Tag Archives: Lisa Amowitz

Novellablog: May I Introduce the Gorgeousness that is The Kairos Mechanism’s Cover.

Credit goes here to the amazing and wonderful and brilliant team of Andrea Offermann and Lisa Amowitz. Here it is: I’m nearly finished mailing out the July Kickstarter rewards (meaning, everything that doesn’t involve copies of The Broken Lands or The Kairos Mechanism, since I don’t have copies of those yet to send out), which has been a lot of fun. In the meantime, a copyeditor, a critiquer, and a beta-reading little brother are all giving the manuscript one final [...]

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Novellablog: Oh, Hi, July!

It’s been just about a month since the Kickstarter campaign to fund The Kairos Mechanism closed successfully. I have been very sporadic in my posting since then, but I’ve been hard at work, I swear. Here’s what I’ve been up to: Churning out pages of the book tentatively entitled Greenglass House, which is due in October and which comes out from Clarion in 2014. Doing final cleanups on The Kairos Mechanism to get it ready for the copyeditor. Meeting with [...]

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But Enough About Me. Let’s Talk About Lisa!

I cannot say enough about my critique group. I could try, but I’d fail. Every writer needs one. I couldn’t survive without mine. So today, I’d like to crow a bit on behalf of one of the people who routinely whips my work into shape, and celebrate her work. Today is the official launch of the cover and trailer for my wonderful friend Lisa Amowitz’s first novel, Breaking Glass, which comes out in July of 2013 from Spencer Hill Press. [...]

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Announcement: THE KAIROS MECHANISM, an Experiment in Combining Self- & Traditional Publishing

I promised news, and here it is. I’m embarking on an experiment using indie bookstore-friendly services to self-publish a novella companion to my second traditionally-published hardcover release. I want to see how the two sides of the publishing world can be combined and support each other. So I’m publishing a novella called The Kairos Mechanism this fall, and I need your help to do it. The writing’s done, and I’m really pleased with the manuscript. But I need your help in [...]

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Feeling Lucky? Win some amazing books today!

You know you love free books. Who doesn’t? Here’s two ways to win some stellar new reading material from some amazing YA and MG writers–but move quickly! Deadlines are coming up fast. Ending first (as in, ENDING TOMORROW): The crew at the Enchanted Inkpot has put together an absolutely amazing giveaway for the holidays: our First Annual Inkies Giveaway Extravaganza! Each row represents a gift basket some lucky poster is going to win. Row 1: Fairytales and Folklore; Row 2: [...]

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