A quick roundup of news and mailbag questions, today. __________ Lately, I’ve received a rash of emails that go something along these lines: I don’t read ebooks. I prefer real books. You should think about putting your books in bookstores for people who like reading books. I would buy them, then. I suspect that the […]
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I often have to go back and re-read my own stories. Usually it’s so I can get the series back into my brain with all the little cross-references and quirks that I want to ensure make it into the next book. Plus, I try very hard to review the whole series at least once a
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The Iron Hammer Boxed Series Set releases in two weeks’ time. That means it’s time for the first chapter. As the first book in the series is Galactic Thunder, I’m giving you the first chapter from that novel. Excerpt EXCERPT FROM Galactic ThunderCOPYRIGHT © CAMERON COOPER 2023ALL RIGHTS RESERVED —1— Dalton was late. In the
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A couple of quick items for today. First, a scam that you might find yourself falling smack into. There are scammers picking up commercially released fiction and pushing it through Chat GPT with instructions to change the details enough to make the book “original”. Then they’re slapping unchanged AI art on the front and putting
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As usual, I’m bringing up the rear when it comes to reacting to a current TV series. That’s because I wait until the season is done, then watch it. This allows me to inhale the season as quickly as possible, should I feel the need to binge. It’s rare for me to want to gulp
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My publisher, Stories Rule Press, have just launched their first Kickstarter project, featuring the urban fantasy series Magorian & Jones, by Taylen Carver. If you enjoy reading fantasy, check the project out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/storiesrulepress/the-rivers-ran-red-extraordinary-urban-fantasy. There are various levels of sponsorship available, so even if you’re not familiar with the series at all, you can pick
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I’ve mentioned Calibre eBook Manager before, but I don’t think I’ve ever spent an entire post talking about its value. Last week I had a conversation with a reader who had never heard of it before, which was a shock to me! It cemented the idea of writing about Calibre even though it has been
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I do read in genres outside SF, especially when I’m in the midst of writing SF. But I’d prefer a good space opera on my screen—book, TV series or movie—any day of the week. Except, lately, they’re getting hard to come by. Amazing Stories has been reporting for several weeks on the growing penetration of
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If you love stories, then finding more time to appreciate them is a good thing. Stories have been around for as long as man has walked upright. They began as spoken tales, that taught us how to survive. So Paleo Bob’s story around the campfire, “This time my mate was eaten by a tiger and
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