You guys are going to think I'm getting kickbacks from Tor for sponsoring these giveaways. Trust me, I'm not, though should they so desire to slip me a free copy of any of their latest ARC's I won't turn them down. :-)

This week's free giveaway is Spirit Gate by Kate Elliott. All you have to do is sign up for their newsletter.

Go get it.

Del Rey is offering Betrayal, book one of the Star Wars: Legacy of the Force series as a free download for a limited time in order to help launch the final book in the series, "Invincible".

I've never read any of the Star Wars books--I think I've had a mental block against it. Either that, or I just didn't want to give Lucas any more of my money. When I met my wife, we both had VHS copies of the original movies (Episodes 4-6). Then we got a VHS copy of the re-done Episodes 4-6. Then it was the DVD's of the re-done Episodes 4-6. Last, DVD's of Episodes 1-3. After having bought a VHS copy of Episode 1. Oh, and we both saw the original series in the movie theater way back when as kids. I refused to pay to see the re-done Episodes 4-6 (which is why I first bought it on VHS).

Anyway, neither you nor I need to spend any money on Betrayal--go download it for nothing.

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This week's Tor Free E-book giveaway features Reiffen’s Choice by S.C. Butler.

You can also download The Disunited States of America by Harry Turtledove, which was last week's giveaway.

Enjoy.

The Tor Free E-book giveaway continues. This week's free e-book is "Through Wolf's Eyes" by Jane Lindskold.

I know nothing about Ms. Lindskold or her writing, but I'm always looking for writers I have yet to experience and so I'm looking forward to reading her work.

I'm really getting kind of overwhelmed with all of these giveaways, though. I've already got a small shelf full of books on my reading waiting list; Tor heaping on new ones is fast becoming too much!

Scriptorium (noun): the room set apart for writing or copying manuscripts; a room devoted to writing.

Every writer needs a showcase. A place to offer free samples, chapters, and maybe even a full-length novel. I've had one since the beginning. It's where I first made available my fantasy novel, The Hall of the Wood, just over a year ago as I write this.

Every once in a while that showcase needs some updating. So, while this has already been picked up here and here and maybe some other places I don't know about (yeah, who am I kidding?), let this serve as the official unveiling of my all new fiction page, the Scriptorium.

There's hints there of the world I set my fiction in: Uhl, of which the site is still a work in progress. I'll have more information about that when I've made some more progress. In the meanwhile, check it out and let me know what you think. I hope to build on the content--probably some (free) fiction of the shorter variety, but that depends on the progress I make on my current novel, The Five Elements.

Continuing Tor's most excellent Watch the Skies giveaway, this week's free e-book is David Drake's Lord of the Isles.

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