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May.22.2013
When I started writing seriously, I attacked the challenge of the short story. The first few times out the gate I remember how difficult it was to hit what I considered the minimum length for a serious story – 2500 words. I worked out characters ahead of time, almost like a role-playing game...
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May.20.2013
Style is a word you see tossed about a lot in literary circles. There have been epic battles fought over stylistic writing vs. plot-driven writing vs. character driven writing. There are authors who understand words and punctuation and the painting of images in sequences of...
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May.19.2013
There are two things you’ll hear a lot when people start giving out advice on writing.
- Write what you know
- POV matters
I’m not much for cut-and-dried rules; I write what I write, and I write ‘how’ I write, but sometimes I can go back after the fact and pick out some things...
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May.16.2013
The new face of publishing has really set the Internet on its ear. Pundits abound. Lists are everywhere. I’m not going to tell you I’m an expert. I’m going to say – I’ve been writing for decades. I’ve published a magazine, and I’m currently publishing 130 plus authors and...
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May.14.2013
THIS IS MY BLOOD WILL BE FREE ON AMAZON.COM MAY 14 – 15 2013
If you get it free, the audiobook at Amazon is Whispersync Ready $1.99!
This is My Blood was the first novel I ever sold. In the end, my Star Trek Voyager novel, Chrysalis, came out before this one, but that was only due...
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Sep.12.2012
Over at Horror World, Blu Gilliand recently asked me some questions about writing, publishing, the state of digital and print publishing, and many other things. In the way of interviewees throughout time - I answered. Now those answers are live. Here is a short excerpt:
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Sep.04.2012
I have probably mentioned before that my daughter, Katie, is a bright, creative spirit. She wrote a story, all on her own, at age 7 that I helped her illustrate and turn into an eBook. She sold over 50 copies if it this past year, and is increasingly excited to hear from kids who...
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Aug.31.2012
I've been writing for about three decades now, seriously writing, that is, and I've been involved over those same thirty years in just about every aspect of books, publishing, editing, writer's groups, etc. All of it has brought me to some conclusions that - in the end - led me to form...
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Aug.29.2012
I spent a lot of this past winter doing something pretty much out of character for me. I baked pies. I baked at least thirteen, and probably more between January and May, a quest that began innocently enough when I found a display of fresh Persimmons in the local grocery, and picked...
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Aug.28.2012
I really love Red Room. This would not be obvious in my lack of participation, but let me go on record as saying - I love the community, the useful content, the communication ... it's a great thing they have created here, and one of the only truly author-friendly platforms I've encountered to...
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Aug.23.2011
NEW SERIES FROM CROSSROAD PRESSposted by Dave
New publisher Crossroad Press has launched a shared-world series titledO.C.L.T., standing for Orphic Crisis Logistical Taskforce. These novels, written by a number of different authors, will center around a core team of nine characters. Series...
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Aug.18.2010
I’ve been slowly building a publishing company, Crossroad Press, as many of you know. In fact, it’s largely responsible for my being here a lot less often. I’m pretty busy with it. Since I started doing audiobooks, I’ve been approached several times about whether I could do people’s books in...
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Aug.18.2010
The Holy Terror - by Wayne Allen Sallee
Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
Run Time 8 hrs 28 minutes
Introduction to the 15th anniversary edition written and narrated by Brian Hodge & included by permission
Author's introduction narrated by Wayne Allen Sallee
Audio Sample of The Holy Terror
I've...
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Jun.14.2010
I have been silent here for a long time, but it's not because I'm tired of blogging - or ignoring you. I sort of fell first into an e-BOOK publishing company bringing back books to KINDLE that might otherwise have been forgotten in the paperback piles of the world - but also an audiobook...
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Jan.06.2010
I'm not your Stephen King, or Tom Clancy, or Dean Koontz. I'm one of those other guys. You know, the regular Joes with enough talent to string words into stories, but minus the timing, breaks, and other factors that separate best-selling authors from the rest of us. I didn't get a college degree...
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"The world of publishing isn't standing still, and the buildings on 5th Street in NYC are...everything is changing..."”
—David Niall Wilson
About David
David Niall Wilson has been writing and publishing horror, dark fantasy, and science fiction since the mid-eighties. An ordained minister, once President of the Horror Writer's Association and recipient of the Bram Stoker Award for poetry and short fiction,...
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David’s Favorite Books
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, On the Road, The Dark Tower Series, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Haunting of Hill House, The Works of...