WE ARE LIVE!

Posted on December 10, 2011 by ange6934

Hi, guys! Hope you all are doing great! Been working like a mad dog behind the scenes over here…a mad dog, I tell you! Which means I hope to have more announcements coming soon.

But today I am writing to let everyone know that the Kindle-All Stars’ Resistance Front is now available in Amazon’s Kindle Store…just in time for the holidays! Yeah!

I am really excited and honored to have a short story and an essay included in this project…alongside Harlan Ellison and Alan Dean Foster and a small army of forward-thinking, talented, incredibly hard-working indie writers.

So I hope you will check it out! For less than a dollar, you can pick up 32 short stories and a few essays, and help out a good cause: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Makes for a great gift!

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I’VE BEEN INTERVIEWED!

Posted on November 27, 2011 by ange6934

Apologies for the the radio silence. I am working on the eleventeenth rewrite of Lookaway Dogs — it’s almost done! — so I’ve been trying to keep my nose to the grindstone and away from the pretty lights of the Interwebs.

But I thought I’d pop in to let folks know that I’ve been interviewed by Tony Healey (aka @fringescientist). You can check it out here, along with interviews of the other Kindle All-Stars.

Besides putting together this awesome series of interviews, Tony is also a fellow contributor to the upcoming debut release of Kindle All-Stars: The Resistance Front, and the author of Frank.

Anyway, I hope you’ll check him out. I’ll be posting more this week, so I hope you will forgive my brevity. I have a paragraph that needs to be read for the 27th time, no joke! I might change a comma this time. Very tricky business.

In the meantime, I hope you all are well. And to all those NaNoWriMoers out there cranking away….You can do it!

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THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS….

Posted on November 10, 2011 by ange6934

While I have been been working to finalize Lookaway Dogs for publication (among a million other things — 999,999 of them Toddler-related), the Kindle All-Stars Machine has been grinding tirelessly towards the launch of the first Kindle All-Stars anthology, Resistance … Continue reading →

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THE DAYS ARE JUST PACKED!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by ange6934
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Some people in my life have expressed concern as to why it takes so long for me to get writerly things done…and why haven’t I painted the back porch yet? I’ve got two words for you, Fat Cat — er, … Continue reading →

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LOSING MY RELIGION: SOME NOT-SO-FINAL THOUGHTS

Posted on October 12, 2011 by ange6934
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I started writing this series as a way to explain my change in direction as an author. The indie movement has been a complete game changer for me. Besides the instant gratification of self-publishing and a fair shot at making … Continue reading →

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LOSING MY RELIGION, PART 5: YOU ARE ALL POWERFUL

Posted on October 10, 2011 by ange6934
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A Level Playing Field Really pay attention to this: You are competing on the same level playing field as most other authors right now. This bears repeating. You are competing on the same level playing field as most other authors … Continue reading →

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LOSING MY RELIGION, PART 4: BLIND FAITH

Posted on October 8, 2011 by ange6934
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Even with the indie revolution firing cannonballs at the floundering megaship of traditional publishing and raking in the doubloons, writers are afraid to jump ship…even unpublished writers who have nothing to lose. Why is this? Blind faith. It’s understandable why … Continue reading →

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LOSING MY RELIGION, PART 3: CAN YOU REALLY AFFORD TO TAKE A VOW OF POVERTY?

Posted on September 24, 2011 by ange6934
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  ~ How Much Do Traditionally Published Authors Make? ~ In the 1989 release, “Beyond the Bestseller: A Literary Agent Takes You Inside the Book Business,” literary agent Richard Curtis writes in the chapter entitled, “P&L”: “Others among us may … Continue reading →

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LOSING MY RELIGION, PART 2: THE NEW PROMISED LAND

Posted on September 22, 2011 by ange6934
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~ How to Get to the Top of Mt. Olympus ~ Just like most other writers, having been raised on the romantic and mystical view of the publishing process, I have The Dream. There are many variations of The Dream, … Continue reading →

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LOSING MY RELIGION, PART 1: A CONVERSION OF FAITH

Posted on September 21, 2011 by ange6934
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~ I Was Raised Traditional Orthodox ~ As a teenager I fed voraciously on my monthly issue of Writer’s Digest, and I read to pieces my copy of Richard Curtis’s, “Beyond the Bestseller: A Literary Agent Takes You Inside the … Continue reading →

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IT’S OFFICIAL…

Posted on September 19, 2011 by ange6934

…Harlan Ellison, the inspiration for Kindle All Stars, will also be a contributing author! Huzzah!! Here is the current roster of authors so far: Laurie-Ellen Blackthorne Simon John Cox Miles Cressman Harlan Ellison Alan Dean Foster Keri Knutson M.R. Mathias … Continue reading →

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EVOLUTION BY MUTATION AND OTHER FUN STUFF

Posted on September 15, 2011 by ange6934
Transmissions from the BioHaz guys: "We have located the source of the mutations, over!"

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The concept of evolution is generally understood to be a process of change and growth, hopefully to something better, leaner, and sexier. These changes are often brought about through “turning points,” such as walking across a stadium wearing a square … Continue reading →

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EXCITING NEWS! WITH A BAG OF MARMOSETS AND EVERYTHING!

Posted on September 12, 2011 by ange6934
Join the Resistance!

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“Few projects slung my way, these days of electronic idiocy and bad writing, can perk me up and get the fireworks. This is one of the best, sweetest ideas I’ve heard in years. Nothing but the smiles of Success are … Continue reading →

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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED?

Posted on September 11, 2011 by ange6934
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We used to have this neighbor named John. He was a family man, lived with his wife, two daughters, a son-in-law, and a small collection of grandkids. He was funny as hell, hilarious really. He used to knock on our … Continue reading →

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THE SUMMER I DREAMED OF EPIC

Posted on September 10, 2011 by ange6934
Banning Ridge, California ~ Labor Day 2011

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It rained the other day. Just a little. Just enough to dampen the street and remind us Southern Californians that there is more to life than summer. I am just as surprised as everyone else. So I checked, and it … Continue reading →

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AN INVITATION TO MY NEW DIGS

Posted on September 10, 2011 by ange6934

I have tried long and hard to figure out how to transfer my blog subscribers from my original home on WordPress.com to my new place out in the country. After much searching and conferring, I am here to report that…well, it can’t be done.

So I am double-posting this invitation on my old blog address and at www.angelamcconnell.com in the hopes that it will go out to my much-appreciated, never-forgotten, and very-much-missed original subscribers. The 404 redirect should send you down the street to the new place.

I’ve got lots of new stuff coming up for your entertainment and amusement…interviews, reviews, and dinosaurs, oh, my! And stories…lots of stories.

In any event, I am sorry it took so long. I hope that you all have been well, and that life has been gracious to you. And I hope you will stop by and check out what I’ve done with the joint, find out what you’ve missed. If anything, stop by and say hi…and drop me a link in the comments or at angela@angelamcconnell.com, so I can catch up with you. :)

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THANKS FOR THE RIDE, MS. ROWLING – I HAD A HELLUVA TIME!

Posted on July 15, 2011 by ange6934
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Sometimes the best way to return from a long absence is to simply return.  And so here I am.  I’ve missed you guys. It is 3:34 a.m. as I write this.  I just got home a little while ago.  Fat … Continue reading →

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SANDWICHES: A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Posted on June 6, 2011 by ange6934
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I thought this would be a good time to sit down and discuss a very important topic to writers…and other types of “humans”:  FOOD. You spend hours a day hunched in front of the computer, spooling out dreamstuff to hopefully … Continue reading →

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IN RANDOM NEWS…

Posted on June 4, 2011 by ange6934
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…back in January, I asked readers to help me decide which blog header to use for this website, and I promised that I would eat one Nutter Butter for each vote cast. Well, I received 72 votes. Anyhoo, I know … Continue reading →

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“JUNE IS BUSTIN’ OUT ALL OVER”

Posted on June 1, 2011 by ange6934
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*shriek!*  When did it become June?  I feel like someone just reached into my wallet and swiped a 20 right under my twitching nose. Fine, then.  It matters not, because here in the Pink House, we are time benders.  (In … Continue reading →

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