Just because I go on vacation is no reason to ignore #bookqw! So here’s this week’s quote, Keyword = scream.
As always, you can buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/168845053X/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Book quote Wednesday vacay
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Random cat pics
Our feline overlords, Koushka and Tigre, run this house. We’re just staff.
It’s Zen time!
Every Friday I post something funny to get your weekend off to a good start. This time it’s a suggestion on how to freak out your fellow gym members,
Cover concept: Best of A&A Vol. 3
As promised, here is a rough picture of what the cover for The Best of Abyss & Apex, Volume Three will look like. Just like Best of 1 & 2, the concept blends science fiction and fantasy in an unusual way.
Artist Jeff Lee Johnson. Projected release date November 15, 2019.
Book Quote Wednesday Strikes Again!
This week the #bookqw keyword is “Finger.” I once saw an entire flatbed truck parked in Times Square, filled with one enornous finger! Meanwhile, some ironworkers were giving safety the finger. As a safety manager it was always hard for me to watch unsafe acts at nearby sites that I was not in charge of. They were playing Russian roulette with their own lives. Two of them died.
“I wish it were a novel, so I could buy the sequel!” – Amazon Reviewer. Buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077VP5M94/
Unexpectedly!
My book sales at the mass signing at Capclave were brisk: I sold 25 paperbacks and (according to Amazon) several ebook copies of mostly Writing the Entertaining Story and the two extisting Best of Abyss & Apex anthologies. I also sold some copies of Confessions of a Female Safety Engineer–everyone loves the cover.
It was a good feeling, coming home to a nice email about sales via my Square, a nice sales report from Amazon, and a wallet full of cash. I could get used to this.
At Capclave 2019
Here are some photos of me at Capclave, the Washington DC area Science Fiction and Fantasy Literary Convention.
Today is Book Quote Wednesday
It’s #bookqw again! This time the keyword is “Light.” Here’s a quote from WRITING THE ENTERTAINING STORY regarding grounding your scenes.
The book contains everything I’ve learned in running Abyss & Apex Magazine on how to help new writers. It’s available in paperback or ebook form, here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/168845053X/
WTES Paperback is here!
The author copies of Writing the Entertaining Story came in the mail, and they are beautiful.
Your Friday Moment of Zen
