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    Edge of the World

    I received a copy of this book a few years back at the Writers of the Future workshop. Kevin gave each writer there a signed copy. Though I was curious to check this original fantasy series out, I’ve had a bunch of ‘research writing’ to finish over the past few years (seriously, I’m that book-logged). Anyways, this why it has taken me so long to get to it, since I don’t generally give myself much time just for ‘fun reading’. I enjoyed ‘The Edge of the World’. It is a nice take on the ‘low magic’ setting that seems relatively popular in fantasy writing nowadays. It has a strong emphasis…

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    Look what came in the mail

    Yep, my contributor copies for Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader “Flush Fiction” arrived! Still trying to figure out the best room in the house to keep my copy… UPDATE: Yeah, probably should have mentioned that my story ‘Proof in the Pudding’ is in this. UPDATE #2: You can buy the anthology over at Amazon but you can probably also find it in larger book stores.

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    Hiring a Contractor

    Yeah, I know a post on home renovation contractors probably seems unrelated to most of what I post here but I thought it was relevant. Well, not really. I was just mostly kind of annoyed. In the past we’ve had great experiences with contractors and terrible experiences. The terrible experiences have *always* been with companies that were not listed in the Better Business Bureau. With the BBB businesses we’ve never had a problem and have never needed to report a contractor. So it has basically become our filter. A few of the BBB businesses we worked with had mentioned that they were considering no longer being a member (I guess…

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    Another way to read my writing…

    I get asked this occasionally so consider this a refresher post on how you can read my previously published short stories. 1. Using my Bibliography you can track down the original magazine issue where the story appeared. 2. You can use AnthologyBuilder and create your own book 3. You can buy some of these stories in Kindle, iBook, Nook, Kobo, or Sony formats 4. (New) I’m experimenting with selling directly from my website. This is basically a paypal purchase that will redirect to a page where the story can be downloaded from. Right now I’m only offering my Writers of the Future winning story, “Digital Rights” this way (in PDF)…