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One sweltering night, in a neighborhood on the cusp of change, boy meets girl. If they'd only gone home together, they might still be alive. Loisaida -- A New York Story is a steamy elegy to the East Village at its pre-gentrification grittiest. An aspiring dancer is slain, allegedly by her psychotic lover. A dilettante actor turned journalist who thinks there's more to the story investigates.
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The Simulated Life Elapsed Experience Process aka The Death Trip — “comfort care for the dying” or something more nefarious? After the death of his beloved grandmother, Chuck decides to investigate. He soon finds himself torn between two women — the activist who suspects a dark agenda and the beautiful MD who helped create the process.
FREE in all e-formats at Smashwords and on sale at the Kindle Store.

Jan
28

Publishing on Kindle? Read the Fine Print

Marion on January 28th, 2011

I put my novella, The  Death Trip up on Smashwords for free in November 2009 as my self-publishing “beta.”  I put it up separately on Kindle for 99 cents.  Since this was an experiment and I was simply hoping to attract readers, not make money, I would have happily put it on Kindle for free [...]

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Jan
6

I Don’t Get No Respect — The Drawback of Self Publishing (Part I — I Was Wrong)

Marion on January 6th, 2011

(I started out aiming to write a blog about self-publishing on Kindle.  This was like that Sterne fellow attempting to write a short-story about the night his main character was conceived.  I got a bit lost and realized it would take me a few years to get to the point.  So, I’m going to publish [...]

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Oct
26

Jeffrey’s Game — Funny Business in the Kindle Store

Marion on October 26th, 2010

Self-publishing was once a punch line. Now all the cool kids are doing it. Much ink virtual and real has spilled on the topic with even The New York Times declaring it almost respectable. For the small minority of people reading this who haven’t actually written a book and put it on Kindle themselves, it’s [...]

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