Midwest Book Review Gives Two Five Star Ratings to Lorina Stephens

Midwest Book Review has given five star ratings to Lorina Stephens’ And the Angels Sang, and From Mountains of Ice. And the Angels Sang is an anthology of short, speculative fiction stories author Lorina Stephens has penned over the course of twenty-five years. Some were previously published in periodicals or writers’ workshops; all offer snapshots of the human condition. From the titular story of how a pious man perceives angels even as he suffers unspeakable…

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Aug 2010

By Lorina StephensAnd the Angels Sang, From Mountains of Ice, Lorina Stephens, ReviewsComments Off

Book Signing Guidelines

I developed the following guidelines for Five Rivers’ writers as a way of preparing them for book signing events. I thought perhaps some of you might find them of use as well. 1. Dress appropriately. Think casual business or professional boho. Studies prove people are attracted to a professional, good-looking person and will often rate a person’s performance or product higher based upon that appearance. Sounds unfair, but it is a fact. 2. Show up…

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Aug 2010

By Lorina StephensInformation, writing3 Comments

Launch of Alicia Hendley’s debut novel at Word on the Street

Five Rivers is thrilled to announce the launch event for Alicia Hendley’s devastating debut novel, A Subtle Thing, will take place at Word on the Street, Sunday, September 26. Between the hours of 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Alicia will be signing copies and fielding questions. Alicia will be joined by other Five Rivers authors throughout the day. View Larger Map

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Aug 2010

By Lorina StephensA Subtle Thing, Alicia Hendley, EventsComments Off

Review of Motivate to Create: a guide for writers

Lars Van Tol, a Goodreads member, recently posted the following review of Nate Hendley’s book, Motivate to Create: a guide for writers. This is the first book I received or won from the Goodreads giveaways, and hopefully not the last… thank you Goodreads. Nate Hendley, in Motive to Create, has a simple message for those about to write: if the writer isn’t motivated, the writer will have to be content with mediocrity. That’s just what…

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Aug 2010

By Lorina StephensAl Capone, Events, Motivate to Create, Nate Hendley, ReviewsComments Off

Why Smashwords Isn’t Working

Five Rivers first signed up with Smashwords November, 2009 at the urging of Brian Rathbone. Despite having known about the service, I’d resisted jumping into the Smashwords pool because it all seemed somewhat ad hoc, geek-driven and populated by more fringe elements than credible. (I’m sure I’m going to experience a deluge of frogs because of that statement.) However, after reading Doctorow’s take on the fallacy of digital book encryption, and Rathbone’s sales figures, I…

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Aug 2010

By Lorina StephensViews from the Old Stone House4 Comments