After a little (O.K. a lot of) rearranging and reuploading and relinking, I finally have the media kit finished for Twisted Vol. 1. I had a bit of a kit available on the publisher site, but I hadn’t uploaded anything yet on the book site so I wanted to get moving on it. That, and the original media kit was mostly geared …
Kirkus interviewed me about Twisted!
After they reviewed the Twisted book, Kirkus contacted me and asked if I would do an interview for them. Of course I said I would! Here’s a link to the page: http://www.kirkusreviews.com/blog/fiction/indie-spotlight-nora-thompsons-twisted/ Nora Thompson’s Twisted features 28 brief chapters of repulsive, funny flash-fiction. In our review, we noted that the debut author “shines at using multiple perspectives to breathe new …
Just a little illustration to tease you
I’m working on a novel geared toward middle-gradish kids (like The Graveyard Book or The Book Thief are considered), and I’ll also be illustrating it. I’ve never written anything of these proportions, and sometimes so many words can be overwhelming to a picture person. A couple of times I felt the need to get away from Word and get back into Photoshop …
The August Kirkus Reviews last page
The August edition of Kirkus Reviews is out, and their review of Twisted is in it! And you’ll only have to flip to page 1,716 to read it. Yeah. That would be the last page. Hey, it’s Kirkus and they like the book. It doesn’t really matter where they put it.
How do people do it?
I’ll just say it: I’m tired. I have a job. I mean, a regular, pack my lunch, get in the car and drive to work kind of job. When the day’s over, I’m beat. I didn’t used to be that way, but I didn’t used to have this many revolutions around the sun under my belt. I’ve got ideas. Book …
Photos while bike riding
Yeah. It probably isn’t a good idea to take photos while you’re actually moving on the bike, but I couldn’t resist. Great Allegheny Passage from Confluence to Fort Hill. Cleared the cobwebs. Got me focused. A few days ago I had written about 12 important pages for the end of my latest novel, and they felt like I just wanted …
The Trials and Tribulations of a Reluctantly Reluctant Reader
I wrote a post about a month ago in response to a few comments I received in a couple of book reviews I got on the Twisted book, and I just reread yesterday what I had written in the post. After a little time away, sometimes you see things you missed that maybe bring up points you hadn’t originally planned …
Redesigned covers
With three positive reviews from major reviewers to boast, I decided to redesign the Twisted covers to include exerpts. While I was at it, I made a few more changes of things that were bugging me. Here’s what I did: I was afraid the image was printing a little on the cyan side, so I adjusted that From the beginning I wanted the …
Two Purple Dragonflies—Proof!
In case you didn’t believe me… a couple certificates to prove it!
Won: Two Purple Dragonflies!
Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1 is the proud recipient of two Purple Dragonfly Book Awards! The first one is a First Place award for Fiction: Collection of Short Stories, and the second is a Second Place award for Interior Design. Here’s a link to all the winners: http://www.fivestarpublications.com/bookcontest/book-award-winners.html#2012pdbawin
The Kirkus review is out!
My book Twisted: Tales to Rot Your Brain Vol. 1 got reviewed by Kirkus Reviews! http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/nora-thompson/twisted-xobcEFVd/ Some highlights: “A clever collection of stories and comics by debut author Thompson. An experienced illustrator and graphic designer, Thompson organizes this flash-fiction book into 28 extremely brief chapters on many subjects and uses both text and spacing to heighten interest. Her artwork tends toward …
Are people seeing what the reviewers are seeing?
Hmmm. Sometimes I wonder what people out there think they’re reading. Or seeing. When you read, how much of what you see comes from what you yourself are bringing to the reading? The Twisted book just got reviewed by Kirkus last week (yay yay yay!), and I’m noticing a pattern here. I’m not a horror person, let’s just say that up front. …