Noiseless Chatter Archive

So I’m going to try something a little bit new here. Please take a moment to read this post, and let me know what you think in the comments below. (There are some prizes available for commenting, which will hopefully be a nice incentive for you, but mainly I want your feedback.) SO WHAT IS IT? I’ve decided to take part in an online book tour. If this is well received, I will do more of them moving forward. You may remember that I’ve reviewed a few self-published and indie books in the past, and that’s something that I’d like to keep doing. The difference with an online book tour is that instead of simply receiving a copy of the book in exchange for review, Novel Publicity & Co. will be ponying up gifts and prizes to commenters on the blogs hosting the tour. AND WHAT DO YOU GET PHILIP? HUH? In the interest of openness and full discretion, I will say that I don’t get anything for this that I wasn’t getting for my standard reviews. That is to say that I receive a c...

Calling all writers / humorists / parodists / gamers / whatever else you are. This is an official announcement of a one-off fiction anthology that I will be assembling, and I need your submissions! The anthology is called The Lost Worlds of Power , and I would love to get as many submissions as possible, so please pass this on to any writers you know who might be interested in being published in a collection! THE LOST WORLDS OF POWER The Concept: Worlds of Power was a series of notoriously awful and totally inaccurate novels based on popular video games. What we’re doing is writing more of them! I want you to choose a video game (see the rules below) and novelize it. If you aren’t familiar with Worlds of Power, you can read a bit about the series here . You can also read my reviews of two of the books (with excerpts) here and here . The Final Product: The Lost Worlds of Power will be an electronic, one-off fiction anthology. I will not sell it, and will mak...