Coming Soon: Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World

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...

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Byzantine Roads

by Lou on August 15, 2011 - 0 comments

Not Really a big fan of “psychology” in writing books. But in The Story Book: A Writer’s Guide to Story Development, Principles, Problem-solving and Marketing David Baboulene does a good job of explaining how subtest works and how to best incorporate multiple layers of meaning into your writing. Here’s the Table of contents and a sample of the first chapter. Pay attention to the charts. I kinda like them.

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Free Chapter of Star Wars, Fate of the Jedi:Ascension

by Lou on August 15, 2011 - 0 comments

From Amazon’s Bestseller list, Here’s the front matter and first chapter of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension:

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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead- Good Riddance to Borders

by Lou on July 28, 2011 - 0 comments

Sorry Borders, you lost me a while ago. When you first opened up in out area, I Loved you. Unlike B&N, you carried small press and specialty Books. I bought my “Letters of H.P.Lovecraft” from you. I discovered Borderlands and Crossroads press. While I browsed the Horror and Sci-Fi sections, My family spent time in the Videos and the well stocked Children’s area. But you began to abuse the relationship. Our two local Indie bookshops closed under pressure from the …

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Guest Post: How Twitter Is Blanding Branding

by Lou on June 22, 2011 - 0 comments

Things have been pretty quiet around here as I try to finish Teddy Roosevelt and The Lost World. So I am Pleased to present the following guest post by Kian Kaul, author of Stockholm on Branding and Marketing. Take it away, Kian: Kian Kaul on “How Twitter is Blanding Branding” These days every writer is their own brand, we’re constantly told in advice columns on mid-ranking marketing blogs and rushed non-fic titles (many of which are only available in the Kindle …

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Alex Painted Everyone a Picture- I got Cthulhu

by Lou on June 1, 2011 - 0 comments
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Guest Post: Stephen Marshall On “Abraham”, New Novel Free on Google Books

by Lou on May 6, 2011 - 0 comments

I’m on reddit and this post catches my eye: A free book! Yeah, Right I think. Another first draft, random pass aspiring teenager lloking for free promotion. But I click on it anyway. And am Pleasantly Surprised. There’s the usual appeal: I just finished, Don’t know anything, want to see if anyone likes it here try the links.  But the writer has a compelling voice. Self-effacing without being shy. And there’s no typos, misspellings or grammar errors in the post. Good Signs. …

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