Day: October 12, 2014

Video Trailer: Fissured

FissuredIf anything can go wrong…

Naomi’s having a bad week. She’s already overwhelmed by setting up her solo mediation practice and second-guessing her relationship with Joseph. An old acquaintance seems to be setting up shop down the road from their friend Charlie’s ranch. And Charlie has a new pal: a filmmaker who might be the Investigator – except that he doesn’t exactly believe in teamwork.

Then a jaguar attacks her in downtown Denver….

Fissured: Book Two of the Pipe Woman Chronicles, the urban fantasy by Lynne Cantwell, is available on Amazon.com, Amazon UK, and Smashwords.

Don’t forget, you can cast your vote for trailer of the month on October 25, 2014 at 1 p.m. Pacific time.

Print Book Party: That New Print Book Smell

book sniffing at Bowdoin CollegeJust like a brand new car (but a lot cheaper!), there’s nothing like that new print book smell. Let’s celebrate the printed word here at the Indies Unlimited Print Book Party.

The party is on. Let’s help readers discover some fine indie writing at reasonable prices.

If you have a print book available from a major online retailer at $15 or less, follow the instructions below and post your link. If you see one you like, click over and buy it. This feature is for print editions only priced at fifteen dollars and under.

When possible, we replace some of the links with clickable book cover images. Do not attempt to insert an image in comments on your own. Just put the following information in the comment section:

1. Book title and price

2. Author name

3. A short one sentence book description (keep it tweetable in length.)

4. One link to purchase the book (only secure retail sites – Amazon or B&N.)

Then let your friends and fans know your book is available here today. Use the share buttons below, or copy the link in the address bar above and share the news on your favorite social media platforms. The more, the merrier, right? So let’s give it a try, shall we? Please make sure to follow the RULES above. Now, go ahead and tell the world about your cheap read.

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The Concept of Time in Writing

TimeAs writers we constantly deal with time, both as a concept and a reference point. We can write a whole novel about an hour in the life of a character, or we can cover billions of years in the same amount of pages. We can stretch a moment into a lifetime, go back in time, or forward; we can travel sideways (as in parallel realities) or into the depth of time (like a dream within a dream within a dream). In fact as writers we utilise and adapt every conceivable theory concerning time.

Truth is stranger than fiction

Time is relative, we are told, and just about everyone knows that; although not everyone understands it. If you ask the question, “What does ‘time being relative’ really mean?” It would of course depend on who you ask, but you are still likely to get a stock answer that may not be easy to understand. A physicist might theorise about the space-time continuum; some may even express concepts regarding the multiverse theory; whereas a philosopher might approach the subject from a totally different angle, postulating from a metaphysical or psychological standpoint. Continue reading “The Concept of Time in Writing”