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As many of you know, I am working on revisions for ARGENTUM and waiting to hear back to see if there’s any interest in a game. I wanted to let you know that I started a monthly newsletter for mlvwrites.com, which is my author website. The content on my website is more pragmatic and business-focused [...]
2010.05.28 I Don’t Need to Be a Celebrity
There’s a lot of advice for writers out there. One of the big pieces of advice is about how it’s important to have a “platform” or become a “celebrity.” (Looks at self in the mirror.) Okay, while I do have a bit of the theatrical flair on occasion — namely my love for all things [...]
Like My Work? Here’s Some Other Published Stories.
If you follow @mlvalentine on Twitter, you probably know I’ve been published before. This past week, a horror short story I’ve written was published in an anthology for Pinebox, Texas. Pinebox is kind of a weird place, it’s a little bit like the X-Files meets Twin Peaks. My store is entitled “Pie,” and it’s about [...]
An Open Letter to My Readers
Dear Reader, First and foremost, I would like to thank you for stopping by to read Argentum. As the first book in this series, this is a crucial book to set the tone for all of the characters and the pending “Violet War” which is slowly being revealed as I go. In November, I mentioned [...]
My Writing Roadblocks and How I’m Overcoming them
After a few, “real-life” upheavals, I was ready to get started on Argentum once again. I say “was” because I quickly found myself in a bad spot — I don’t like the beginning of the book and the way it was written and I’m in love with the concept. Two, very emotional things that I [...]
