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Sample Sunday: My Steampunk Short Story “The Survivor”

Posted on June 9, 2013 by M. B. Weston

Many of you have been asking me when Book 3 of the Elysian Chronicles is coming out. While Book 3 is not yet out, I do have some new short stories that have either been recently published or will be … Continue reading →

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Geek Point Standings as of May 13th, 2013

Posted on May 13, 2013 by M. B. Weston

We’ve had a great turnout so far for the our May Geek Point Promotion! Here are the current standings: Scott Romanski (@truedeadman) – 825 Mitzi Trout – 550 Jordan Chestnut – 300 Chuck Elam – 200 Joe Schmitter @comojoe – … Continue reading →

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Geek Point Standings as of May 8, 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by M. B. Weston

We’ve had a great turnout so far for the our May Geek Point Promotion! Here are the current standings: Scott Romanski (@truedeadman)- 300 Mitzi Trout – 200 Chuck Elam – 200 Joe Schmitter @comojoe – 200 Jordan Chestnut – 100 … Continue reading →

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Geek Point Standings as of May 7, 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by M. B. Weston

We’ve had a great turnout so far for the our May Geek Point Promotion! Here are the current standings: Mitzi Trout – 200 Chuck Elam – 200 Scott Romanski (@truedeadman)- 200 Joe Schmitter @comojoe – 200 Jordan Chestnut – 100 … Continue reading →

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Change Your Telling into Showing: A Tiny Example of Show, Don’t Tell

Posted on April 30, 2013 by M. B. Weston

As I mentioned yesterday, I’m working on edits for a short story due in by April 30th–egads, that’s tonight!–for the Thunder on the Battlefield sword and sorcery anthology being put out by Seventh Star Press. I ran across a section … Continue reading →

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Spice Up Your Prose with Description: Example–Morvenian Wolves

Posted on April 29, 2013 by M. B. Weston

I’m working on edits for a short story due in by April 30th for the Thunder on the Battlefield sword and sorcery anthology being put out by Seventh Star Press. My story takes place in the Elysian Chronicles world with … Continue reading →

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Sample Sunday: Excerpt from “The Survivor”

Posted on April 14, 2013 by M. B. Weston

I haven’t been able to blog much about this, but my steampunk short story, “The Survivor” was recently published in the Dreams of Steam 3: Gadgets steampunk anthology. I figured for this Sample Sunday, I would give you all a … Continue reading →

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Check Out My Steampunk Short Story in Dreams of Steam 3: Gadgets!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by M. B. Weston

Forgive me for taking so long to announce this. My first steampunk short story, “The Survivor,” has officially been published in the Dreams of Steam: Gadgets steampunk anthology. “The Survivor” tells the story of Angelica Blackmore, the lone survivor of … Continue reading →

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Sample Sunday: New 1st Chapter of A Prophecy Forgotten

Posted on March 10, 2013 by M. B. Weston

For Sample Sunday, I figured I would upload a sample of the changed first chapter of A Prophecy Forgotten, which was just released last week: Hoof beats pounded against the forest floor. Alexor concentrated on keeping himself upright on Jeleth’s … Continue reading →

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The New Prologue After Previous Edits

Posted on December 1, 2012 by M. B. Weston

If you have been following my blog this week, I have been showing a few examples of my editing process using the prologue to a paranormal thriller I’m working on (currently called Unleashed). On Monday, I posted the working prologue … Continue reading →

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