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Amazon: “Authors are our customers” Except in Forums
Questioning the dichotomous tension between Amazon ("authors are our customers"), and the reception authors get on Amazon discussion fora. [Continue]Thinkishness
Improving Sales and Income in Ebook Publishing
How can a short story writer make a reasonable profit in today's ebook publishing market? Here are a few approaches that might help. [Continue]Writing
How to Use Class in Historical Settings, Part 1
Forget equality: people used to be much more limited by class and status. Here are some ideas for using class in fiction & games (pt. 1). [Continue]Free Fantasy Novel
Help yourself to a free copy of Dragonsword, the first fantasy novel from Deborah Teramis Christian in over a decade. Now available for immediate download at the Dragonsword book site, or you can read an excerpt here.
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Author Deborah Teramis Christian
Teramis wrote her first book at age 9, but like all good literary lizards has taken her time charging upon the market. Finally in a situation where she can write full time, she is becoming the Dragon, Unleashed, or a close facsimile thereof. Roar, said the saur.
New Books
This military science fiction anthology contains "Live Fire," Christian's Tiptree Award-nominated short story set in the Sa'adani Empire, the setting of her science fiction novels. Now available at Amazon in print and Kindle editions.
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