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Each election, Rebecca and I spend an hour or so reading the ballot initiatives, reading the For and Against arguments, and looking at who is behind them. You can’t believe biased TV commercials which are sponsored by warm-fuzzy sounding political action committees, like “Committee for Happy Squirrels” which is really a front for the fur industry. We have one in Colorado now named something like “Partnership for Protecting Colorado’s Environment”—and it’s really run by the oil industry to increase fracking and remove safety regulations.

You can get ALL 13 of these books for as little as $15 (you name your own price), and a portion of the funds goes to benefit the Challenger Learning Centers for Space Science Education, and the rest of the money directly supports these indie authors. It’s also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle. Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog. * Receive extra books: If you beat the bonus price, you’ll get the bonus books!

have optioned their steampunk fantasy adventure CLOCKWORK LIVES to writer/producers Benjamin Raab & Deric A. Hughes CLOCKWORK LIVES is set in the universe of the concept album CLOCKWORK ANGELS by legendary rock band Rush and Anderson’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same title. Anderson and Rush drummer and lyricist Peart wrote CLOCKWORK LIVES as a companion to ANGELS in a novel published by ECW Press and a new graphic novel from Insight Editions. The first printing of the graphic novel from Insight Editions sold out almost immediately, but copies are now available again.

It’s that time of year: November is “Nanowrimo” or National Novel Writing Month, when ambitious authors take the challenge to write the first draft of a novel from start to finish in a month. In this bundle, you’ll get titles with basic nuts-and-bolts advice on writing, including How to Write a Novelby Simon Haynes, Story Pitchby Scott King, The How-To Structure Workbook for Trilogies, Series, and Parallel Worldsby C. Michelle Jeffries, Writing As a Team Sport on collaboration by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta (we included a partial sneak-preview of this book in last year’s bundle, and this version is greatly expanded), and How to Polish Your Manuscript into a Rock-Solid Bookby Andrea Pearson. Success Through Heinlein’s Rulesby Kevin McLaughlin, Pulp Speed for the Professional Writer by Blaze Ward, and How to Write a Novel in Ten Daysby Dean Wesley Smith (and, yes, he does that…regularly). And for those of you thinking about the big picture, we have important career advice with The Secrets of Successby Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Become a Successful Indie Authorby Craig Martelle, and The Healthy Writerby Joanna Penn.