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• Acknowledgments

  By Russ Linton on June 13, 2014 • ( 13 )

  I’m on the precipice. I should really say “we’re” on the precipice. There were so many people involved in this process, when I sat down to write the acknowledgments for Crimson Son, I was at a bit of a loss…. Read More ›

• Book Marketing Fail?

  By Russ Linton on June 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  Somewhere on the digital frontier… 3n1g|\/|4: We’re not gonna make it. CR1ms0n8a11z: What? What do you mean? 3n1g|\/|4: This book release. We’re NOT going to make it? CR1ms0n8a11z: Dude, are you kidding me? 3n1g|\/|4: Do I look like I’m kidding?… Read More ›

• Fictional Work is Hard Work

  By Russ Linton on June 5, 2014 • ( 6 )

  I just found the easy part of self publishing. I headed over to Amazon to scope things out for the big release next week. I figured, as with everything thus far, that the process of officially publishing (digitally distributing?) would… Read More ›

• Of Dopplegangers and Roleplay

  By Russ Linton on June 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Lots of geekery as of late. Last weekend it was the renn faire. There, I saw a landing party that was either really far off course or had slingshot around the sun and travelled back in time. Either way, interesting… Read More ›

• Crimson Son – Chapter One

  By Russ Linton on May 29, 2014 • ( 0 )

  I might as well be lying in a coffin. I’ve seen them on TV before. The dead always looked so comfortable with their arms folded across their chest in those silky interiors. Peaceful, even though they’re alone. Unless it was… Read More ›

• Crimson Son Cover Revealed!

  By Russ Linton on May 22, 2014 • ( 4 )

  Nineteen-year-old Spencer Harrington is the son of the Crimson Mask, the world’s most powerful superhero. Since witnessing his mother’s abduction two years ago, he’s been confined to his father’s arctic bunker. When the “Icehole” comes under attack by a rampaging… Read More ›

• Dallas Comic Con 2014

  By Russ Linton on May 19, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Time for a bit of Geekery. Dallas Comic Con 2014 witnessed a Firefly cast reunion (well, minus Wash, of course he did get skewered by a giant hunk of metal and Inara was MIA as well, but, you know those… Read More ›

• Cue the Fireworks

  By Russ Linton on May 15, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Exciting news for which I promised fireworks and fanfare in a previous post. (So I DID have fireworks, but the GIF may have been triggering some AV alerts so I deleted it…) Next week, on May 22, I’ll unveil the… Read More ›

• DFW Con Review and a Wake Up Call

  By Russ Linton on May 5, 2014 • ( 7 )

  I had a wonderful time at DFWCon this year. I encourage every writer to attend this conference whether you are local to Dallas Fort Worth or not. Classes, networking and pitch sessions with agents all combined in possibly the most friendly… Read More ›

• Crimson Son – Can Snark and PTSD be a Super Power?

  By Russ Linton on April 30, 2014 • ( 0 )

  A big shout out to Johnny Morrow for his incredible skill. So far, everyone is really digging the artwork. Well, almost everyone. “Seriously, did you have to memorialize the most traumatic event of my life? Totally not a Kodak moment.” Sorry,… Read More ›