Tag Archives: Amazon

Lazy Designer: Pricing

Okay, this is perhaps a strange blog post but I’ve been spending some time thinking about this and figured I’d solicit opinions from the readers out there. (And yes, I’m sure I’m overthinking this). Anyways… To reward (or at least avoid punishing) those of you who purchase my Lazy Designer books as they are released …

November 30, 2012 – 3:57 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in The Lazy Designer | Tagged , , | Comments (4)

My Work on Smashwords

Just a quick update. As many of you know I have several story reprints available on Amazon as well as the first two volumes in the Lazy Designer series. Up until now I have also had the same content available on Smashwords. Smashwords is a great service because it distributes work onto multiple platforms, including …

November 13, 2012 – 10:42 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (3)

Why I Seldom Write Reviews

Long time readers may have noticed that I used to write reviews somewhat regularly on this site but that I seldom do so anymore. It is not because I’m a lazy bastard. Basically I’ve received a lot of advice (in regards to writing reviews), from the workshops at the Writers of the Future event to …

March 15, 2012 – 2:46 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Priced to Die

“Why We Should Fear Ourselves More Than Pirates” So now that I’m seeing reports of SOPA and PIPA having been defeated by overwhelming negative opinion many are breathing sighs of relief. And others are cursing violently (but generally silently). Among game developers and writers, my two primary areas of interaction, opinions are mixed. Many are …

January 20, 2012 – 3:34 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews, Technology, Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (57)

Novel progress

Even though Nanwrimo ended last week I’m still hard at work on the novel (hence my relative online quietness). I passed 92000 words written yesterday. The end is in sight (though the novel will be a tad longer than originally intended). The novel, for those who are unaware is a continuation of the story started …

December 5, 2011 – 9:04 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Read This: Digital Rights by Brent Knowles (Writers of the Future Winning Story)

The Assistant responsible for the primary thruster arrangement killed itself just ten days after Izzy arrived on the solar station. The panicked chatter of the other Assistants prevented them from continuing with their own duties. Horror, speculation, and worse of all, wonder, flowed across the station’s network. Izzy had to stop it. And it was …

October 10, 2011 – 6:45 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Read: The End of the Road by Brent Knowles

Wanderer looked down in satisfaction as he walked the old mountain road and saw the town below him. The stagnation of the human race was at an end and the survivors were now rebuilding. So ended the apocalypse. Wanderer continued towards this hotel from his past, an old, sprawling structure sitting high atop a cliff, …

October 9, 2011 – 7:14 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Read: The Prophet by Brent Knowles

The helicopter disappears beyond the horizon and Wanderer returns his attention to the laptop sitting awkwardly on his knees, sharing space with a can of cold beans. He digs into the beans with a plastic spork as he views the web site behind his dust-covered screen. A photo of a large man with wide, powerful …

October 8, 2011 – 2:10 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Free and Lazy

If you’d like a chance to read the Lazy Designer for free please head over to my Facebook Page and read the instructions on my latest post there.

September 4, 2011 – 10:03 am | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Game Reviews, The Lazy Designer | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Reprints on various eReaders

I’ve added a few support pages to help those of you who would like to read my story reprints on your digital devices. iTunes Amazon (Kindle) Barnes and Noble (Nook) Kobo Sony Reader Let me know if you find any mistakes in the listings and if you read the stories please let me know what …

July 10, 2011 – 9:10 pm | By Brent Knowles | Posted in Writing Resources | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)