Author Archives: Lou

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Currently plugging away on "Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World," In which a young Theodore Roosevelt hunts the last of the great Predators in the Yellowstone Caldera. Historical Fantasy Adventure? Proto-Steampunk Alt-Hist? I Dunno yet. But I am Having fun and hope you stick around.

A Look At the New Markets

by Lou on February 1, 2012 - 0 comments

Books are like zucchini. Imagine this: You’ve set aside a nice corner of your garden to grow some zucchini. You’ve never grown zucchini before and overplanted. You’ve got zucchini growing everywhere. The neighbor keeps tossing it back over the fence. The freezer is full of shredded zucchini. You’re actually searching epicurious for a new chilled zucchini soup recipe. You need to sell your zucchini. You can’t go to your local grocery store- they have their own buyers. The local restaurant owner looks …

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Coming Soon: Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World

by Lou on January 29, 2012 - 0 comments

The Year is 1886. Young Theodore Roosevelt finds himself a cattleman in a west once ruled by great herds of dinosaurs. But there is a monster loose in the Yellowstone Caldera,  one of the last of the fearsome carnivores. Teddy mounts an expedition to rid the land of this great beast, and confronts his own past and, perhaps, his great destiny in this altered landscape.

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“Ender’s Game” First Chapter Free

by Lou on January 15, 2012 - 0 comments

Well, It looks like the Ender’s Game Movie is actually going to finally happen. So here’s the first chapter of the novel free:

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Guest Blogger Dale Cozort, Author of “Exchange”

by Lou on December 27, 2011 - 0 comments

Hi. I’m Dale Cozort, guest blogger. I recently had a science fiction novel called Exchange published by Stairway Press, a small independent publisher. I previously self-published a book of Alternate History scenarios called American Indian Victories. I’m going to talk about how I’ve incorporated open source and free writing tools into my writing and promotion process, and then talk a little about the resulting book. How did I use open source and free writing tools to write and promote those books? …

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Simpsons “The Book Job” with Neil Gaiman on Hulu:

by Lou on December 4, 2011 - 0 comments

Gotta share the “Simpsons” The Book Job” Episode while it’s up on Hulu:

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Where, Oh Where, Have I Been?

by Lou on November 9, 2011 - 5 comments

See, I Haven’t been posting because I haven’t been writing. Why? Personal reasons. Sorry, but it’s been a heck of a year. I Know, I know. Last year, I started “Teddy Roosevelt and The Lost World” right around NaNoWriMo, and it seemed like every month I was getting closer to finishing it. But around March, Everything came crashing down. Economic issues? Check. Wife lost her salary two years before, was working almost full time but was finally laid off. Health …

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