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I know. How uncouth! How belligerent! How sanctimonious, and other words of some syllables!

But this is, hopefully, the last of the genre rants. (Until the next one.)

So, Jimmy Joyce and Sam Beckett walk into a bar…

Book genres have become a bit of a joke really, as I said in my last post regarding the nonsense categorisation of “Women’s Fiction”.

Here’s another literary joke for you:

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Q.　What’s the difference between Literary Fiction and Romance?

A.　So’s your face.

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Isn’t that brilliant? Isn’t it just the best joke you’ve ever heard? Brief, and yet crammed full of the sharp wit of the universe?

Of course it isn’t. But if enough people said it was, you might believe it.  Which is how Literary Fiction works.

I’m not saying Literary Fiction isn’t good. I’m not saying that it isn’t sometimes work of such brain-stroking brilliance that it can’t make me laugh, cry  and want to be 21 again, all at the same time…

Cover Art by Jason Pedersen

Legends of Windemere: Family of the Tri-Rune has Arrived!!!

Buy it Here for $2.99!

Book Blurb:

The magical adventure continues after Luke Callindor and his friends recover from their battles in Haven.

Nyx still has nightmares about casting the genocide spell in Hero’s Gate. Every night her heart is gripped by the sensation of hundreds of goblins dying by her magic. By the request of Lord Highrider and Duke Solomon, she is returning to fix the damage she caused. With Luke Callindor and Sari by her side, Nyx is ready to face the vengeful goblins and opportunistic thieves that plague Hero’s Gate. Yet, there is a darker threat that was born from her violated magic: The Krypters.

It is another action-packed, character driven story that will reveal one of our heroes has been lied to for their entire life.

Wondering what you’re in for?…

Party on here.

Todays the day! Everything is in place for the party. Along with my co-host Sonya Loveday we hope to tickle, challenge and entertain – all in one night!

Please drop by between 20:00 – midnight GMT (15:00 – 19:00 EST), even if it’s just to say hello.

Also, please feel free to reblog or share this with anyone you think may be interested.

The party will feature eBook and audiobook giveaways, fun and games, caption contests and general banter… plus I a few little items of swag.

Hope to see you there.

P.S. I would also like to say  to everyone who has offered to donate an eBook for the occasion.

If you’d like to join them and add something to the (growing) pile, please let me know in the comments below.

Write on – and party on!!

The day is here, my friends!

Welcome to day 1 of a FULL WEEK of The Life of Gaia!  That’s right!  If you didn’t catch my earlier posts, that’s okay, because this is the important one.  Starting today and going through Saturday, I’ll be posting one new chapter of LOG a day.  That’s SEVEN new chapters in a week, essentially DOUBLING the amount of chapters that are out now!

Start from the beginning here: https://www.jukepop.com/home/read/1309

Or, if you’re all caught up, here’s the newest chapter 8!: https://www.jukepop.com/home/read/1309/?chapter=8&sl=695

Completely new to the blog, the story, the concept?  Here’s the pertinent deets:

The Life of Gaia is a Young Adult Fantasy novel following almost-sixteen-year-old Gaia, an acolyte-in-training who is hungry for adventure.  She might end up getting more than she bargains for, however, when a mysterious fire brings her in contact with her destiny.  Her home, her friends, and an entire…

According to the recent Taleist survey of self-published writers, women authors are more successful than men.

Does this fact surprise you? It surprised me – not because I lack faith in my female counterparts (far from it), but because when you compare it to the traditional book publishing industry, it’s the men who dominate.

A good example of the situation women face in the traditional publishing world is documented by VIDA. They decided to count the reviews in a number of important literary publications and it revealed that male writers were up to 413% more likely to be reviewed than female writers in publications like The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, Paris Review, The New Yorker, London Review of Books, Harper’s Magazine.

Forget publishers, I’m going it alone…

Before you make any final decisions, you may want to consider the cold, hard facts. While the traditional publishing world may not be the…

In this post, we will learn valuable marketing and marketability tips by looking at a successful fiction author. In addition to writing a highly marketable book, today’s author is also active with a variety of effective marketing strategies.

Sword and sorcery author Charles Yallowitz has a popular fantasy series called The Legends of Windemere. If you’re a WordPress blogger, you may know Charles, as he is an active and highly supportive blogger in our community. Even if you’re familiar with Charles and his series, hopefully you will still find some helpful tips about marketability and marketing in this post.

Let’s begin by taking a close look at the book covers for The Legends of Windemere:

• The covers look like they are part of the same series. This is an important part of series branding. Once readers become familiar with the series, you want them to instantly recognize…