Tag: writin wombat
member name: Ken C.
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November 27, 2009 02:37 PM EST --
We’ve talked about this from the first days of Wombatia: the publishing business is changing. There will always be the bestsellers like Stephen King, Dan Brown, Dean Koontz and Stephanie Meyer…they . . .
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December 08, 2009 08:58 AM EST --
I like the feeling of traveling to the edge of the civilized world. Of course, I’m going to Calgary and not Edmonton, which is a few hours north and even closer to the fringe, but still… . . .
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May 16, 2008 08:35 PM EDT --
Okay, I have a question. How many books do you buy that you do not read? What is the percentage? As purveyors (or hopeful purveyors) of books, I think this is an interesting question. In other . . .
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January 23, 2009 06:20 PM EST --
If I was a great businessman, I'd make you buy a book to see your name in golden light. But, no. Not me, baby. Here is the front matter from the 2009 version of Steel Waters. There's a reasonable . . .
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January 31, 2009 08:29 AM EST --
I don't know why we'd wait until a specific month and specific date to focus on love, but the ice has formed and the cold rain falls, so why not? I'm not going to bore you with commentary . . .
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February 05, 2009 02:23 PM EST --
Okay, I'm scared. While clicking around on the web, I found an eBook lending library where you can download free books. The thing is, the proprietor of this 'library' has great taste (no, . . .
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March 25, 2009 01:18 PM EDT --
Ah, my furry friends. You knew this day would come.
In a few months, I'm will ask you to do something for me. I will ask you to buy a copy of my new hardback called Hartz String . . .
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March 28, 2009 05:29 PM EDT --
This is a big deal to me...I'm ready to announce the first author to sign with my fledgling company, The Armchair Adventurer. That's right, Wombats, I found a writer willing . . .
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May 10, 2009 04:00 PM EDT --
K en stood on his deck sipping a cup of organic French roast latte. The barista knew better, but his eight-ounce cup was filled with seven ounces. He always asked for six ounces and explained the . . .
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September 15, 2009 12:01 PM EDT --
With breathless anticipation, we have arrived at a momentous day…the official release of the long-delayed new Dan Brown novel called The Lost Symbol .
PROLOGUE
House of . . .
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September 18, 2009 06:29 PM EDT --
Larry Langdon keenly eyed the Departures display at O'Hare International Airport. Why were all the planes always so late? His thoughts turned sharply to his brother Robert's God-given ability to fly . . .
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September 24, 2009 06:56 PM EDT --
Debonair dealer of arcane artifacts Roger Loodikrus stood stunned.
“You must protect the shroud,” the friar with the slashed throat gasped with his dying words.
“The . . .
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September 29, 2009 06:58 PM EDT --
Benjamin Langdon, grandson of the frighteningly talented Robert Langdon was, like his grand sire, a master of symbology and cryptology, famous in his own right. Right now however, he was a frightened . . .
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October 01, 2009 12:38 PM EDT --
This is our third episode of dissecting and mocking Dan Brown’s work. Just to be clear, Dan has a degree in English and he obviously has a marketable skill for creating fast-paced, puzzle-oriented . . .
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September 16, 2009 12:47 PM EDT --
Outside, the machinery was at work and the often-careless remarks of disgruntled workers, belligerent and discontent, under a golden disk of perpetual vision. The rays reveled in their time, infiltrating . . .
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September 19, 2009 09:02 AM EDT --
The secret is how to live.
Since the beginning of time, the secret had always been how to die, or rather, how to make others die -- and he’d learned that secret well. Now he needed to learn . . .
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September 20, 2009 01:21 AM EDT --
A loon sounded in the ink-black night, jerking Michael awake. The tendons in his forearms ached from strain. His enlarged knuckles had grown increasingly numb from the icy river water. He rowed the boat . . .
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September 25, 2009 10:38 AM EDT --
The little known, though highly regarded, senator, Integrity strode with purpose down the halls of Freedom to the once great room of Wisdom. His walk belied his fragile, broken step. Survival was in peril. . . .
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September 26, 2009 02:42 PM EDT --
Was he too late?
The smell of blood was strong warring with the crisp musty smell of books. He had to have the medallion and it’s encrypted chain; the weight of the world was on his . . .
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September 26, 2009 06:22 PM EDT --
The hooded figure slinked darkly through the stygian night, melting into the fog. He had to find the Chapel. It must be nearby. He began to run, over hill and dale, And then there it was, surrounded by . . .
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