This week I talk about all the promises you will hear from other writers, from editors, from publishers, from anyone and everyone in the industry, and why those promises mean nothing. Not until the signature is on the contract!
I also talk about the Authors For Action: Kill The Bill event! Go get tix now!
Enjoy!
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It’s Friday!
There be a Drabble in your immediate future. Huzzah!
Before that happens, just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be in Rutherfordton, NC for the MayFest Super Signing! I’ll be there with great authors such as Beth Revis, John Hartness, Brian Rathbone, Darin Kennedy, Gail Martin, Matthew Saunders, and more! Come on out if you can!
Now, on to 100 wonderful words!
Enjoy!
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The Botanical Apocalypse
By
Jake Bible
The vines worried at the manhole cover, their tips spreading, thinning, working their way under the edge, looking for leverage. With a strength that should not have existed, the cover was lifted, shifted, pushed and moved to the side, barely a clang heard through the empty, abandoned street.
The air below –precious carbon dioxide– was intoxicating. The vines had found them. On they crept, their verdant brilliance muted to a boring grey as the sewer’s shadowed environs encompassed them.
The last humans cowered. They huddled in the dank alcoves of their ineffectual refuge. The botanical apocalypse had found them finally.
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Cheers!
Disclaimer: A black thumb might be a good thing.
Howdy!
Time for another great Party! 100 words of awesome to get this weekend started!
Hey, know what else is awesome and will include words? This!
Local Asheville area authors, including Sara Gruen, Charles Frazier, Beth Revis, Jamie Mason, and myself, are banding together to help fight the disgusting law passed by the NC legislature. You may have heard of it. HB2. Come on out on May 18th and help us make a difference. All proceeds from tickets sales after costs will be divided among the ACLU of NC, Campaign for Southern Equality, Tranzmission, and Equality NC and their efforts to repeal HB2 and overcome the harm it has caused in our community.
That’s some powerful stuff right there. Support if you can, please.
Now, on with the drabble!
Enjoy!
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Indeed
By
Jake Bible
It was the biggest break of his life, a thousand people waiting to hear his story.
“Gobble hap, munbutt,” Jeffery Holt said. “Goobsham boggnock.”
The silence was brutal. Not a peep or sniffle from the audience. The moderator gave Jeffery an encouraging smile. Jeffery smiled back and pushed on.
Fifteen minutes later he finished. “Nunkik morga wapp,” Jeffrey said and closed the book.
The audience burst to their feet, the applause wild and raucous.
The moderator gripped Jefferey’s hand, pumping it up and down.
“Bun noof farble,” the moderator cheered.
Jeffery smiled from ear to ear. Bun noof farble, indeed.
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Cheers!
Disclaimer: Bun noof farble, indeed.
This week I talk about how it is perfectly normal to feel raw and exposed and emotionally vulnerable when you share your writing with others. It gets easier, but it takes time. I also clarify my opinion on HB2 and where I’m coming from with that subject.
Oh, and if you have a second or two, post a review or comment on iTunes! It helps!
Enjoy!
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Howdy, y’all!
Quick announcement about two new releases.
First, there is my latest novel, Drop Team Zero! Set in the same universe as Salvage Merc One, this novel is part of a companion series, but isn’t a sequel to SM1. New characters and totally separate story.
With the War treaty signed, the Galactic Fleet is now on permanent stand down. But a treaty doesn’t mean an end to the violence, corruption, piracy, or tyranny in the galaxy. The Galactic Fleet’s solution is a crack team of Special Ops Marines: Drop Team Zero.
Made up of the absolute fighting best from humans, alien races, hybrids, and even AI androids, Drop Team Zero is called on to handle the worst of the worst, missions that others would tag as pure suicide. But when Drop Team Zero arrives, the only threat of suicide is for the ones that stand in their way.
The next new release is the audiobook of Dead Team Alpha! Lots of teams happening today! I know folks have been waiting patiently for this to be in audio format, so thanks for sticking with me, y’all!
In the post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested wasteland, there is one beacon of safety in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains: The Stronghold.
For decades, the inhabitants have fortified and defended the Stronghold from zombie hordes, building their society and culture on military precision.
And chosen from the best of the best is Denver Team Alpha. DTA is the elite strike force used to rescue survivors and refugees that have made it to the hellish wasteland of Denver below. But because of the unbelievable risks, and high mortality rate, DTA has come to stand for something else: Dead Team Alpha.
Now DTA will be put to the test as something far worse than zombies comes at them out of the wasteland.
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