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A J Hartley

Act of Will

Anthology

Dragons Lure w/misty

David B Coe

Robin Hood

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

Writers Block and Other Fantasy

I was going to write on muses today, but I got…um…off track. Stuck on a tangent, which can be a problem, as you’ll see farther on. Muses and writer’s block go hand in hand, and since I don’t believe in muses, I suppose I have to put writer’s block in the [...]

Release day: THE QUEEN’S BASTARD

Today’s my second book release day of the year.

I have, for the last three years, been publishing contemporary series: two urban fantasy series and one spy novel trilogy. Those series have been first-person (the Walker Papers), tight third-person with two viewpoints (the Negotiator Trilogy), and tight third-person with a single viewpoint (the Strongbox Chronicles). [...]

Career Restlessness

I attended RavenCon in Richmond, Virginia this past weekend and had a great time.  Saw some old friends and met several new ones, sat in on some interesting panel discussions, and even managed to sell a few books.

We’ve blogged here before about cons, and about the purposes they serve for us professionally, so I won’t go [...]

Guest Blog: Alethea Kontis

Poster’s note: I met Alethea a couple of years ago at World Fantasy Con in Austin when we were both on a shuttlebus together, and she and her friends very kindly enveloped me into their group and invited me to lunch. We (all) hit it off splendidly, embarking on a weekend that involved people throwing [...]

Little lost books

SF Signal (a very cool blog for those who want to keep a finger on the SF/F media pulse) posted a list of 10 Obscure But Superb SF Novels. I’ve read Wasp, but none of the others.

So many books fall between the cracks – good books, books that seem like secret treasures to those [...]

Bookstore Chains and Changes in the Market

I replied yesterday to a post about what was happening in the market. I’ve blogged elsewhere about this, but not in depth here, so I thought I’d do so today.  Bookstores have problems keeping books stocked, buying books that don’t sell in quantity, tieing up their stocker’s hands stripping covers and sending them back, (paperbacks [...]