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More Fun and Games with Ebook Formatting

It has been brought to my attention that the ePub version of my novella, The Death of Patsy McCoy, does not render correctly in Adobe Digital Editions. Please be assured that it is fine in (as far as I know) all other ePub readers, that the Kindle version is fine, and that I’m working on

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“The Death of Patsy McCoy” Now Available in ePub and Kindle Versions

After many false starts (and more than a few errors by a certain caveman-fingered writer ) I am pleased to announce that my novella,

The Death of Patsy McCoy, is now available as an ebook!

“When you cross the boundaries of society, you are outside society. When you reject rules, you become unruled.

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Ghost of Iga, by D. Hamilton Doggett – a review

 
 
 
“The nail that rises up will be hammered down.”

–Japanese proverb

 

 

 

 
 
In many ways, this is a hard book to talk about.

Partly, it’s hard to talk about because it’s so easy to read. I go back to the book to get a quote and I get swept up in the sheer

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Further Thoughts on Copyright – A Response to Luke Bergeron

This is a portion of a conversation already under way. Please read the following post first:
mispeled.net — What They Steal

And be warned: he’s going to point you to a post or two you should read even before that, so if you haven’t kept up with this conversation, go ahead and get caught up. We’ll

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Herd-Sourcing — DRM and the Future of Fiction

A non-blogging, non-twittering, meatspace friend asked me for my thoughts on the parallels between music and books in the digital age.

This is a part of my response to him:

On the one hand, it is somewhat misleading to discuss parallels between the music industry and the publishing industry, because such a discussion, by ignoring the fact

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The Dinosaur and the Dragon Lady – a novella

My first Smashwords upload is ready, and I have no idea what it looks like!
I need your help.

I have uploaded my first Smashwords book, a novella titled The Dinosaur and the Dragon Lady. This is entirely new for me, and I need to see how well the conversion turned out. If you have

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I’m Still Trying to Review YOUR Self-Published Fiction

Three times now, I’ve actually purchased a book online to review, only to discover when it comes that it is not, in fact, self-published.

The first problem is that the only way to “discover” self-published fiction in a world that still actively sneers at it is to search Amazon and other sites, using the advanced search

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A Second Novella Added to the eStore – The Bumbler’s Apprentice

 


The Bumbler’s Apprentice
What is there that is ignoble in the fulfillment of destiny?

Streep thought he had it all figured out. He was apprenticed by mistake to a know-nothing old buffoon, Basil the Buffoon, who refused to teach him anything because Basil had no Gift except the curse of jealousy. Streep was destined to

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The Meadow – a short story

No real post today, but you can read this short story while I edit Jillian’s Gold.

 

The Meadow

(c) 2008 Levi Montgomery

 

     She’s mostly quiet, sitting calmly and watching out the window, sometimes watching him drive, with that little smile she has for so much of what he does. Years ago, that smile bugged

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The Dinosaur and the Dragon Lady – a Novella by Levi Montgomery

I’ve decided to make all of my novellas available as PDF downloads, and eventually as Kindle editions.

First up is The Dinosaur and the Dragon Lady. This short (only 16,000 word) novella proves that coming of age can happen at any time.

Only 99 cents! Hurry, pricing is subject to change.
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