Monthly Archives: February 2015

The Villain Inside the Protagonist

How do you feel about a story with yet another snarling, darker than evil villains? Or what about stories with villains showing a little good, just enough for us to feel sorry for them for about five seconds, going against protagonists whose flaws make us cringe for another five seconds before we go back to […]

February 12, 2015 – 5:50 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in Essays | Comments Off on The Villain Inside the Protagonist

Why I write, my [revised] answer

Why do I write? Or more pressing, perhaps, why must I write. A recent blog post by Jeff Goins caused me to revisit this question. If you read Jeff’s post, you’ll see how he answered this question. While I like what he said, I had to mull it over and put it in my own […]

February 9, 2015 – 6:01 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in Essays | Tagged | Comments Off on Why I write, my [revised] answer

Our Cyber World Promos Align

Like stars aligning in an intergalactic event, today only, three Our Cyber World books have a promo going. DEAD BEEF and Pink Ballerina are on sale for $0.99, and you can download Active Shooter free. You can get these deals from the iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, Nook, or Smashwords eBook stores. DEAD BEEF ($0.99) Pink Ballerina […]

February 8, 2015 – 7:00 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in News | Comments Off on Our Cyber World Promos Align

To Feed a Hungry Blog

Did you come here hoping to get some blogging wisdom from a sizzling hot blogger? Thanks for the vote of confidence. Are you about to scroll down and skim through the “7 ways to keep conjuring unique, compelling blog ideas no one else has blogged about for time immemorial? Don’t bother. Instead what you’ll find […]

February 7, 2015 – 7:00 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in Essays, News | Comments Off on To Feed a Hungry Blog

Review: Pixie Tamer – Megan Haskell’s Invitation to a New World

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I don’t talk much about fantasy. I don’t read it much, and I certainly don’t (can’t!) write it. My entire fantasy literature experience sums up in two titles: Lord of the Rings by Tolkien and Fire and Ice by GRR Martin. In reading Megan Haskell‘s […]

February 6, 2015 – 8:30 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in My Book Reviews | Comments (2)

Fleeting Shadow, a preview sample

In the next couple of weeks I’ll release an interlude Tracking Jane story titled Fleeting Shadow. In the meantime, I’m posting the first few chapters in a PDF preview excerpt of this story for my readers to enjoy. This will include all chapters I have posted in my #SaturdayScenes stream. Check it out this sample, […]

February 5, 2015 – 6:00 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in News, Novels, SaturdayScenes | Comments Off on Fleeting Shadow, a preview sample

What Cartooning Taught Me About Writing

In a recent author interview over in the #SaturdayScenes community, I mentioned I once aspired to become a cartoonist, and how I even put sample packages together for submission to various agencies. If you think querying is tough, try sending large padded packages of your cartoon doodles! In the end, as you might guess from […]

February 2, 2015 – 6:00 am | By Eduardo Suastegui | Posted in Essays | Tagged , | Comments Off on What Cartooning Taught Me About Writing