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Interview With Charles Degelman

Miro — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:51:31 +0000

The audio of my interview with author Charles Degelman is now available on the Author Talk Audio page. Give it a listen. He won the Silver Medal for Historical Fiction from the Independent Publishers Awards for his novel “Gates of Eden”.

Interview With Author Jon Magee

Miro — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:20:29 +0000

My next Author Talk interview is going to be with author Jon Magee. This time it will be at 1PM Pacific Time instead of the usual morning hour. So just go over to the Author Talk page to sign up.

sorry for the bouncing box

Miro — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:36:44 +0000

I’ve cleaned out all the spam, loaded up an updated version of wordpress, and still get this bouncing window popup crawling across my screen. It’s annoying and all I can figure is it comes from my host. Popups are one thing (expected when going for a free web provider but this traveling annoyance is a …

I’ve Been Interviewed On Skype

Miro — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:04:56 +0000

A couple days ago I was interviewed by Kaamil Garyson of Sinister Prose, and even better it was a full video call via Skype! You can view the whole thing direct on YouTube right Here, or view the embed which should (hopefully) appear below. You can also check it out on his blog.

Writing Tips: Time Travel In A Story

Miro — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:59:43 +0000

Time travel is one of those things that is great as a concept, but all too often a horrible miss in execution. Be it in books, movies, or TV, too often the author thinks that the phrase “It’s time travel, who can understand it?”, or “Temporal physics gives me a headache,” is all they need …

Jennifer Mills Kerr Interview

Miro — Sun, 06 May 2012 22:52:38 +0000

My recent interview with author and teacher Jennifer Mills Kerr is now available on the Author Talk Audio page. Give it a good listen then hit up her blog at JenniferMillsKerr.com

Charles Degelman Next On Author Talk

Miro — Sun, 06 May 2012 19:40:16 +0000

Next Sunday, May 13, at 10am it is Charles Degelman, author of Gates of Eden, being interviewed for Author Talk. To sign up just go to the Author Talk page and get your code.

Spam Comments All Cleaned Out

Miro — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:18:46 +0000

Well, it took a bit of doing, but I have all trace of spam comments cleaned out, filters up, and Registration t urned on. Basically I’d gotten slammed by 17,000 spam comments in a 24 hour period. My own Admin was afraid to make any comments because they’d just get lost in the forest, but …

Delin Colon Interview Now Available

Miro — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:46:17 +0000

Well, today I interviewed the author of “Rasputin and The Jews: A Reversal of History”, Delin Colon. The audio of her interview is up for listening this week on the Author Talk Audio page (http://www.maldene.com/interviews-audio-files). Give it a listen for an idea of how far off is that which we know of as history.

Writing Tips: Designing Aliens and Monsters

Miro — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:52:26 +0000

Every good SF or Fantasy story needs its monsters or aliens, but it is not enough to simply slap together something ugly and then drop it in front of the characters. To make your story believable in any setting, the monsters must feel as real as everything else. First off, the creature has to make …