going, today and tomorrow, for this book below. If you know anything about this guy, you know way more than me. I just know he’s brilliant.
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I’m a huge fan of Simon Whistler and his Rocking Self-Publishing Podcast. So it’s fun to see what he has to say when he’s not asking other people what THEY have to say.
[Editor’s note: Today we welcome Simon Whistler of Rocking Self-Publishing Podcast fame. He’s got a nifty and useful mastermind group going, too. Don’t miss checking that out at the end of his post to leverage the power of podcasting for greater success for authors! ~ Chazz]
Eighteen months later, I’ve talked to over 80 authors, for around 100 hours of interviews. I’ve reached thousands of people though 600,000 podcast downloads. I’ve emailed, Skyped, and met, with a number of people I admire. I’ve even started a small online community for successful and hungry authors; the group of people that I hope my podcast resonates the most with.
When Chazz asked me to come and do a guest post for his fantastic blog, I knew I didn’t need to write an article, I needed to answer a…
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So I got 8k last week, and 8k this week. That’s 1k more each week than I absolutely had to write, and that makes me a happy John L. Monk. One thing I’ve noticed: my drafts are a lot messier as my word count shoots up. No idea where that fiery dragon came from in chapter 15, but it’s staying until I go back and clean everything up.
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Fascinating video about someone I knew nothing about. Makes me wish I paid more attention to the world — oh wait, I just did, that’s how I found out.
Enjoy.
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I’m flattered that my book, Fool’s Ride, was chosen to stand side-by-side with all these great-looking books. Just check all the cool covers. I’m torn between “The Immortality Game” and “Bridge of Seven Stones” for my favorites.
http://indiespecfic.blogspot.com/2014/11/indie-speculative-fiction-of-month-for.html
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Russell Blake always has encouraging things to say about indie publishing. Encouraging like a bitter pill — the worse it tastes, the stronger the cure. This latest post of his is a bit more hopeful than usual — a grain of sugar to help the medicine go down.
Enjoy.
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I knew him when… A masterpiece.
The better the book, the harder it is for me to review. This one is making me work extra hard. Buy it here for $2.99 and the adrenalin rush will far outlast the price of a coffee.
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{{ Buried alive – shudder! }}
QUICK SYNOPSIS: Sarah Temple leaves her abusive boyfriend and moves into an apartment complex in the worst part of town, where her neighbors include a tough little one-hundred-year-old woman who packs a pistol, a quiet ghost of a man, and a mysterious woman of the evening who hasn’t quite mastered high heels on stairs. Men come to visit the sexy blonde upstairs, but like the roaches in that pesticide commercial, they don’t always check out. When Sarah finds out why, she has to move again. Not only her ex-boyfriend but now a sick, sick, sick serial killer are out to get her. Worse, a mysterious Solitary One controls both stalkers. He’s “a living darkness, a…
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