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Lulu versus CreateSpace III

After much kvetching and discussion about CreateSpace, I’ve started to publish the NTD paperbacks through them. The latest release, Tales of Masks & Mayhem V4, saw publication through CS. Why? The short answer: money. The Global Distribution package on Lulu costs $75.00 plus whatever you pay for ISBN’s. The Pro plan of CS costs $39.00 [...]

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Aspen Mountain Press – The Seamier Side of Publishing

The acceptance letter you get for your book is a dream come true for most authors, especially if the watchdog websites like P&E green-light the company. If you’re fortunate, you never have to find out any different. In the case of AMP, the other authors and I were not so fortunate.  I signed a three-year [...]

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When Flowers, Kindness, and Coupons Lead to Mischief

A wise coworker wondered if shopping at several different stores just to get bargains was a good idea. I compare prices before going market shopping, but she suggested that I might spend the money in gas. Giant is having a special where they double the dollar coupons next week, but most of the groceries on [...]

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Forthcoming Interview and other Night to Dawn News

On September 9, 2010, Art Sippio and Ric Croxton of http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ will interview author Tom Johnson and me about The Spider’s Web and Tom’s other NTD books. Tom will discuss his favorite character, Black Ghost. I will be discussing Dark Side of the Moon and a potential sequel; also Twilight Healer and Blood Moons and [...]

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When Your Tales Contain Too Much Clutter…

Yesterday, I learned about the evils of clutter when I purchased an outdoor trashcan and attempted to load it into my Honda Fit. It looked so easy. Folding down the back seats would give plenty of room for my purchase…except so much stuff had congregated in the back seats and floor. Bending the trashcan wasn’t [...]

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Tom Johnson’s Three Go Back, an Interesting Journey

Night to Dawn’s printing presses have been active, giving birth to Tom Johnson’s Three Go Back. Three Go Back features three teenage girls whose time machine takes them on a horrifying journey back millions of years, through the dinosaur era. Horrifying though their journey might be, these characters discover world history first hand and observe [...]

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What Will You Read Tomorrow?

Today, I’d like to celebrate the work Night to Dawn books has been doing with Tom Johnson. We received great reviews on three of his books, Heroes of Ancient Greece, Pangaea: Eden’s Children, and Tunnel through Space. Tom has been a pleasure to work with, and I am happy to share with you what people are saying [...]

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Interview with Author & Essayist Minnie E. Miller

Tonight, I’d like to talk with Minnie E. Miller, author of The Seduction of Mr. Bradley, Forever My Love, and Catharsis. Having worked for San Francisco’s Mayor, Atlanta’s City Council, and Chicago’s WMAQ TV’s newsroom, Minnie has acquired a strong interest in politics which blends in with the fiction / fantasy on her printed page. [...]

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Dark Side – forthcoming novel

Sunday, May 16, 2009 Dark Side of the Moon Current mood: focused Category: Writing and Poetry Roswell isn’t the only place aliens crashed. In the early 1960s, the Kryszka crash near Philadelphia, nearly killing the star-traveling passengers. Two scouts, Eigil and his mother, tunnel above ground to explore. Disaster might still have been avertedif only [...]

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