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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Think I’m going to do another live reading here at the website next week, December 20th, where I’ll read some from Man of Wax and answer some questions about publishing or whatever and, if the mood strikes me, I’ll even wear a Santa Claus hat. In the past I’ve done these readings with a preference [...]
John Sears and the kind people at The Zombie Rights Campaign have nominated The Dishonored Dead for “Zombie of the Year.” Here’s a little of what they say: Rare insight into the Zombie condition and an uncommon willingness to address the concerns of the Differently Animated earn Robert Swartwood a nomination for Zombie of the [...]
Ben White, editor of Nanoism, is hosting a new contest that runs until the end of the year, with yours truly as the judge. Here are the details: Dearest Nanofans, You may have thought 2011 would come and go without an opportunity to participate in yet another great bite-sized creative-writing contest extravaganza. But you’d be [...]
At some point over the weekend — Saturday evening, thereabouts — I sold my 10,000th ebook for the year on Kindle and Nook (Smashwords and Sony and iBooks brought in a handful more). That doesn’t count the over 30,000 free downloads earlier this year for The Silver Ring, either. Is that a big accomplishment? Well, [...]
Looking for a great holiday gift? Trying to find the perfect thing for that loved one? How about a signed and personalized copy of any one of my books? I’m running a holiday special on the following titles: Man of Wax – 294 pages — retail $13.95 The Serial Killer’s Wife – 308 pages — retail $13.95 [...]
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and to show you how much I’m thankful for all your support, I’m happy to announce there’s a special promotion on my e-book In the Land of the Blind for immediate free download on Kindle. Currently it’s only free in the US Kindle store, but will hopefully become free in [...]
