First Three Chapters of INFIDEL Now Available for Download!
Just dying to know whose head gets chopped off next? No worries. I’ve got the first three chapters of INFIDEL right here available for download – which includes the first head-hacking scene of the book! Enjoy! Download PDF Read on Scribd (then go
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Yes, you’re a racist. But it doesn’t mean you have to be a terrorist.
You’re a racist. Ok? It’s OK. Take a deep breath. It doesn’t mean you have to be a horrible person. I promise. Just… listen. For the most part, I’m addressing white American folks in this particular message, because, you know, I’m white. And American. I get it. I grew up here too, in a white ghetto. But
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Free Short Fiction… from the God’s War Universe!
Happy 30-days-to-release-of-INFIDEL day! To celebrate, I’ve posted two of three short stories set in the GOD’S WAR universe for free here on the blog and hosted in various places. They’re set during all sorts of… interesting time periods, and you can read them in any order, but if you’d like some direction, I’d recommend reading them in the order offered,
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The Many, Many Faces of Conan, Or: Conan the Schizophrenic
It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a Conan fan, so though the trailer for the reboot looked awful, I went anyway – naturally. For better or worse, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Sadly, much of the badness seemed to come from the fact that the writers couldn’t really
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Ignorance & Lies: Why I Hate Going to the Doctor
When you have a chronic illness like mine and you go to the doctor – any kind of doctor, really – you inevitably get The Lecture. I am a type 1 diabetic. This is an immune disorder that hit me 5 years ago when I was 26. Basically, it’s triggered by some kind of event
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The One-of-a-Kind-Bad-Ass-Woman…. Or the Strong Woman Circus Freak?
Many of my recent fictions are about the dynamic of how to be a strong woman among strong women, and what society and its individuals look like after we’ve already crossed over from the “one! kickass! woman! in! the! world!” place to the “OMG assassins at my door! Yes, of course they’re women!” place. Note
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Remember When Fantasy Books Were AWESOME? Thoughts on The Cloud Roads
Remember when you were 9 and or 10 or 12 and you stayed up until all hours reading your favorite fantasy novel? Remember that strangely comforting feeling of slipping neatly and completely into some other place and so totally embracing the story of another person that you were engrossed until the sun came up? You
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By the Numbers: Earning Out the Advance on a First Novel
When I got my offer for GOD’S WAR, I was woefully ignorant of exactly how many copies I needed to sell to earn back my advance, or how to track those numbers. Every writer’s situation is different, so it’s hard to glean any data from other folks online – even the few who are willing
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