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Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?: I am a writer, mostly of speculative fiction, but I also write commentary.
My first published novel will be released by Double Dragon E-books in June (2007). Entitled "Deadly Enterprise" it features a gutsy young female security officer who escorts a 17th century man to an enemy city.
The sequel is "The Wildcat's Victory" which has her leading a force of cavalry and defying a psychotic but absolute barbarian prince. My fantasy novel "Rast - Sorcerer's Bane" has two protagonists, sweethearts, who must undertake different tasks to restore the magic kingdom to peace.

Do You Have A Website?: My website, www.christopherhoare.ca has sample first chapters of the novels.
My blog, www.serial-adventure-fiction.blogspot.com no longer has episodes of a new story posted bi-monthly (I'm rewriting it into a prequel to my series), but I'm using the blog to post updates about my publications and promotion.
My other blog, www.trailowner.blogspot.com is still my rant site, but I do have some cutting satire and even words of hope among the postings.

About Me:: I retired from surveying and project managing in the oilpatch a few years ago to write full time.
My varied experience in that incarnation saw me working in the Libyan Desert, the Canadian Arctic, the Rocky Mountains, and various areas of Canadian bush and taiga.
We built an energy efficient house over twenty years ago, where we now live quietly with two dogs from the local animal shelter.

Do you have a blog site?: http://www.serial-adventure-fiction.blogspot.com

Favorite Books:: I read mostly the works of other writers in order to provide critiques these days.
In the past -- "Ten Ever-lovin' Blue-eyed Years with Pogo", "The Jenguin Pennings", "Chop Wood, Carry Water" . . . and I try to keep up with the news in science and politics.

Favorite Bookstores on land or cyberspace: I mostly use Amazon, but I wouldn't call it a favorite. My local independant bookstore was run out of town by a big box abortion, so I don't buy books on paper any more.
I'm hoping that my novels will be available on cyberspace sites in a few months -- and then they'll be my favorites.

The Wildcat's Victory joins DEADLY ENTERPRISE

Gisel Matah is the Iskanders’ top agent, but often her commanders’ chief pain in the neck. Sometimes passionate, sometimes tough, sometimes acerbic, she’s clever and always ready to twist their intentions to meet circumstances as she sees them.

Follow this link to buy the novel as an e-book download for $5.99.
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=1-55404-538-X
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/single.php?ISBN=1-55404-466-9

Arrival has joined the other two Iskander series books. Come by http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/eAuthor.php?Name=Christopher%20Hoare to read the beginning of the retrofuturist tales.

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Identity Theft anyone?

Hello All:

I’m at Day 10 with the Virtual Book Tour, but I’d like to mention something that happened while I was promoting The Wildcat’s Victory on Facebook. I originally thought I had received a reply from a child or young person, and replied gently with that in mind – but after I received a reply I began to think someone was hitting me up for identity theft.

Tell me what you think – I posted more detail on my blog today (March 14th) at http://thewildcatsvictory.wordpress.com Please excuse th… Continue

Posted on March 14, 2008 at 5:19pm —

See a Virtual Book Tour in Action

Offering an invitation to see a blog tour in action. My March Virtual Book Tour starts soon and anyone interested in learning how this form of promotion works can follow along by visiting the participating sites. Promotion is the next thing a writer has to learn after growing some competence in the writing craft. Perhaps following my tour will enable you to learn if this method is for you. The first venue is a blog interview on March 3rd .

I will post each week’s venues and links ahead of time… Continue

Posted on February 28, 2008 at 5:38pm —

New review for Deadly Enterprise

Deadly Enterprise

Written by: Christopher Hoare

Science fiction / Fiction / Time travel

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Posted on December 8, 2007 at 4:27pm —

Some updates on Deadly Enterprise

I intended to wait a few days over the week before posting another update here, but time got away from me.

Firstly, let me provide the tinyurl link for Deadly Enterprise on Amazon. It’s http://tinyurl.com/yryhs7 The copy price is $14.99 and postage & handling will bring that to about $20 - a bit more in Canada.

Deadly Enterprise is now available as a Kindle edition on Amazon.com for their new Kindle E-Reader. It’s even at a new low price. Check it out at http… Continue

Posted on November 25, 2007 at 12:52pm —

Some more Oil Gypsy stories and a small promotion update.

Deadly Enterprise hasn’t had much promotion this week, until yesterday when I started another blitz of review sites to get more takers. The early part of the week I was busy finishing up the last of the last novel clinic, and then went out to begin the annual firewood collection. The forestry has been closed because of the drought and extreme fire hazard, so I collected a load from along the CPR track. It was harder work that usual because I couldn’t drive to the wood and had to drag it out by h… Continue

Posted on September 8, 2007 at 8:01pm —

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At 5:39pm on January 23, 2009, Lynda Coker said…: Just wanted to stop by and say hello. If you get a free moment, stop by my page here at Book Place, or at WRDF.

I keep hot, buttery-sweet cinnamon rolls on the cyber-table at all times—go ahead, grab two.

Have a great day and a successful year,
Lynda

At 9:47pm on June 27, 2008, Christopher Hoare said…: Hi Brian:

I believe I'm connecting with a vague familiarity with Little Rissington -- was it a radar site by any chance? I flew as passenger on a radar calibration sortie from RAE Farnboro one time in 1958 -- in a Varsity, of all monstrosities, and we kept bouncing back and forth across the Cotswolds as the tech types recorded data. Seems to me Little Rissington was mentioned.

Chris H.

At 3:30pm on June 27, 2008, Brian L Porter said…: Hi Christopher,

Thanks for your kind words. I did try to use a slightly different approach to other fictional ripper stories, and as yousay, at least soemthing good came out of my time on top of the Cotswold Hills at Little Rissington. I'm glad you enjoyed the article. Thanks for getting in touch.

Best regards

Brian

At 5:25am on February 24, 2008, Brian L Porter said…: Hi Christopher,

Nice to meet another DDP author here.

Best regards

Brian

At 11:24pm on November 28, 2007, Desiree said…: Hi Chris,
Thanks for checking out my site. I'm actually a newbie and have just gotten it off the ground but am totally psyched about it! I've just started down the path of looking for authors to bring on the site. I'd like to review a book and then get real words from the author. I'm also always interested in decent link exchanges.

At 5:06pm on November 25, 2007, Ann Wilkes said…: Hah! I found it. Here you go: http://www.internetwritingjournal.com/guidelines.htm
It's down after the article sub thing.
Ann

At 5:00pm on November 25, 2007, Ann Wilkes said…: Chris,
You're welcome and thanks for reading my blog. I haven't had the chance to explore the IWJ yet. I bookmarked and moved on, aside from finding the Alan Alda article. I'll let you know if find out. If you do first, you can let me know.
Thanks again.
Ann

At 9:41pm on October 12, 2007, Christopher Hoare said…: I did it -- this is the new link to Deadly Enterprise on Amazon. http://tinyurl.com/yryhs7

At 9:36pm on October 12, 2007, Christopher Hoare said…: Deadly Enterprise is now available as a POD paperback on Amazon.com see link -- http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Enterprise-Christopher-Hoare/dp/1554044901/ref=sr_1_1/103-1246050-9894212?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191509905&sr=1-1

Yes -- I should tinyurl that.

At 6:56pm on July 5, 2007, Kathryne Kennedy said…: LOL. It's a world where titles are based on inherited magical abilities...which means titles can be lost, or passed on to a woman. It's a fun, warm-hearted romance read. And it was great fun creating the rules of the world. But I followed actual history as much as I could, which means Victoria is still a bit grim.:}

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I added a few slides of my books to my blogspot. I'm not sure yet if they should stay on or not.

Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?

A Christmas Tree Already

On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.

Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.

With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.

While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?

Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life

I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.

For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of. You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.

PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!

CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter

One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.

Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.

I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.

What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?