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  • Five Rivers Books on Smashwords on Nov 18, 2009 in And the Angels Sang Digital Books From Mountains of Ice Books Shadow Song

    After hearing news yesterday that Indigo's Shortcovers had reached an agreement with Smashwords to receive feeds of the latter's digital books, I went back and re-examined the whole digital rights management issue. It would seem the code-breakers win...

  • Do Your Research on Nov 12, 2009 in Views from the Old Stone House Information

    If you're going to be a writer of any kind, you have to research. No escaping it. Fail to and a reader somewhere in the world will catch that one inconsistency and call you on it, and for them, because of that oversight, the story will most likely lo...

  • Musical Influences on Writing on Nov 10, 2009 in From Mountains of Ice Books

    I'm not sure how many other authors are greatly influenced, or not, by music. For myself, music plays a very important role in helping me to visualize the environment I'm creating, as well as set the tone of a particular scene. This enormous influenc...

  • In Remembrance on Nov 10, 2009 in Views from the Old Stone House

    A departure today in remembrance of those who have served, and those who have died serving, the countries they love. Whether that service was by choice or unwilling conscription makes little difference after the fact. What remains is that these men a...

  • Signing this Past Saturday on Nov 9, 2009 in Events From Mountains of Ice Books

    The book signing Saturday at Indigo Books in Burlington, as part of the fall promotion tour of From Mountains of Ice, went well. Although sales weren't brisk, certainly they were acceptable and interest from both customers and staff was keen. Had a d...

  • From Mountains of Ice, Review by Sara Messina on Nov 6, 2009 in Reviews From Mountains of Ice Books

    From Sara Messina, reviewer at Mind Fog Reviews. Unlike many fantasy stories, Lorina Stephens’ From Mountains of Ice tells more than just a single narrative centering around a hero or group of adventurers in a magical world. Stephens tells the sto...

  • Nate Hendley: Upcoming Books on Nov 5, 2009 in Nate Hendley John Lennon Books Dutch Schultz Motivation Al Capone

    As many of you know Five Rivers is re-publishing five of Nate Hendley's books next year, revised and updated, as well as releasing early in 2011 a new book on China as an emerging superpower.We've been busy working on covers for some of Nate's books,...