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    Book Blurbs?

    Very helpful comments, thanks all. Version 11 coming up. Sashamerideth (or anyone else) go ahead and post your back cover copy (see, I'm learning).
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    Book Blurbs?

    I've seen a lot of discussion of cover art, but much less on the back cover blurb. That's usually what really makes me decide to buy a book or not. Writing a good one has been really hard. I've been through 10+ drafts and am still not happy with it. I've included the latest version below...
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    The Ripple Effect of Magic

    Well, a lot of the early development of computers was driven by need during WWII: calculations for artillery fire, decrypting German codes, calculations to design the atomic bomb. Later the shift from vacuum tubes to transisters to integrated circuits was driven by the goal of smaller cheaper...
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    Rome Total War!

    I liked Rome a lot, but have to admit I like the first one, Shogun, about as much as any of them - maybe more. I suspect its because I enjoyed the battlefield tactics more than the overall strategy and the later versions kept piling on more and more global strategy. Plus, their seemed to be...
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    Where'd it go and will it come back?

    I find wandering around a good bookstore or library helps, or even just walking around outside. Another trick I sometimes use is to stop writing when I still have a good sense of what I wanted to say next. So, when I sat down to write the next night it was easier to get started. Of course...
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    Ok kill off main characters or not?

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    Problems with Procrastination

    The best counter I've found for procrastenation is habit. Every day at the same time sit down in front of the computer, open up the file and start writing - or just sit there. But do it every day and sooner or later you'll start writing.
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    Picking a good title?

    I had major problems coming up with a title for my novel, and am not sure if my final choice was a good one (opinions are welcome). I wanted to use "The Silver Skull" but there are already several novels, including at least one fantasy novel, with that title. My working title was "The Old...
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    Quick question about typing

    I started with one chapter per file, but found that putting it all into one big document was easier in the end. It made it easier for the words to flow and to be consistant with names and other words the dictionary doesn't recognize - once I was sure I was happy with a name I could add it to...
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    The Seventh Bridge (Excerpt)

    As they moved forward a rising night wind stirred the fog into billows that broke over the barrows. Hadrian saw hundreds of mounds, each large enough to hold a thousand bodies. A few were still marked by ancient weapons; tall spears draped in empty armor and swords supporting torn helms and...
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    Greetings from a new member

    Done. Well, one post so far, but I'll try to keep it up.
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    Greetings from a new member

    For nearly two centuries darkness festered in the heart of the abandoned Old City, until a novice sorcerer was lured into freeing the unholy remains of a necromancer from its buried crypt. Now fear stalks the streets of Karbala. The city is under siege by an army of the dead led by a being of...
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    Welcome. I'm doing things a bit backwards. I wrote a novel, The Seventh Bridge, and published...

    Welcome. I'm doing things a bit backwards. I wrote a novel, The Seventh Bridge, and published it on Amazon (Amazon.com: The Seventh Bridge eBook: Terence Soule: Kindle Store) and now I'm reading about how I should have done it. I'm more than happy to gift a copy to anyone who is interested in...
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    Howdy howdy

    Welcome. Is your eBook available? On Amazon or elsewhere? What's the title? Don't be shy :) terence.soule The Seventh Bridge
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