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By Robert Swartwood on July 28, 2010
Today, according to Smashwords, The Silver Ring has been downloaded 1,000 times at the site. What this means exactly, I’m not quite sure. Even though someone downloads it — and with Smashwords you can download a number of different formats — it doesn’t necessarily mean anyone is actually reading it (which, despite what some people [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on March 10, 2010
The Hint Fiction anthology isn’t slated to be released for another eight months, but it’s already up for pre-order at Amazon for those of you kind generous folks who like to pre-order now so you’ll be pleasantly surprised months down the line when a package arrives at your place. According to the product details, the [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on February 19, 2010
I’m mixing things up for this week’s Freaky Friday Fun. After my last post about The Silver Ring (which is now up to 221 downloads so far, thank you very much), I felt it was only fitting to read a little bit of it to y’all. (Well, the real reason is because Smashwords allows authors [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on February 17, 2010
Before we begin, you know how I said I didn’t think it was possible to unsubscribe to comments once you subscribed? Well, I was wrong. You can unsubscribe very easily, apparently. When you receive an e-mail, there’s a link you can click on to manage your subscriptions. However, on the site itself, if you’re subscribed [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on August 25, 2009
Isn’t it funny how the times change? Years ago someone would be crucified for suggesting writers self-publish their work. And those that actually self-published their own work, well, they were looked down upon as jokes. Nowadays though, with publishing being where it is in the barrel, self-publishing has become tolerated, if not almost accepted in [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on June 30, 2009
I got an e-mail a few days ago from the editor of a place called the Web Fiction Guide, which is “a community-run listing of online fiction. We list anything that is original and story-oriented (we don’t list fanfic or erotica), and that is available to read for free online. As with other online media [...]
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By Robert Swartwood on May 24, 2009
Well yes, this is a new site — actual friggin website, baby – but the title of this post refers to the piece of art below. You see, I recently uploaded my sf action novella The Silver Ring onto Kindle. I set the price so that it would be as cheap as it can get (right [...]
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