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Monthly Archives: October 2020

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Truth in Advertising” on KDP Select
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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Truth in Advertising” on KDP Select

Posted on October 30, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

In my continuing efforts to make a go of this writing gig, I’m putting one of my stories on KDP Select. That means the story will be exclusive to Amazon, and available for free to people with Kindle Unlimited. I tried this once before with another story to no positive effect, but perhaps the story … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Scene Placeholders

Posted on October 28, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals Report My three posts scheduled and out there on time, and I continue to comment on other blogs sufficiently (hey, three per week isn’t that hard…) I had another story return from market and I sent it right back out like Heinlein says I should. My WEIRD, But Not TOO Scary Tales … Continue reading →

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Meandering Monday about Opinionated Colonists

Posted on October 26, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

After I finished listening to Fool Moon, I decided to give a listen to what I believe was an Audible. The Space Race, narrated by Kate Mulgrew, was a combination of the history of the space race between the United States and the old U.S.S.R., the combined activities since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Breathing is Overrated”
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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Breathing is Overrated”

Posted on October 23, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

on this, the release Day of Weird, But Not TOO Scary Tales That’s right – this is the release day for Weird, But Not TOO Scary Tales, my latest – and first themed – collection, containing 21 short fictions. Within these pages you will find ghosts, undead, demons, assassins, villains, aliens, and the mostly normal … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Learning About Free Marketing

Posted on October 21, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals I continued to make my blog posts on schedule. I also posted my requisite comments on others’ blogs. I had one story return from market and sent it right back out to the next potential publisher. My next release (WEIRD, But Not TOO Scary Tales, already set up for preorders and presales … Continue reading →

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Meandering Monday about Bill’s Theory of Punnification™

Posted on October 19, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Among Bill’s theories, developed over his sixty-plus years… Just to be clear, this is not someone else writing about Bill – I AM Bill. Do any of you feel weird referring to yourself as though you’re talking about another person? It seems perfectly natural to me. But then, I often think I AM another person. … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Finding Sanctuary”
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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Finding Sanctuary”

Posted on October 16, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

“Finding Sanctuary” just started with the idea of a human colony ship wandering through space in search of a home. Eventually they find one. But an alien planet suitable for life would of course have alien life, wouldn’t it? It would be nice to think they’d be welcoming, but…, well…, WE’D be the aliens then, … Continue reading →

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Writing Wednesday: Titling Swordsmaster as a Series

Posted on October 14, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

Last Week’s Goals I made my blog posts as usual, and my weekly comments on others. My available stories are still rotating out to markets. My next release (WEIRD, But Not TOO Scary Tales, already set up for preorders and presales – see below) is in line for its October 23rd release date. I completed … Continue reading →

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Meandering Monday about My Covid Disorientation

Posted on October 12, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

“You don’t get out much.” If you think about that standard joke – well, really, it’s a put-down – it’s telling YOU that something undesirable happens to people when they don’t spend time out and about in the world, and instead spend all their time sealed up in whatever sort of box they’ve been isolated … Continue reading →

Fractured Fragment Friday: “Saturday He Fed the Cat”
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Fractured Fragment Friday: “Saturday He Fed the Cat”

Posted on October 9, 2020 by authorwilliammangieri • Leave a comment

I wasn’t thinking of anything in particular when “Saturday He Fed the Cat” came to me. It may have been influenced by the death of our 15-year old westie a couple of months earlier (Katy – the namesake of the story’s protagonist, and the westie pictured on the cover.) In the original 250-word start, the … Continue reading →

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