…and welcome back to another issue of Writersphere, where I pimp not only Belfire etc. titles but also open markets, authors I adore and stuff in general. Please click through to see more… it’s a long post, but full of all kinds of things, including a movie trailer!

HA! The 12th Writersphere on the 12th!
(Updated to add Covey News!) My oldest daughter, she who does fantastic book trailers for Belfire, has had one of her other title trailers nominated for a New Covey Award: Crossed Out by Kim Baccellia/video by Ceilidh-Eilish Productions. Please consider her in your voting!
Belfire & Needfire News
Massive website update over at Belfire Press, with New Bedlam and Needfire integrations coming soon, possibly over the next week. Please let us know what you think of the new look!
And it’s been officially announced – the Kindle …

And here it is, the Friday before Halloween…ooo…spooky! Someone really shouldn’t have left the candy out. All those suckers (lemon flavored suckers are my favorites!!!), so little time.
I’m really rather buzzed on caffeine and sugar right now, so if you want me to make sense, please leave a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible.
BEEP!

What’s this? A new Writersphere!? After what, an eleven months hiatus, I’ve decided to start sharing the news again. More to the point, I’ve decided to take the time to share the news, rather than pretend everyone already knows it.

I was recently tipped off (via twitter) to proof that David “Doc” Byron has been plagiarizing works, presumably from people that have submitted to one of his many little for-the-love projects.
This is the blog post that Jerrod posted a link to:
Pin The Tail On This Plagiarist
For those that don’t know, Doc Byron goes under the names Doc Byron, Iron Dave, David Boyer (real name), David Brookes, Leo Wolfe, Jerry Burkette and runs various fiction webzines, most notably New Voices in Fiction (used to be New Voices in Horror, or the …