Strange things happen in the woods behind Seavy Village. As little boys, Scott and Richard went into those woods and managed to get pictures. Those pictures became famous and ruined their childhood. Decades later, Richard dies in those woods. At the urging of Richard’s daughter, Scott investigates—and finds something even stranger than anyone expected. “Blind” […]
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I’m still playing catch-up on the lists, but I decided last month to stay current with the current reading, which feels quite good. I have more reading time, which is nice, but some of it is for school work. Lots of ancient plays and plays in translation. I’m learning a lot about storytelling, history, and […]
Continue ReadingI want to support what the Authors Guild is doing here. I really do. I believe this “conversation” needs to commence. Writers—particularly writers of the Take Care of Me school—need to understand that their publishers and their agents are not their friends. Those two entities are in business for themselves and will devise contract terms to benefit them. But…
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Marie Force wrote a lovely blog post this week on the five-year anniversary of her major success as an indie writer. She busts a few myths about her career in the post, and she’s very clear about her numbers, and the events that came together to launch her success. She’s written something similar before, but […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been watching the reactions to John Scalzi’s 3.4 million dollar book deal with great interest. If you’re not familiar with this particular news story, it might be because you have a life, and because you were doing something with your family on Memorial Day weekend instead of watching the publishing trades. But this one […]
Continue ReadingFor years, people outside of the United States and Canada have asked me for copies of the first three books in the multiple-award-winning Diving universe, Diving Into The Wreck, City of Ruins, and Boneyards. For a while, selling copies of the books outside of the United States and Canada was impossible without selling those same copies inside of the United […]
Continue ReadingI know you folks have a bank holiday on Monday, but doesn’t that mean you should be reading? This promotion that WMG and Kobo are doing is for the United Kingdom and Australian readers, but here’s a secret for the rest of you: The coupon code below works worldwide. 🙂 However, it is just for […]
Continue ReadingI’ve been remiss in reminding you to check out my serialized mystery, Spree. Two new chapters have gone up since I last mentioned it. Chapter Five will change how you view everything that’s happened so far, and Chapter Six, well, it went up yesterday. And if you haven’t read any of it yet, you can read […]
Continue ReadingToo much news to keep up with on these pages, but I’ll do my best. WMG Publishing is providing two different free fiction pieces every week. One is a serialization of my novel, Spree. The third installment hit today. All the previous chapters will remain on the site, so you can catch up if you’re behind. The […]
Continue ReadingThe Business Rusch: Free Kristine Kathryn Rusch I just came across a terrible article on Galley Cat from the Media Bistro site. Galley Cat bills itself “The First Word on the Book Publishing Industry,” and Media Bistro, when it started years ago, was supposedly going to shed journalistic light on the publishing industry. Let us […]
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