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Best-selling Amazon ebook categories

Posted on May 13, 2013October 10, 2014 by Michael Coorlim

Because I’m a writer and writers procrastinate, I compiled a list of which Amazon fiction categories have the best selling kindle titles. This may be a reflection of reader popularity, or of the relative skill of writers in different genre. I really don’t know. My methodology was simple and probably unscientific: I compared average ranks…

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Guest post on Must Use Bigger Elephants

Posted on April 7, 2013January 23, 2015 by Michael Coorlim

It’s very easy for a self-published author to get discouraged when your sales don’t immediately measure up to the hype you hear. You publish a book, market the hell out of it, and then sell maybe five copies in a month — four of them to your mom. Don’t give up, though. If you stick…

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Need Inspiration?

Posted on February 23, 2013June 10, 2019 by Michael Coorlim

Everyone gets stuck for an idea now and again. Fortunately there are many resources out there that can kick-start your brain. Here’s a few:

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Scrivener Bug Solution

Posted on January 22, 2013October 10, 2014 by Michael Coorlim

On occasion when I start the word-processing software Scrivener it’ll give me an error, telling me that my project files are incompatible with the current version. This is never after an update, but instead usually after a system crash on my end. There isn’t any way to get the program to load the project, and I’m forced to…

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Neo-Victorian Goes Mainstream

Posted on January 18, 2013October 10, 2014 by Michael Coorlim

According to Dr. Trevor Davis, a consumer products expert at IBM, steampunk is about to go mainstream. In an article about sentiment analysis and trend tracking, he writes:

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Robert Heinlin on Science Fiction

Posted on December 19, 2012October 10, 2014 by Michael Coorlim

I picked up a copy of Of Worlds Beyond, a 1947 book on science fiction with articles by Doc Smith, John Campell, L. Sprague de Campe, Robert Heinlein, Jack Williamson, A.E. van Vogt, and John Taine the other day. I’m still reading through it, but the following passage from Robert Heinlein really stuck out to…

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I Dig FTL: Faster Than Light

Posted on November 30, 2012October 10, 2014 by Michael Coorlim

I’ve spent far too many hours lately playing FTL: Faster Than Light, an indie procedural roguelike spaceship game published by Subset games. You control a space craft and its crew, trying to deliver vital information to your allies before pursuit catches up with you. FTL Gameplay Each “level” in Faster Than Light is a seperate…

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Michael Coorlim on Neophyte Podcast

Posted on November 13, 2012January 23, 2015 by Michael Coorlim

Ian over at Neophyte Podcast interviewed me for his show. I talk about steampunk, self-publishing, Pomoconsumption Press, and my current projects.

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