All authors get bad reviews. What do you do when you get one?
A. Go all Anne Rice on the so-called reviewer who dared call into question your literary genius, in the process not only insulting the reviewer’s meager intelligence and no-doubt substandard education, but also intimating that his lineage is less than noble born?
Uh, No.
B. Adopt the best Dr. Smith from Lost in Space voice you can, curl up into a fetal … Read the rest
The Deceived
So, without further ado, the three winners are:
1. Dookus Maximus
2. Swsquadleadr327
3. Sean Smith
Congrats! I need each of the winners to email me (at paulsvantekemp at yahoo dot com) with their … Read the rest
The time to enter the Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived
Enter by clicking here and leaving a distinctive username with your comment. Good luck and thank you kindly for your enthusiasm. 🙂… Read the rest
Starwars.com has posted the cover and blurb for Star Wars: Riptide
When a ship full of Sith warriors arrived in Galactic Alliance space, the fight to destroy it accidentally uncovered a deadly menace: a long-hidden group of clones, secretly created as insidious weapons capable of wielding the Force and heedless of the … Read the rest
The giveaway contest for Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived
Note, too, … Read the rest
Folks, please leave your full name or a distinctive username when entering the giveaway contest. A common first name is not a useful identifier in this context. If I announce that “John” won, I’m going to have ten entrants email me for their copy. 🙂… Read the rest
I have three bound advance reader copies of my forthcoming Star Wars novel, Star Wars: The Old Republic: Deceived
I will pick three recipients at random from all of those who leave a comment to this blog entry, whether at paulskemp.net or at the mirrored entry on my livejournal. Please use your name or a distinct username and enter only once. You do not need … Read the rest
Because a couple folks asked via email, here are the first few chapters of Azazel, the supernatural thriller I mentioned in the post below. I’ve been unable to sell this so far. It’s gotten many, many praise-filled rejections, and has made it to a few acquisition committee meetings. But, based on the comments that have come out of those meetings, it seems folks feel it’d be a tough book to categorize and market, and … Read the rest
Joe Konrath asserts that you should self-publish (meaning self-publish in eb00k format, primarily) and offers his reasons for that view. Among other things, he lists many self-published authors who appear to be doing well, in some cases very well.
Like a lot of authors, I’ve wrestled with this issue. At this point, I’ve self-published only a collection of my short fiction, Ephemera: Dark Stories from the mind of Paul S. Kemp
Eighteen years ago today I lucked out and talked Jen into eloping. We drove down to the Lucas County Courthouse in Toledo (the courthouse in Detroit was closed for the holiday) and got married before a preacher-for-hire and one of my lifelong friends.
After that, we got drunk, armed ourselves, and went on a nationwide crime spree for which we still have not been caught. Suck it, Koppers! 🙂
Love you, Sweets. Happy Anniversary.
