Okay, so let's revisualize chapter one. Tagul Word Clouds are plenty awesome, too. May I present their version of the word cloud for chapter one of Raven's Tears. Wow. I may have to get that one done on a shirt, or mug. Michael and I had a moment as we were reviewing each other's work for the day where we […]
Visualize Raven's Tears Chapter 1. According to WordItOut, this is what it looks like. I can like that a lot. There are meta-things to be discussed about the so-called "random" placement of those words, eh? This is probably my last reminder abou tthe 99 cent sale. It ends at midnight. If you don't get yours for this stupidly cheap price, don't […]
Raven's Tears featured on Goodkindles again yesterday. Did you see it? It's still only 99 cents through midnight PDT - after that, it returns to its $4.99 list price. I think I'm going to look into posting an excerpt for loyal readers tomorrow. You've got that long to give me feedback on what you'd like to see. What would pique […]
This quote sums up like 90% of my depressive episodes, right here. Substitute "depression" for "darkness" and you have it. I wonder if this is true for writers in general, that our depressive bouts are generally due to being lost in an inner world without words? Still with that three-day sale - Raven's Tears is doing well with Kindle lovers […]
He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real. - Salman Rushdie Coming in April/May 2015.
There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made. -- Kazuo Ishiguro AE Matson is an author, and Creative Director, at Metaphor Publications. She's also a textile fiend, SFGiants fan, aspiring Buddha, RPGer, tech-geeky, crone, corsair. It's all about the stories. What's yours?
It seems that the slush pile flood issue will never go away. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of new titles are being uploaded to Amazon every day. Books and shorts that never would have seen the light of day under the ‘old regime’ can now be tossed up on the web, virtually for free, by anyone who thinks they're the next Mark […]
