If anybody is in the LA area and wants to attend this year's Writers of the Future Ceremony, it is open to the public and free. All you have to do is RSVP to contests@authorservices.com.  Sunday April 15 at the Wilshire and Bell Theater (corner of Wilshire and Lucerne). Many of the judges and past winners will be there; cool performances, and you get a chance to hang out with a lot of other authors. Also, just got this highlight:  That evening they will be opening a time capsule from 25 years ago: Those who placed their 25 year prediction...
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We're pleased to announce the VIP Dinner for this year's Superstars is at an incredible Brazilian Steakhouse, Fogo de Chao; Rebecca and I have been there several times, and we love it—it has an endless parade of delicious meats, side dishes, and a salad bar that is so amazing even carnivores like me could make a full meal out of it. The VIP dinner (held on Tuesday night, May 1) is an opportunity for Superstars attendees to have some real face time with the bestselling author instructors, tables with an author and five students. Remember, the Las Vegas Superstars Writing...
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Yesterday I hit 50, and had a terrific (and exhausting) day.  Even more surprisingly, I actually took the day off from writing! Tallying up some numbers (time for a retrospective, I suppose): I've published 113 books, so that averages out to 2.3 novels per year from the time I was born (although the first few years weren't very productive). On my birthday eve, I went out to OMally's Pub (great beer and best chicken wings ever) with brothers-in-law Tim and Scott and nephew-in-law (?) Joe. Then on my birthday morning, we all went out for breakfast at my favorite local...
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Special for my blog readers: FREE download of my SF novel BLINDFOLD for all eBook formats. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/17512and use the coupon code DA38W. (code is only good until March 31, so don't wait) Falsely accused of murder on the colony world of Atlas, Troy Boren trusts the young Truthsayer Kalliana . . . until, impossibly, she convicts him. Kalliana doesn’t realize her power is fading, but soon the evidence becomes impossible to ignore. The Truthsayer drug Veritas has been diluted and someone in the colony is selling smuggled telepathy. Justice isn’t blind—it’s been blinded! From an immortal’s orbital prison to the buried secrets...
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