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Warmed and Bound on Kindle

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Gordon

The Kindle Edition of the year’s hottest collection, Warmed and Bound: A Velvet Anthology is now available for immediate download from Amazon.com at $7.95. ePub is coming soon. Of course, you can still order it online in paperback (408 pp) … Continue reading →

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Booked interview

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Gordon

Robb Olson and Livius Nedin from Booked were kind enough to invite me to take part in their author interview podcast series today. In fact, their last couple of weeks’ episodes have been devoted to the Warmed and Bound Sessions, … Continue reading →

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The Velvet Podcast 016

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Gordon

Episode 016: Great Writers Edit; Bad Writers Discuss Editing on a Podcast is now online, part of The Velvet Podcast series. Joining me on this panel are authors Gavin Pate (The Way to Get Here), Richard Thomas (Transubstantiate), and moderator … Continue reading →

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Book Trailer (Warmed and Bound)

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Gordon

To coincide with today’s release of Warmed and Bound: A Velvet Anthology, I created this promo. It’s composed of imagery inspired by stories in the collection, including original music from me. The intent is to evoke a feeling, a mood—ominous, … Continue reading →

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Warmed and Bound

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Gordon

My story “Headshot” will be featured in Warmed and Bound: A Velvet Anthology, available July 22 in paperback and e-book from your favorite online bookseller. This project has been a labor of love, born out of a reading/writing community called … Continue reading →

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A Simple List of Writer Dos and Don’ts

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Gordon

This is a guest post by Caleb J Ross as part of his Stranger Will Tour for Strange blog tour. He will be guest-posting beginning with the release of his novel Stranger Will in March 2011 to the release of … Continue reading →

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Icebergs in Your Shorts

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Gordon

I’ve been reading a lot of short story collections this year, and they always take me so much longer to get through than novels. Which I’m certain mirrors their authors’ own experiences creating them. It can be exhausting reading more … Continue reading →

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Bike Writing

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Gordon

I obsess over my sentences (in stories, not blog posts). This makes me an exceptionally-slow writer, as I don’t move on from a paragraph until it’s as polished as can be at that time. One finished page is a really … Continue reading →

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Will I Am but Will I Be?

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Gordon

Today as I sat on a park bench scribbling in a Moleskine and trying not to appear suspicious (difficult for a single male my age), irony washed over me as I flashed back to the book I’d read earlier this … Continue reading →

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