Psychological Fiction and Nonfiction
Intelligent Things: Second in the Newcomers Series is a finalist in the 2020 Sci-fi contest run by the American Fiction Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest. (http://americanbookfest.com/americanfictionawards) The official press release reads in part: LOS ANGELES – American Book Fest has announced the…
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Intelligent Things, the third book in the Newcomers Series, has placed as a finalist for the prestigious Cygnus award for science fiction. (See www.chantireviews.com/2020/04/18/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2019-chanticleer-intl-book-awards/). Seventeen finalists are named, giving the novel about a 6% chance. The winner is announced in…
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Intelligent Things, the third book in the Newcomers trilogy, has qualified as a semi-finalist for the prestigious Cygna Award in Sci-fi. A “semi-finalist” is one level of filtering better than “shortlisted” in their schema. A “semifinalist” win is not a…
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Getting reviews for self-published books is tougher than panning for gold. You have to ask for user reviews, even from your friends, over and over. When I finish reading a book, I feel like telling someone. I usually write something…
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Intelligent Things is starting to get some reviews, which is always a relief. Nothing’s worse for a published work than silence. But I did have a slight panic attack as I re-read a proof copy. In the novel, the creator…
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Intelligent Things, the third novel in the Newcomer Series, is available on Amazon as a Kindle ebook or a 6×9 paperback (or both: if you buy the print copy, Amazon will throw in a free ebook copy). It’s also available…
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The Internet of Things is sneaking up on us. I was surprised to learn that my new noise-cancelling headphones use artificial intelligence. Not only do they talk (a slightly robotic voice announces the battery status), but they are connected to…
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