While tidying up my office bookshelves today–four boxes of books going out!–I came across an amusing volume from the collection of my wife’s grandparents (the house has been in the family since 1939). Toasts for the Times in Pictures and Rhymes, by John William Sargent, illustrated by Nella Fontaine Binckley, is exactly what it sounds …
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Week 7 of the Great Book Giveaway: enter and get another free short story!
Neil from Saskatoon was the winner of last week’s book giveaway. Now it’s time to start Week 7. The rules remain the same. Simply comment on this post, reply to one of the posts I’ll put on Facebook on both my Edward Willett and E.C. Blake pages, or reTweet one of the Tweets I’ll post …
Kirkus Reviews offers first review of new Song of the Sword: “a tight story”
First review I’ve seen of the new version of Song of the Sword is from Kirkus Reviews, which says it’s “a tight story (all the details make sense), and characters exhibit honest emotions,” and adds, “Fantasy references galore should ensure that readers who enjoy fantasy—and Arthurian legend in particular—come away satisfied.“ Read the whole thing. …
Week 6 of my book giveaway contest: every entrant receives a copy of short story “The Path of Souls”
The winner of Week 5 of my book giveaway contest was David (one of three Davids who entered) from right here in Regina (which makes it easy to get the book to him, at least!). Thanks to everyone who entered–I had 29 entrants in all, most of them this week from Facebook. On to Week …
A couple of new book reviews…
While the most recently released book is always the one that generates the most reviews (although reviews for Masks have slowed tremendously since it first came out), older books can still spark reviews at unexpected intervals, and recently a couple of reviews popped up for some of my older books. Outworlder Reviews picked up The …
Help me choose between two cover art options for Star Song
I’m working toward self-publishing Star Song (as I mentioned in this week’s book giveaway starting post), and today I spent some time playing with cover ideas. I’ve got two choices thus far, so I’m soliciting opinions. Which of the two covers below do you like best…and why? Here’s the one-paragraph description of the novel: Kriss …
Book Giveaway Week 3: Enter, and receive a free download of The Haunted Horn
And so we plunge ahead to Week 3 of my weekly book giveaway. Same terms for entering: just leave a comment on this blog, or reply to the post I’ll put up on my fan page on Facebook or RT one of the Tweets I’ll be posting about the contest on Twitter @ewillett. Last week …
Second book giveaway winner!
This week’s winner of a free book through my ongoing contest is Levi, who left a comment on this blog. Can’t tell you where he lives yet, since I don’t have a mailing address, and I don’t yet know which book he’ll choose. Last week’s winner, who turned out to be from Edmonton, took a …
I wonder what my college professor would think of me now?
The next post after this one is going to be a very early short story of mine that I just uncovered. Called “Reunion,” it was published in the Spring, 1979, issue (Volume 2, Number 2) of Shapes and Names, the literary magazine published by the department of English of Harding College (now Harding University) in …
Book Giveaway Contest Week 2: Everyone’s a winner!
The first week of my new weekly book giveaway contest was relatively successful, but I want to see those numbers rise. So this week there’s a new wrinkle. This week’s winner can select a book, fiction or nonfiction, of his or her choice–and everyone who enters (that’s right, everyone) will receive a coupon allowing them …
We have a winner!
The winner of my first weekly book giveaway was Jeff, who commented on this website. Statistics, for those interested: this first week, I had 45 entries. Ten entered through this website, seven through my E.C. Blake website, seven through my Edward Willett Facebook page, 13 through my E.C. Blake Facebook page, five by retweeting a …
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