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Deconstructing the Olympic Drama
I would like to report that I’m doing a lot of writing, or least a lot of reading. Instead, I can only report that I’ve been doing a lot of Olympics watching. In other words, slacking. But I can’t say that time is entirely wasted. First, it’s only on every two years (living in Colorado…
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The ReadingDiva Review is In …
ReadingDiva featured The Scourge last week, and now her review is in! I couldn’t be more pleased to hear how much she liked it. Thank you again, RD!
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The Scourge featured in July Dystopia Month on ReadingDiva.com
The Scourge, and yours truly, is featured this month on the fabulous book blog, ReadingDiva.com! Take a minute to check it out, and to rate The Scourge while there. The Diva’s review is forthcoming, but I’m blushing at what she said in her Blogger Note: “I read The Scourge, I will be posting my…
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Breaking 1,000
Tuesday was an exciting day. I don’t know if it was the holiday week or what, but The Scourge shot through the #1,000 rank barrier in the Kindle store. As I write this, it’s ranked #681 overall (up? down? from about #1,400 overall Monday!), #9 in Children’s Action/Adventure and #17 in Fantasy and Magic. Here’s…
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My First Book Club Appearance
I had the opportunity last Thursday night to attend the meeting of a local book club after they read The Scourge. I’d never talked about my writing in front of a group of people, particularly not mostly-strangers, and as I’ve said before, I’m not the greatest at thinking/speaking on my feet. So I was pretty…
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The Perfect Song
This week’s post comes courtesy of a friend. He shared this video of the song, “Trees”, and suggested it as the closing credits track for the as yet imaginary film version of The Scourge. (Thank you, Max, for that vote of confidence.) Have a listen, and see what you think. I think it’s sort of…