Month: March 2012

Worldbuilding – by Steve Umstead

Author Steve Umstead

I’ve been asked several times what the most fun part of being an author is. Is it the vast riches? The adoring fans? The private jets? The high class parties?

Well, no. But if you see any of those, please steer them my way.

After thinking about it, I realized the most fun part of being an author is being able to create worlds. In my case, writing in the science fiction genre, I believe it’s even more fun, as I get to play with today’s technologies and settings, and naturally extrapolate them into the future. Continue reading “Worldbuilding – by Steve Umstead”

Wanted: Free eBooks!

Wanted Dead & Alive Free EbooksIf you’ve got a free ebook – we want to know!

This is how it works: Each Thursday, we will put up a post like this one, calling for anyone who has a book to give away for FREE should provide ONLY the following in the comment section below:

1.  Book title
2.  Author name
3.  A one sentence blurb
4.  A link to download the book

The book must be free to anyone who clicks over to the link – not just Special Secret Squirrel Club members or whatever. You know who you are.

On Friday morning, we will randomly select five of these titles to post in the Freebie Friday Frenzy, a special vitamin-fortified post which will include book covers, link and blurb.

So let’s give it a try, shall we? Please make sure to follow the RULES above. Now, go ahead and tell the world about your free eBook:

Video Trailer: Melissa Pearl’s Golden Blood

Today we have the video trailer from author Melissa Pearl’s young adult paranormal romance, Golden Blood.


Golden Blood is available on Amazon.com, Smashwords,  and Barnes & Noble.[subscribe2]

Sneak Peek: Elizabeth Kirke’s More than Magic: Semester Aboard

Semester Aboard CoverToday we have a sneak peek from Elizabeth Kirke’s novel, More than Magic: Semester Aboard:

Jen is looking forward to spending an entire summer studying abroad on a cruise ship and she knows the experience will change her life. Then she sees something she wasn’t supposed to see, something she can’t explain. Jen finds herself thrust into a world she never knew existed and her life will change more than she imagined. That is, if she can survive the dangers lurking on the ship.

More than Magic: Semester Aboard is available at Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords and iTunes. Continue reading “Sneak Peek: Elizabeth Kirke’s More than Magic: Semester Aboard”