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Free Fiction Monday: Red Letter Day
Graduation Day at Barack Obama High School. The day the Red Letters arrive, the day that students get a glimpse into their own future. But a handful never get a letter and no one knows why. One teacher has an idea though, a teacher who never got a Red Letter herself, a teacher who will finally have answers before the day is out. Called “a fresh, solid, entertaining take on time travel” by Tangent Online, “Red Letter Day” was chosen as the best short story of 2010 by the readers of Analog Magazine. “Red Letter Day” by Hugo-award winner Kristine Kathryn Rusch is available for $1.99 on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other e-bookstores. Red Letter Day Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copyright © 2012 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Published by WMG Publishing Graduation rehearsal—middle of the afternoon … Read entire article »
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Surviving The Transition: How Writers Can Thrive In The New World Of Publishing
Last year, I wrote a series of posts on how writers of all stripes can survive the transition from the old world of publishing to the new world of publishing. I’ve updated the posts and compiled them into an e-book called Surviving The Transition: How Writers Can Thrive In The New World Of Publishing. This book is for established writers, new writers, writers who want to stay in traditional publishing, and writers who never want to join traditional publishing. Here’s the cover blurb: Most writers run their careers the same way they did in the 1990s. But publishing has changed so much since then that any writer who works on the old model will no longer make a living. In this short book, international bestselling writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch shows you how to think … Read entire article »
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Mid-Month Novel Excerpt: Assassins In Love
Once per month, I’ll publish an excerpt of one of my novels, and I hope you’ll be intrigued enough to buy the rest of the book. I began this practice in February. Unlike the free fiction I put up every Monday, the novel excerpts will remain on the site. If you want to read the opening to the previous nine novels, click here. This month, I’ve excerpted Assassins in Love, published under my new pen name Kris DeLake. You’ll find ordering information at the end of this post. Here’s the back cover copy, followed by the excerpt and the ordering information: A fast, edgy, and passionate story.” —Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author When one killer falls for another Agent: Misha Profile: Highly trained in every method the assassins guild has to offer. Always goes by the book. Agent: Rikki Profile: Rogue assassin who kills only … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: Sneaky Growth
The Business Rusch: Sneaky Growth Kristine Kathryn Rusch My website crashed just over a week ago, through no fault of my own. My ISP had a catastrophic server meltdown that took more than 36 hours to fix. I had a startling realization in those 36 hours. This website has become an important part of my business. Now, to many of you, that’s a well, duh. You’ve been coming here faithfully every Thursday for nearly three years. Some of you come for the free fiction on Monday, and the novel excerpt that appears in the middle of the month, and the recommended reading list. Many of you show up every time I make a short post or put up an announcement. I appreciate that. I didn’t really realize, however, how big this website had grown until it … Read entire article »
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Becalmed: A new Diving universe e-book
Those of you who’ve read City of Ruins know that the Ivoire was trapped in foldspace for a long time. Although City mentions how the Ivoire got trapped, it doesn’t show what happened. All that takes place in Becalmed, a short novel featuring Coop’s ex-wife, Mae. There’s a lot here, things you haven’t heard before, and some background on the Fleet. Plus the book stands alone if you’ve never read anything in the Diving universe. The novella first appeared in Asimov’s April/May 2011 issue. You can find Becalmed on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and in other ebookstores. Eventually, there will be a trade paper edition as well. Watch this space for news on that. … Read entire article »
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The Business Rusch: Writers, Venture Capitalists, & Barnum. Oh, My.
The Business Rusch: Writers, Venture Capitalists, & Barnum. Oh, My. Kristine Kathryn Rusch I have a magpie brain. I pluck information from various sources, store it in some nest in a back corner of my mind, and pull out the necessary pieces when the time comes. Last December, I did a lot of driving for the estate stuff, which meant I did a lot of listening to radio news, because I never plan to drive, so I never have an audio book handy. I heard an interview on All Things Considered with Nick Hanauer, one of the venture capitalists who was one of the first big investors in Amazon. The interview, like so many recently with extremely wealthy individuals, was political—talking about taxes, tax cuts, job creation, and the politics of all that. Note: … Read entire article »
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A New Story
Daw Books has just published a new story of mine. It’s an oddball fantasy piece called “Renn and the Little Men.” If you like my Kristine Grayson books, you’ll probably like this one. It was a lot of fun to write. The story is in Westward Weird, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes. I think this is one of the last if not the last anthology that Marty edited, so it’s rather special that way. I haven’t yet had a chance to read this volume, but I have read two of the stories in it. Both J. Steven York’s story and Dean Wesley Smith’s story are really good and worth reading. And very very different from each other. If you want to see what a bunch of different writers … Read entire article »
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