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    Free fantasy novel on amazon.com

    I’ve put a novel on Amazon.com and, if I’ve done it properly this time, it’s free through Saturday. It is fantasy and humor. I’d be grateful if you’d write something kind in the comments area. Amazon.com: The Last Day of Goody Velter (The Orb Series) eBook: Bern Pearson: Kindle Store (You...
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    Does Anyone Else Hate Sympathetic Villains?

    Excellent thoughts. I had a difficult time writing my first villains. For one thing, they weren't human. With a human the writer can delve into the villain's mind and show his actions and thoughts. But with a machine, how do you portray evil? I gave him a cartoonish cloak, a desk made from...
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    Story vs. Writing

    I created a story world, "The Orb." But the first novel, "A Myth for the Reality Challenged," only contained the parts of that world that fit the story line. Later, I came along and created a 15k prequel that told the events that launched the first novel. (It's a promotional piece I'm trying...
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    Does Anyone Else Hate Sympathetic Villains?

    Interesting you mention perspective. I'm certain that if you interviewed history's great killers they'd have a sympathetic perspective on their actions. It would be the rare man who said, "Yep, I killed, I tortured and I liked it. I did it because I liked it." They'd say, "well, they had it...
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    Does Anyone Else Hate Sympathetic Villains?

    Characters must be true to their story goals. If the story goal is to amass skulls of little girls, then they must do that. They can obsess about how they don't like killing little girls. But, they do kill little girls. So, from that perspective, they're not likable. But today's morality is...
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    The Great Free Book Debate - seeking participants

    I have three novels on Amazon and they have not sold well, they're all $2.99 and 100k words. I wrote a 15k word free story as a prequel to my fantasy novel, "A Myth for the Reality Challenged," Bern Pearson. I could not figure out how to publish it on Amazon for free. (Any help would be...
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    Promoting your work

    I have three novels on Amazon.com. Bern Pearson. "A Myth For The Reality Challenged" (Fantasy.) "Havelock's Inheritance" and "Havelock's Corpse." (Action adventure/ Murder Mystery.) There are two options for a cover. I actually had an artist friend do some original art. Then I uploaded the...
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