By Robert Swartwood on May 3, 2013
Remember that promo I did for The Serial Killer’s Wife last week? Well, it went pretty well. Actually, it went great. The book spent several days in the Kindle and Nook Top 100. I joked with more than one writer friend how I hoped it might even make a bestseller list. Because while I could [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on March 12, 2013
Many years ago, I thought Twitter was a waste of time. In fact, I thought all social media was stupid. Now, of course, I’ve changed my tune, at least in terms of Twitter, which I use all the time. Facebook I don’t care much about, but I sometimes leave updates (usually something that I’ll copy [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on February 25, 2013
Self-publishing isn’t easy. As almost any self-published writer will tell you, self-publishing can be quite rewarding, but it also takes up a lot of time, energy, and money. Through the years I went through a lot of trial and error when it came to self-publishing. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on February 20, 2013
My latest ebook is a nasty little story called Seeds. It’s a short story, and it’s free. You won’t be able to find it at Amazon or Barnes & Noble or Kobo or, even, iTunes. No, the only way you can read this is to sign up for my newsletter. That’s it. My newsletter subscribers [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on February 19, 2013
The weird western I co-authored with David B. Silva is finally available from Thunderstorm Books, in two different formats (and featuring the brillant cover art of Vincent Chong). Before I tell you about that, though, here’s what the book is about: Things are bad for Clay Miller and George Hitchens. For starters, they’re on the run [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on February 4, 2013
So remember last year me telling you about this anthology I was in called Stripped, A Collection of Anonymous Flash, edited by Nicole Monaghan, where all the stories were printed without bylines? Well, a full year has passed with all the authors remaining mum on which stories were theirs, and now finally Nicole has posted the [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on December 28, 2012
Some writers fall all over themselves and do whatever they can to get mentioned on year’s end best-of lists. I’m not one of those writers. Still, I was thrilled and pleased to see that Brian Keene named The Inner Circle as one of his top ten books of 2012, alongside Stephen King, Joe Lansdale, and Tom [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on October 25, 2012
My story “Rags to Riches” is featured today over at Every Day Fiction. It deals with a genie — or, rather, jinn — but in my head, it isn’t blue.
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By Robert Swartwood on October 22, 2012
First, a special important reminder that I’ll be speaking at Elizabethtown College this Saturday at noon. You should come. Second, it seems every time I speak in public, I come down with a cold beforehand. So yeah, not feeling too well today. Hoping it’s just allergies. Either way, you should totally come Saturday. Third, today [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on September 19, 2012
I graduated from college in 2004, and next month I’ll be headed to college again. Only this time I won’t be taking any classes. This time I’ll be teaching a class. Sorta. Here are the deets: Saturday, October 27 | 12 – 2:30pm BOWERS WRITERS HOUSE Fiction Masterclass and Lunch w/ Robert Swartwood Novelist and [...]
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