To start off, I am participating in the Smashwords End of Year Sale, which runs today, December 17th, through January 1st. All of my collections, plus Swordsmaster, are available on Smashwords at 50% off!!! You can find Smashwords links to all my participating EBooks on my Current Promotions page. Now, to continue our regularly scheduled … Continue reading
I quite often don’t know where a story is going. It’s actually one of the joys of writing for me – I get to be surprised by and enjoy my stories as much as my readers do. Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals Last week’s goals: All my blog posts went out on schedule. One of my stories returned from market and was sent back out, so all of my available stories are out there. “Hacked Off” (Detective Jimmy Delaney #7) releases on June 25th. The story is now available for PREORDER at a reduced … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my blog posts went out on schedule. Two of my stories returned from markets and cycled back out in a day or two. My next scheduled release will be “Hacked Off” (Detective Jimmy Delaney #7) on June 25th. I completed the last revision, but still need to create the cover and … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals As usual, my blog entries were posted on schedule, and all available stories are still out to market, including “Breathtaking,” the third of my ten planned short fictions for this year. My next scheduled release will be “Hacked Off” (Detective Jimmy Delaney #10) on June 25th. I still have a last revision … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog entries were all posted on schedule, and all my available stories are out to market. “The Rendering” is available for preorder and will have its release day this Friday, February 19th. That leaves today and tomorrow for the FREE PRESALE on Smashwords – all the info is on my CURRENT … Continue reading
As I stated in Writing Wednesday, I realized that I had enough stories available to me now that I could put together a sizable THEMED collection. So this week’s Fractured Fragment Friday will be about that collection. Here’s the Blurb Submitted for your approval, a collection of 21 short, speculative fictions by William Mangieri, in … Continue reading
Quarantine. I wonder how many writers nowadays find their stories set in prison, or during some great cataclysm that makes people hole up in their basements? Do you? (If you’re just consuming content instead, try to stay away from networks that have decided now is the time to show plague marathons, or shows like A … Continue reading
I’m participating in Smashwords’ site-wide Authors Give Back promotion, which is being held to show support for people around the world suffering through isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. ALL of my collections (including my Detective Jimmy Delaney and Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series) AND my novel Swordsmaster are on sale for 30%-off. The … Continue reading
“A Dish Best Served” started simply with a desire to use an multi-course meal as the vehicle for a story. I started writing with the critic vs. chef theme, and the rest of the story came out of the pen on its own (or with the help of my favorite Poe story, “A Cask of … Continue reading
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