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Marketing Fiction

Posted on September 13, 2011 by EDC

I run into people all the time who want to write a novel, kind of like this recent Doonesbury cartoon… Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau The ironic thing is that the vast majority of books published every year are non-fiction. The … Continue reading →

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Terraforming Mars

Posted on April 21, 2011 by EDC

Recently, Big Think’s Michio Kaku offered his thoughts on the best way to terraform Mars, making it habitable for human life. (BTW, the word “terraform” was invented by spec-fic author, Jack Williamson.) Making Mars a living world would be an … Continue reading →

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How To: Format a Document for the Kindle

Posted on February 22, 2011 by EDC

IO9 is one of my weekly stop-by sites for speculative fiction, and recently they reprinted an amazing little nugget from Business Insider for any writer who’d like to see their work on a Kindle.  With easy step-by-step instructions, they shared … Continue reading →

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