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Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:07:25 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled We made our goal! $15,000 towards a brand new graphic novel!:
Arthur said, "We've made out funding goal! Thanks to everyone who participated! As of this writing there are still a few hours left to join in on the steampunk fun--just click this amazing link: http://igg.me/at/modo/x/2317118One of the traditions when you make..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:07:25 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled My Modo: Game of Thrones Moment:
Arthur said, "So I'm madly doing the mock up lettering for Modo: Ember's End...when I suddenly channeled this lettering instead. For Game of Thrones enthusiasts:"
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 3:56:08 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled What if Star Wars was your Ex-Girlfriend?:
Arthur said, "Star Wars (Episode IV): The 1st DateOMG. She's amazing. She like drives super fast spaceships, she wields swords made of light, she's adventurous and yeah, she whines a bit about her farm background and "getting off this boring"..." more
Monday, March 11, 2013 8:04:08 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled The "Modo: Ember's End" Rockin' Referral Contest!:
Arthur said, "Okay, it's hard to put "referral" in the title of a blog and make it exciting.How about this: whoever refers the most people to our Modo: Ember's End page on indiegogo.com will receive a page of original art from the comic book. A..." more
Monday, March 4, 2013 2:26:18 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Modo: Ember's End (graphic novel):
Arthur said, "I love comics! And I've always wanted to do a graphic novel inspired by The Hunchback Assignments series. So I'm kicking off the Indiegogo campaign for Modo: Ember's End. It's a stand-alone graphic novel that takes place in the wild..." more
Friday, March 1, 2013 10:26:11 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Whoa! Two Years of Selling Ebooks:
Arthur said, "What? Where did those two years go? Back in February 5th of 2011 I launched my novel DUST as an ebook (for sale in the US and UK, because those are the countries where I owned the rights myself). Those were heady days! But I've blogged..." more
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:37:53 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Shapechanging Authors:
Arthur said, "Ideas come from odd places. And the idea of having a shapeshifting hunchback as a main character was a doozy (that’s an official writing term, btw). I had been wanting to write a series inspired by the Victorian age and had been toying with a..." more
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:37:53 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Doomsday Correction:
Arthur said, "It turns out the doomsday theorists were right. The world will end.Not today. Or tomorrow. They just had the timing a little bit off.In 4 to 7.9 billion years the sun will become a red giant. No, this is not a character from D&D with a thousand..." more
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:37:53 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Naming the Dead:
Arthur said, "One of the curious things about writing is that we often get to write about dead people.By that I don't mean the living dead, or vampires (though they take up a lot of fictional space on the shelf), but real human beings who once existed. Who walked..." more
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:37:53 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Let the Reader Finish the Painting:
Arthur said, "There is a relationship that develops between the reader and the writer, or more specifically, the reader and the writer's words. How you treat the reader and this relationship is one of the most important decisions you can make as a writer. Do..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 6:30:55 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Gazillions Sold: 1 1/2 Years of Ebook Sales:
Arthur said, "First, let me define gazillions. It is not as high as a bizillion. And yet not as low as umpteen. There, now that we have that out o' the way, here are my latest stupendously interesting eBook sales findings.You may or may not remember that my last..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 6:30:55 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Island of Doom is released in the American Colonies:
Arthur said, "Here Ye! Here Ye! The United States of America (formally known as that place with all those colonies and such) has just opened its gates and its ports and its mailboxes to the fourth and final novel in The Hunchback Assignments series: The Island of..." more
Friday, November 30, 2012 6:30:55 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Shades: the reboot of an Ebook:
Arthur said, "Over a year and a half ago I released my collection of short stories as an ebook under the title SHADES: Sixteen Startling StoriesHere's the original cover:I designed the cover myself and thought it was serviceable, but not really eye catching...." more
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 12:24:45 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Painful Moments of Literary Learning:
Arthur said, "So 4 AM this morning as I lay (dying? writhing?) in my bed at Emergency, I was passing a kidney stone and thinking: how will this experience help my writing? I was also wondering when the morphine would arrive, but that's not pertinent to this..." more
Monday, August 20, 2012 4:06:33 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Holy Steampunk: The U.S. author's copies of Island of Doom have arrived:
Arthur said, "The U.S. version of Island of Doom has arrived! So like a proud papa I immediately took photos of the books. This what we authors do in our spare time. I was going to put little hats on them, but thought that would be demeaning. Plus, I couldn't..." more
Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:49:24 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled The Fionavar Tapestry:
Arthur said, " Original Cover of Summer Tree Someday, I hope to make a long list of the books that changed me. And on that list, taking its turn at the top, would be The Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay.I remember it like it was yesterday, though the year..." more
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:31:14 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled 1000 Words a Day or Else!:
Arthur said, "Why do I have a picture of me digging a hole in my backyard (it's for the fish pond, you DEXTER fans, it's for the fish pond)? Well, sometimes when I'm writing I feel like I'm stuck in a rut that's inside a deep hole. Or that I'm treading water..." more
Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:22:46 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Why Didn't I Win A Box of Slade Books?:
Arthur said, ""Why didn't I win a box of priceless Slade books?" I know. I know. It's a question millions of people are asking themselves right now. Along with questions like "Is Brad Pitt in love with me?" "Should I floss" and "Did dinosaurs walk the earth at..." more
Thursday, April 12, 2012 11:44:27 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Odd Questions Author's Get...and Funny Answers III:
Arthur said, "AH, more questions that authors get...with perfectly rational answers.Q: Is it okay if I come to your house and watch you write?A: Is it okay if I give the FBI your address? By the way I've moved to Antarctica. Turn left when you see the marching..." more
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:44:22 AM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled The new iPad...an author's impressions:
Arthur said, "Last Friday, being a dutiful Mac cultist, I drank my iCool aid and headed down to my local Mac store to buy the latest version of the iPad, creatively titled The new iPad. I already owned a first generation iPad (which I blogged about here) and had..." more
Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:40:10 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Alas, Writing Doesn't Get Any Easier:
Arthur said, "I don't want this to be a depressing post but writing doesn't get any easier. I've just sent off the first "readable" draft of my seventeenth published novel (tentatively titled The Hunchback Assignments 4: The Island of Doom) and the whole process..." more
Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:40:10 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled The Amazing Million Dollar Ebook Update: July Sales:
Arthur said, "Amazing new stupendous ebook developments this month!Okay, maybe that's a bit of an overstatement, but I have discovered that "free" sells. Or at least it leads to numerous downloads. About the middle of June I made this book free on iBooks and..." more
Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:40:10 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled From 100% on a Short Story to Parade Captain!:
Arthur said, "This last weekend I had a highlight in my writing career: I was a parade captain in the Gull Lake Centennial parade. Gull Lake, SK, Canada is here:It's the town where I graduated from high school in 1985 (I attended Tompkins school from K-9) and..." more
Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:40:10 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled 1000 eBooks sold-- 0 Big Macs!:
Arthur said, "Light a cigar! Open a fizzy drink! Eat some chocolate! Have an organic carrot! My first ebook went on sale February 4th, 2011:Since then I've added 5 more:and we've finally sold 1000 copies (I say we because I know some of you have bought copies and..." more
Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:07:25 PM
Arthur Slade wrote a blog post titled Wot? I'm not rich yet? Crowd Fundraising Observations (half way through a campaign):
Arthur said, "For the last twenty days I've been deep in the world of crowd fundraising with a project @ indiegogo.com. It's a graphic novel inspired by my series The Hunchback Assignments that I cooked up with artist Christopher Steininger.I thought..." more