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Immortalization & Manuscript Critiques

As I write this, the Worldbuilders fundraiser is at $82,000 dollars. That can buy a lot of families a lot of goats, or chickens, or even cows…. But sometimes what people need isn’t materials. One of...

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The Business of Managing a Business

Hey there everybody, long time no see. Do you know that feeling happens when you wake up all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, excited to get some solid work done? So you get up, take your meds, and decide...

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The Dirty Streets of Heaven

One of the coolest things about being a published author is that I occasionally get sneak peaks of books before they’re officially released. These books are called ARC’s. (Advanced Reading Copies) And...

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Worldbuilders: Sounding the Advance

We’re about a month and a half away from the start of this year’s Worldbuilders, and I have to say, things are going pretty well so far. Actually, we’re doing way better than that. Things are going...

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Professional Critiques for Aspiring Authors

This is a Worldbuilders Blog. At its heart, Worldbuilders is a charity for people that love books. Given that so many of Worldbuilder’s supporters are readers, it’s not terribly surprising that a lot...

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The News: The Slow Regard of Silent Things

So here’s the news: I have a book coming out around November-ish. It’s not book three. It’s not a mammoth tome that you can use to threaten people and hold open doors. It’s a short, sweet story about...

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Professional Manuscript Critiques

Edit: If you’re still hoping to get a manuscript critique, there’s a WriMos for Worldbuilders page with some available in a special lottery this year that you should really check out… As I write this,...

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Professional Critiques of your Manuscript

Today we’re launching one of my favorite parts of Worldbuilders. It’s something that I would have killed for back when I was struggling to get published. Something that I’ve never seen offered anywhere...

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Rejected Author’s Notes Part One: Beginnings and The Names of Things

Last night, I was going to post up a story about The Narrow Road Between Desires as a “review” over on goodreads. But logging in, I discovered there were already 200+ reviews on there. Nobody’s...

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Numbers, Thanks, and Fancy Covers From the UK…

As I write this, the Narrow Road Between Desires has been published for six days. Not quite a week. I can’t remember if I’ve talked about it on the blog recently, but the first week of sales for a book...

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