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#221 ·
Hi everyone,

I'm new to the boards, too (hi tknite!) but am digging the atmosphere here quite a bit. I just published my first sci-fi novel, CONVERGENCE, and opened a thread for it here at the Bazaar. If you'd like go check that out for more deets, or the links below.

jdrew - that SHEPHERDS cover is an awesome bit of art. Story sounds great, too!

So, no cons for me yet. I'm in Michigan and would like to check out the Motor City Comic Con that's held nearby every year, but haven't made the time for it yet. We've also got ConFusion in Ann Arbor but missed this year's, as well; maybe I can have my second book ready for their 2015 convention!
 
#222 ·
PaulLev said:
Both fun and marketing. I'll be at Lunacon and LI-Con in the NY area in March.
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PaulLev being from outside NY state I wonder when you say "in the NY area" do you mean NYC? Or somewhere in NY state? And when you go to these cons, do you sell books or are you there for other fun stuff?
 
#223 ·
Heya, folks! So I released my first novel, "Time Jump," back in February of 2012. It took me a while with school and life, but I finally released my second book, "Eugenic Reprisal," at the beginning of 2014. It's all been exciting stuff, and I'm busily working on the third installment in the series.

Just this past weekend, I released a novelette titled "The Sleeping Man" that is going to explore another idea and universe that I have been kicking around for a while. I love that it's become easier to get your work out there, but I will admit that I am daunted when I look at the vastness of what I need to overcome to be able to make a modest living doing this. Medical stuff makes a normal job difficult at best, so I'm throwing myself at what I love to do: Tell stories.

You can find links to my three current works below in my signature, and I will say that I plan on producing many more Science Fiction stories in the days to come! I have to put my Physics degree to use somehow. :D

    - JM
 
#224 ·
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Greetings. This is my first post to K-boards talking about my novel. I'm probably doing this all wrong. But I have a free book giveaway right now, March 19-23 on Amazon Kindle. And I want people to download my book.

It's called THE GODS OF GARRAN, and it's a scifi novel set on a harsh desert world.

Here, two cultures clash against each other. One is the original inhabitants of the world Garran. The other is an advanced alien race known as the Chanden who conquered the world a hundred years ago. Tired of oppression, a group of Garrans rise up to search for the ancient god-stones that contain the essence of their gods: the Borrai, which were all destroyed when the Chanden invaded. They believe that if they revive the Borrai, they will help them force the Invaders off their world.

The story follows a young man named Moorhen, of the Sand Plain Clan, who follows his father, the chieftain, and their tribe against the Chanden in retalliation for the death of his little brother at Chanden hands. Moorhen suffers a moral dillemma at the idea of violence against innocent beings.

The other main character in the story is a young woman named Asta, a Chanden Enforcer, and daughter of the main Chanden military commander on Garran. She Goes under cover and accompanies the group that is searching for the god-stones. She begins to doubt the Chanden's right to rule Garran. When she finds the god-stone … if she bonds with it … she might loose her own identity.

FREE THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 23
Please take a look.
Thanks,
 
#226 ·
It feels like just yesterday that I signed up here at KBoards! It was just last September, but my has the time flown by. I published my first title in September, and another in December. March, however, has been active for me. I was able to publish two titles last month, with the second coming just yesterday! I don't think I could have done it without the support of KBoards and WC. Thank you all.



Recoil is a story based in Hugh Howey's world of Wool. The story takes place in silo 18, and occurs in an alternate timeline approximately 20 to 25 years after the end of Wool. I hope you enjoy it!

In a silo where cleanings are a cause for celebration and are handled by a crew of teenage boys, a hazing initiation goes horribly wrong. The silo leadership hunts for the boys to clean - this time without the safety of the silo waiting for them when they finish.

The story is told through the lens of teenage girls Petra and Tavi. Enamored with the cleaning crew, the girls find themselves on the wrong side of a manhunt to find the boys. Just like the girls, the reader doesn't really find out what is really happening with the adults in the silo until the final, deadly confrontation.
 
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#229 ·
BrentKnowles said:
Hi.

Most of my work has bee non-fiction lately, aside from short stories, but my novel "The Pool" has made it to the quarter finals in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel contest.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Pool-2014-ABNA-Entry-ebook/dp/B00JOU2GBI/

Just waiting on the next round of judging to decide this novel's future :)
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Hey Brent, good luck the Breakthrough Novel contest. Not easy to get as far as you have.
 
#230 ·
jdrew said:
PaulLev being from outside NY state I wonder when you say "in the NY area" do you mean NYC? Or somewhere in NY state? And when you go to these cons, do you sell books or are you there for other fun stuff?
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Sorry for taking so long to reply. By "NY area," I mean not just NYC, but the suburbs (in the case of Lunacon, Rye Brook, just a few miles north of NYC). And yes, I sell my books at cons as well as appear on panels on other fun stuff.
 
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#234 ·
mphicks said:
Congrats Brent - it's a great achievement! Love Dragon Age, btw!
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Hi Michael! Thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed Dragon Age!!

(And congrats on your last year placement in the contest!)
 
#235 ·
PaulLev said:
Sorry for taking so long to reply. By "NY area," I mean not just NYC, but the suburbs (in the case of Lunacon, Rye Brook, just a few miles north of NYC). And yes, I sell my books at cons as well as appear on panels on other fun stuff.
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PaulLev, okay, got that. How'd you get started with the panels? How to you select cons to attend? I'm thinking of going to a con now and then around here and wonder what you look for? Most of those near me are gaming cons though there are cons that are more SF/fantasy oriented such that books are a more important part of the interests of con attendees.
 
#236 ·
Hello all, I'm Ken Doggett, and I've been reading and writing Science Fiction for many years.  I published short stories in various magazines, but have only recently written a novel.  All of my works are now published in ebook and paperback format, and I'm currently working on my second novel.
 
#237 ·
kendoggett said:
Hello all, I'm Ken Doggett, and I've been reading and writing Science Fiction for many years. I published short stories in various magazines, but have only recently written a novel. All of my works are now published in ebook and paperback format, and I'm currently working on my second novel.
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Hi Ken, welcome to the scifi writers thread. Which magazines? What drove you to write a novel? Regardless, good luck.
 
#238 ·
Long time science fiction reader, decided to take a crack at it last year.

I have a serialized series of ebooks on Amazon, with two chapters per month (one Edition).  Six editions so far.

Looking at writing probably 16 Volumes, over next several years.

The story has a unique hook, (don't they all).

I have Omnibus Volume 1 almost ready, and the next five books plotted.

Just got to get my lazy butt writing.

Former aerospace materials engineer, IT geek, hacker, etc.

Semi-retired. (Got hit by a semi, retired. Almost joking...)  :eek:

Best to all of us!

A.E. Williams
 
#239 ·
Hi, everyone!

I'm T. Rudacille, author of the Eternity series!

The series is going to span five books, but right now, only the first two (The Shattered Genesis and The Bargaining Path) are done and published, and the third is an untitled work in progress, though the rough rough draft is at 200 pages already. Both published books are epic and genre-bending science-fiction, fantasy, romance, thrillers, with a little something for everyone. They've got space, superpowers, war, family, tragedy, scandal, sex, violence, taboos, religion, politics... If any of those peak your interest, check them out, and I look forward to checking out all of your awesome works!

Also, follow me on Twitter (@teerudyeternity) or at my blog, T. Rudacille is Shamelessly Self-Promoting (https://teerudacille.wordpress.com). I will follow back!

Thanks!
T.
 
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Glad to see the thread that I started three years ago is still going strong. I am still writing like crazy, my next book Captain Hawklin and the Underwater Menace (a pulp adventure hero) will be published in late September. For information on all of my books feel free to visit http://www.charlesmillhouse.com
 
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