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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 4h

Really digging it. Great tone.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 6h

Yep. And longer for me. Only got paid once, in December, 2023.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 2d

Can very much confirm this is crime fiction that matters. Grab your copy and tell a friend.

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY: Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 11h

Pretty fun one, and shows early on you’ve got the chops.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

Lee Greenwood put me to sleep 35 years ago when I was a kid and my dad sang his dumbass song in church.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

D&O not paying its authors on the way out has taken over the feed, and good! But if you’re looking for something else, check out this convo @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social and I had about On Fire and Under Water. Thanks!

James D.F. Hannah @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social · 1d

When the bell tolls, it tolls for thee at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his climate change anthology, ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.

open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you. I have found that tool so unreliable. And the majority of sales for my title was ebook.

Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

Respect.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

My only royalty payment was in Dec. 2023. I have to believe I sold issues (including royalties owed on the paperback issue) since then. But how would I know since they never answer emails and never send sales reports.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

Agree. They owe me as well and have yet to answer my emails. They said back in April that they would get back to us in June w/ an accounting. Never did. Do they owe much in royalties from Stealing Paradise? Likely not, but it’s the principle that matters. Always pay your authors. Pretty simple.

Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.social · 1d

Do not buy my books from Amazon or Down and Out Books directly. I will not get paid. I should get paid, as per my contract, but in an email from D&O I’ve been told ‘no further payments will be issued.’
It absolutely blows it is ending this way, but man, pay your authors what they are owed.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

Read for all the reasons you’d expect and one you might not: a meet-cute moment with a writer hero of ours.

James D.F. Hannah @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social · 1d

When the bell tolls, it tolls for thee at That Noise at 2 AM, where we’re talking to @curtisippolito.bsky.social about his climate change anthology, ON FIRE AND UNDER WATER.

open.substack.com/pub/jamesdfh...

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for having me, man!

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 2d

YES!

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 2d

Can very much confirm this is crime fiction that matters. Grab your copy and tell a friend.

Rock and a Hard Place @rhppress.bsky.social · 2d

TODAY: Some say the world will end in fire. Some say flood. 15 short stories from some of the best crime fiction writers today. Guest-edited by Anthony winning author @curtisippolito.bsky.social Listen to Jordan Harper and order your copy today: bit.ly/4nOVXoK

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C.W. Blackwell @cwblackwell.bsky.social · 3d

Had a great time chatting with Jason DeHart over at @wordsimagesworlds.bsky.social from my very sunny patio! Check out the interview here 👉 youtu.be/kzTRZtAWnrQ?...

Words, Images, & Worlds with CW Blackwell

YouTube video by Jason DeHart

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 3d

Kinky

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, she knows. She’s just a vile pos.

Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 3d

That time I won an Anthony Award last month… Official award photos dropped.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 3d

Love it! 🙌

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 4d

Hell yeah.

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Curtis Ippolito @curtisippolito.bsky.social · 4d

How great is this? Making friends through the great crime fiction community!

Raymond J. Brash @rjbrash.bsky.social · 4d

A nice hike and hang with my Anthology Sisters Puja Guha and @ce-mckenna.bsky.social in Boulder. Wonderful people and wonderful writers. Shoutout to @curtisippolito.bsky.social for introducing me to them by way of including my story in the @rhppress.bsky.social anthology.