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Archive for December, 2010

But They Love Me In The U.K.

Posted by jamesviscosi on December 26, 2010

So last week I got a message from Amazon.co.uk that they were going to be depositing a royalty payment into my account. I wasn’t really aware that I had been making any sales in the UK, so I went to take a look at my Kindle e-book reports and was startled to find that I had sold hundreds of copies of Dragon Stones the week before. Then I visited the Dragon Stones product page, and was even more startled to see this:

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Posted in Announcements, Book Sales, Books, fantasy, Publishing, Writing | Tagged: , , , , , , , , | 17 Comments »

Not So Random Rejection: Northern Frights

Posted by jamesviscosi on December 19, 2010

I’ve been hoping to pull this rejection out for a while, as it’s one of my favorites, but I haven’t. So I took matters into my own hands and went looking for it:

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Posted in fantasy, horror, Short Stories, Writing, You Suck | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Review: “Bubba Ho Tep”

Posted by jamesviscosi on December 12, 2010

So a couple weeks ago, while I was laid up with that kidney stone, I spent a lot of time watching movies and trying not to curl up into a fetal position. One of the movies I watched — re-watched, actually — was “Bubba Ho Tep”, an adaptation of a novella by Joe R. Lansdale (which I happen to own) starring Bruce Campbell as Elvis Presley and Ossie Davis as John F. Kennedy. Yes, THAT John F. Kennedy. Oh, and there’s also a soul-sucking mummy.

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Posted in horror, Movies, Reviews | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Scenes-Of-The-Month: “The Wolf” and “Dragon Stones”

Posted by jamesviscosi on December 5, 2010

Well, the votes are in and we have another tie this month between The Wolf and Dragon Stones. It’s been a while since that happened, and it’s been so long since The Wolf last put in an appearance that I don’t remember where we left off. I think I said there were werewolf hijinx coming up, didn’t I? Let’s find out.

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Posted in Excerpts, fantasy, horror, Scene of the Month, Writing | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

 
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