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Lawrence M. Schoen

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  • April 29, 2020 at 5:13 am in reply to: Website Suggestions – comment on this thread #760
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      Would it be possible to make members’ email addresses directly accessible under the photo when on the Member’s page, rather than the multiple clicks to get to a profile (only to discover that particular member hasn’t included it)?

      Also a pony.

      April 17, 2020 at 7:08 am in reply to: Keeping Track of Worldbuilding #617
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        There are templates available for Scrivener for this. I don’t always use the pages/fields in that template, but they’re there when I’m feeling organized. ๐Ÿ™‚

        April 15, 2020 at 4:39 pm in reply to: Publications Listing for Members #568
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          SERIES:
          The Universe of Barsk – literary science fantasy using anthropomorphic animals to explore death and discrimination
          The Amazing Conroy – light and humorous Space Opera with a stage hypnotist and his alien companion animal
          Seeds of War (co-written with Jonathan Brazee) – a retired Marine must head off what seems like an alien vegetable invasion
          Adrenaline Rush (co-written with Brian Thorne) – light, action adventure SF
          The Demon Codex (co-written with Brian Thorne, coming in 2020) – Urban fantasy set at a university, magic is all about mastery of the languages of other planes
          Humaniversity (co-written with Catherine Petrini, coming in September 2020) – Sci Fi Academy where young humans learn alongside aliens as Earth learns how to get along in a the wider galaxy.

          COLLECTIONS:
          Sweet Potato Pie and other stories – stories both fantastic and surreal
          Buffalito Bundle – the collected short stories and novelettes from the Conroyverse
          Creature Academy (illustrations by Rachael M. May – cautionary poems of public education
          The Rule of Three and other stories (coming in July 2020)

          NON-FICTION
          Hypnosis for Writers (coming in October 2020) – explanations and techniques for engaging the unconscious mind to help writers get out of their own way

          April 14, 2020 at 11:12 am in reply to: Ingram Discounts #573
          Lawrence M. Schoen
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            I do NOT pay an annual fee for having a Lightning Source account.

            April 14, 2020 at 5:16 am in reply to: Ingram Discounts #561
            Lawrence M. Schoen
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              I started using Ingram before they created Spark, so my account there is in their Lightning Source division.

              Does anyone happen to know if they’re offering a comparable code, or do I need to create a Spark account?

              April 14, 2020 at 5:12 am in reply to: Creating Universe Names #559
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                I use a different process each time.

                My oldest running series is about a stage hypnotist (in spaaaaaaace) called the Amazing Conroy. Over the years, the universe simply came to be known as the Conroyverse.

                My more literary SF series took its name from the title of the first book, which was the name of the world that was the focus of the story. I think it helped (but I could be wrong) that the name, Barsk, is short, and not an existing English world. In hindsight, it’s a bit wonky to name a universe for a planet.

                More recently, the new series (three books thus far in 2020) was named with marketing (I blame this on attending the last two 20BooksVegas conferences), and the result was a familiar phrase, Adrenaline Rush, that does apply to an aspect of the novels.

                No idea if this is any help to you, Audrey. ๐Ÿ™‚

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