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By Robert Swartwood on January 2, 2012
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By Robert Swartwood on January 2, 2012
So 2012 has begun, and to celebrate, I’m giving away two e-books on Kindle. For the next several days, you can download The Dishonored Dead and No Shelter for free. That’s right — FREE. US Kindle / UK Kindle US Kindle / UK Kindle So if you haven’t checked these out (and even if you [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 30, 2011
It’s almost the end of 2011, which means that 2012 is right around the corner, which means the ancient Mayans are going to come back from the dead and eat us all. That’s how the prophecy goes, right? Anyway, instead of doing a rambling post about this past year, I thought I would just share my e-book [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 29, 2011
I read sixty books in 2011, counting novels and short story collections and graphic novels and audiobooks (yes, I do count listening to a book the same as reading a book). I enjoyed many of those books. Below are the books that I really enjoyed, in no particular order except in which I read/listened to [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 28, 2011
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By Robert Swartwood on December 27, 2011
The deadline to submit a story for the 5th Annual Micro Award is fast approaching. In fact, despite posting the guidelines here back in October, I almost forgot about it completely. I’ve been fortunate with the Micro Award in the past — two years a finalist, one year a runner-up — and while I don’t really see [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 24, 2011
The New York Times on the Libraries vs. Publishers E-Book Tug of War: To keep their overall revenue from taking a hit from lost sales to individuals, publishers need to reintroduce more inconvenience for the borrower or raise the price for the library purchaser. If making the books more costly to libraries seems a perverse [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 22, 2011
So everyone is talking about the trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus and The Hobbit and Man of Wax (what — they’re not? oh), but the one movie trailer that everyone should be talking about is this one:
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By Robert Swartwood on December 21, 2011
It’s about time I came clean about something rather important. Don’t worry — I’m not admitting to any major crimes … yet. But I want to tell you about the first novel I self-published nearly a year ago. Wait, some of you might be thinking. A year ago? But you published The Calling in April. And [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 20, 2011
The first live reading will start at 7 pm EST; the second live reading will start at 7 pm EST. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the comments section at any time and I’ll answer them at the end. Thanks for stopping by! Both readings are over. Thanks [...]
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