So there’s this board game called Quelf, whose name unfortunately sounds very similar to a certain type of flatulence, and I’m going to make the bold statement right here and now that it is probably one of the worst board games ever. Why? Well because, no thanks to Hulu Plus, I have been subjected several [...]
From Ben White at Nanoism: This year we converted $50 in prize money into $400 of charitable donations to wonderful organizations working from animal health to global health, clean water to fighting hunger. Thanks to everyone who donated! Without further ado, here are Robert Swartwood’s selections for this year: Johnna Talbot Pat Tompkins Sarah Stanton [...]
So I mentioned before how free e-books welcomed one-star reviews, right? Well, Man of Wax just got its first: I was excited to begin this book as it sounded like it would be different sort of mystery. I prefer mysteries and do not need to tell you that many are very similar. With that said, [...]
To enter the Hint Fiction Film Contest. Hurry!
The free promotion for Man of Wax and Phantom Energy started just this morning, and already Man of Wax has gotten here: Yes, that’s right — it’s in the top 100. After No Shelter had managed to sneak into the top 100 last week, I doubted Man of Wax would be able to replicate the [...]
I have a new story in Stripped: A Collection of Anonymous Flash, edited by Nicole Monaghan, which is available in paperback from Amazon and Lulu. Here’s the product description: Stripped is a collection with a twist. Yes, the fiction contained herein includes works from some of the best-known names in flash fiction as well as the [...]
Last week’s free promotion of No Shelter and The Dishonored Dead went so well, I decided I wanted to do it again. So for the next several days, the following e-books are free in the Kindle store — that’s right, FREE! Kindle US / Kindle UK Kindle US / Kindle UK Again, these two e-books [...]
For the week of February 12 through February 18, Flash Fiction Chronicles is having its fourth String-of-10 Contest—String-of-10 FOUR—for the best 250-word story written from a specific prompt: a series of ten words posted at FFC on February 12, 2012. This year’s Guest Judge will be Robert Swartwood. PRIZES STRING-OF-TEN FOUR FLASH FICTION CONTEST 1st [...]
Maybe we have to drop “books” from the way we think. I think that’s keeping us from not thinking as big and broadly as we need to. I have authors come in and I suggest we start with e-books and then have a print companion later on and they say, “what about the ‘book’ book?” [...]
Walter Dean Myers has been named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and this is some of what he has to say about it: “We all know we should eat right and we should exercise, but reading is treated as if it’s this wonderful adjunct. ‘Reading takes you to faraway places.’ We’re still thinking [...]
