Howdy folks! We’re one week in to the Kickstarter campaign for Gunsmoke & Dragonfire, and this is my status report for the first week. Status Report We’re on target with 26% of our funding achieved, for a total of $391 CAD. Yay! I’d like to thank each and every one of our Backers so far: […]
Read More Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: Kickstarter Status Report – Week 1YAY! We’re launching our Kickstarter! Check out the video on my YouTube channel at the link below. Or check out the link to the campaign HERE! We could really use your support, and we have some absolutely amazing unique items for our Backers in addition to the book! Every level offers you the book in […]
Read More Gunsmoke & Dragonfire Kickstarter LaunchRicardo’s story “No-Sell” will be in Gunsmoke & Dragonfire, releasing March 15, available for pre-order now at a special January-only price! This is what he had to say about it. Gotta admit, it’s been a lifelong goal of mine to be described as a “mastermind” … I can die happy now … Read the full […]
Read More Weird Western and Me – Ricardo VictoriaGunsmoke & Dragonfire: A Fantasy Western Anthology is now available for pre-order on Kindle! For January Only we are offering a special pre-order price of only 99 cents! The price will continue to go up in increments until it reaches full price upon release. From the drought-plagued plains of Mars, to a post-apocalyptic Canada, to […]
Read More Gunsmoke & Dragonfire: Pre-Order Available!Recently, The Toronto Star published an article stating that after the Canadian Writers Union conducted a survey, Canadian writers make an average of $9,380 CAD per year. There are many problems with this survey, the primary one being that this is strictly a survey of the Canadian Writers Union, and I would hazard a guess […]
Read More Why Canadian Writers Make Less Money (My Thoughts)By Jennifer Brozek Blurbs… those short endorsements on the front and back of your novel. They are the icing on the cake of months of hard work. Sometimes, those pithy phrases are what it takes to make a sale. For new authors, and lesser known authors, getting the right blurb for your book can make a […]
Read More How Do You Ask for a Blurb?We’re hosting a live virtual write-in today from 11 am to 7 pm Pacific time! Come join us if you’re working on the last words for you National Novel Writing Month project, or just if you want to write! Different sprint leaders will be in and out throughout the day. Love to see you there!
Read More Come Write with SFWA!Hey friends; awards season is on us again, and because no one should ever self-reject, I’d like to present some of the stuff I’ve done this year for your consideration. If anyone who is considering making nominations wants a review copy of any of these, I can provide e-copies in pdf upon request (and would […]
Read More 2018 Awards Eligibility Post!Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. Dick My rating: 1 of 5 stars Read for the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club. SPOILER WARNING. OH MY EFFING GOD, are people reading the same book I read?! 5 stars, 4 stars, much of these from people whose opinions I respect. But – really? To me, […]
Read More Book Review: Now Wait for Last Year by Philip K. DickAs always, I’m doing National Novel Writing Month! Perhaps you’re not familiar: NaNoWriMo is a marathon for writers. The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel, in a month! How you do this is by writing about 1667 words a day; eating the elephant one bite at a time. I never would have been […]
Read More My NaNoWriMo Progress
