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Capclave: A Celebration of Short Stories, Anthologies, and the Business of Books
Are you in the Washington D.C. are this weekend? Because if you are, Pip and I are going to be out and about at Capclave, on Friday and Saturday at the Hilton of 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg,...
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Paying Attention: A Secret Behind Inspiration
“How do you get all those ideas?” I rank this question up along with “How do you learn all those lines?” when I was the actor. It was a question actors dreaded, but I rarely think we were asked it...
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Hybrid Authors: The Best of Both Worlds
Depending on who you talk to, stepping into the publishing industry today is something akin to tap dancing in a mine field. There are the seasoned veterans who are struggling along with some publishers...
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My Writing Process: A Blog Meme for 2014
As you all know, I’m always game for something new online, and last week I got an invite for something new—a blog meme. The concept is I go on and share with you all what’s happening in my writing...
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RavenCon 2014: A Homecoming in April (Hail, Hydra…)
This week has been one temptation after another to rant a bit on topics ranging between Game of Thrones to pretentious nitwits in steampunk, but I have chosen a different direction for my weeks...
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Balticon 48: The Return to Hunt Valley and Revenge of #GymCon
Last year, Pip and I were not in attendance at Balticon, the premier weekend of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. We had been given Featured Guest status at Up in the Æther (now called Steamtopia)...
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Finding that Perfect Pitch
The 2014 World Fantasy Convention is fast approaching (Yeah, I know, it’s not until November but when you think that next week, it’ll be August. The season of pumpkinfying everything will soon be upon...
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A Game of Wait and See: The Hullabaloo over “Hullabaloo”
I’ve been getting tagged all week on social media platforms about the successful IndeGoGo-finded project, Hullabaloo. I was originally going to respond to this via Facebook, but it started to get too...
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Unexpected Monday Surprise: A Cover Reveal
It’s been a month. I’ve been trying to get back into a groove, what with the new job (nearing a month being here and it’s been great!) and how that will affect my writing calendar. We’ve managed to get...
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Writing Is Hard: Not an Excuse, A Challenge
Yesterday, the steampunk-romance-let-me-creep-you-out-to-the-edge-of-your-skin dynamo, Delilah S. Dawson, posted on her blog a column about being a writer, about getting off your ass, and about doing...
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Authors & Self-Promotion: Why This Isn’t Someone Else’s Job
This week has seen a week of self-promotion posts. Not necessarily a week of authors hardcore-pimping their latest book or sounding from the rooftop news about their latest work-in-progress—and it...
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Musings Over a Pint
Today reaches the end of what has been one of the fuck-craziest weeks of my existence on this rock hurtling through time and space. Not since high school or college can I recall a week where everything...
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May Madness: From RT to Balticon
Memorial Day weekend. You know what that means? Grill time. It also means showing respect for those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice so that we could have cookouts in the Land of the Free,...
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Sometimes, It’s Not About Making the Sale
Next week, my wife of infinite awesome and I are heading up north to New York for a writer’s conference. It is the Writers Digest Conference, and we are heading up there to talk about two things we do...
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Watch That First Step: Starting New Projects (and Yes, It’s Okay to Be Scared...
I’ve been writing in The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences for almost five years now. Five wonderful years. Every time I sit down at the keyboard to reconnect with Eliza, Wellington, Bruce, Brandon, and...
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The Stars Look Very Different Today: A Tribute to David Bowie
Usually when an artist, actor, or celebrity of note dies, the alert gives a quick one line explanation of exactly why you should know this person. “John Q, backup singer for the Flying Wallabees…” or...
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Where Have I Been? (A #TeaserTuesday from the TeeMonster)
Hey, everyone. It breaks my heart to look at how long it has been since I have blogged, and yes, it matters a great deal to me. This blog is my getaway, my soapbox, and my coffee shop where I enjoy a...
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Reflections on a Rebellion: Another Book Release That Is Something Entirely New
Woah! Three blogposts in a week?! It’s been that kind of week, I guess. Today, a new book comes out. You would think on the fifth book in a series, this would get boring. It doesn’t. On this...
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COVER REVEAL: Unleash by Lauren B. Harris
Holy Hannah in a Helicopter, how did it become April already? So after attempting to get myself back on track with blogging, quite a few things happened (and yeah, I’m planning to follow up on the blog...
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One Last Time: Returning to the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
“One last time Relax, have a drink with me One last time Let’s take a break tonight And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye To say goodbye You and I” — George Washington to Alexander Hamilton...
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