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Reminder: Larry Elmore Kickstarter

Just a quick reminder that the awesome Larry Elmore has a Kickstarter going on. Only four days left to get awesome art like this in a full color book!

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PublishAmerica’s CEO steps in it.

Going the rounds of the writer-verse today is this creepy “letter from the CEO” written by Willem Meiner, CEO of PublishAmerica. Warning: Parts of it are graphic. I’m not going to repost it here but my...

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2012 In Review

As 2012 draws to a close, I thought I’d share some numbers regarding Blogination. Blogination is two years old now. Total page views is up 64 % from last year. Average page views is up 62 % from last...

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,100 views in 2012. If...

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2013 Awards Consideration Post

January 1st was the start of Hugo Award nominations, and for members of SFWA, the Nebula Award nominations are already underway. So for those of you nominating or thinking about nominating for this or...

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Onto Arachnid

This morning I submitted Arachnid to Booktrope. It is Thomas of Xuelition Book Two. This one was actually a challenge since it was a prequel and couldn’t do any of the cool stuff I thought of after...

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Please Don’t Feed The Troll

I have been alerted by Linton “lin” Robinson has been running his mouth again on Writer’s Beat. I had to login and unignore him to see what the deal was (and immediately thought oh my god, the...

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Return Of The Return of the King

A couple of years ago I posted a short story, “The Return of the King”. A few months ago I was asked if it could be included in anthology as a promotional tool for fellow Booktrope authors. I was happy...

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Not Dead II: Dead Harder

No, I’m not dead. Just busy. Here are some bite sized chunks of stuff you might find interesting: I have updated my email address in case you want to contact me: christopher.turkel @ hotmail.com I have...

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Thomas Of Xuelition Talks About “Arachnid”

Now that Arachnid is in production at Booktrope, I asked Thomas if he would like to talk about it. He didn’t but he changed his mind once I paid him a “small fee”. My questions are in regular font,...

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Reader Question #1

Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten a few emails asking the same questions. I’ll answer a few over the next few days. Michael Watkins asks: You used to be active on many writing forums but not such...

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Reader Question #2

Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten a few emails asking the same questions. I’ll answer a few over the next few days. Sandy Stevens asks: Are sequels easier to write than the first book in a series?...

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Reader Question #3

Over the last few weeks I’ve gotten a few emails asking the same questions. I’ll answer a few over the next few days. Greg G. Joiner asks: How many Thomas of Xuelition books will there be? Assuming...

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Shakespeare

We have an addition to the family. His name is Shakespeare and he’s fourteen weeks old.

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Thomas of Xuelition Update

Last Sunday I finished Tiamat, Book Three of Thomas of Xuelition and I have now hit a crossroads on the series. Originally the series was going to be five books. One book would be set in the present,...

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My Plans For August

I have August off this year and what are my plans, you ask? Vacation? Nope! Goofing off? Nope! Writing a novel? Yes! How did you know? I won’t be able to do NaNoWriMo this year because of things so I...

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Moving On

So I have an announcement to make to all three people who read this blog per day. Kidding, it’s more than that. I think. I am moving Blogination from WordPress to Blogger. Why? One, since I use a lot...

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Status Update

Today I finished my write-a-thon for my novel “The Mark of the Sun”. It stands at 87,496 words and I’m not done but the next priority will be Thomas of Xuelition Book Two for Booktrope. My month off...

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Socially Speaking

There are various ways for you to connect with me online. This will get it’s own page eventually.   Twitter, Heello and Twii: @zizban (I don’t always post on all three and mostly not the same post on...

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Blogination Has Moved!!

Hey you!  Yes, you! Blogination has moved!  

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