I’m not going to be talking about Fantasy Football Leagues, or anything of the sort. Frankly, I don’t know much of anything about those. Rather, I want to talk about […]
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Dismantling the Structure
With two next-draft projects on my plate, I thought I’d take a look at what next-drafting entails. It boils down to three things: editing, re-writing and adding new material. The […]
Read moreGear Shifting
At the Writers’ Workshop, Scott Lynch came up with a rather fun writing game, where the students imagined themselves as pulp fiction writers from the Golden Age, and they needed […]
Read moreAutumn is Upon Us
Ah, September is here, and the leaves are changing color. Of course, I’m in Texas, and that has more to do with drought than seasonal changes. The temperatures here are […]
Read moreArmadilloCon After Report
Now it’s over and done, this is the last I’ll post on ArmadilloCon for a while. First off, the Writers’ Workshop went very well. I’m very happy to be a […]
Read moreScrounging around at the last minute
If you’ve been reading my blog with any regularity, you know that ArmadilloCon is tomorrow, so I’m handling all the various personal last-minute details– household organization and such– before things […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Everything Is Research
I’ve just come back from a lovely trip to Akumal, Mexico. I’m now home and a little behind in all things, as is to be expected when one takes a […]
Read moreNPR’s Top 100, final list.
NPR has now put out it’s final list, based on the votes put in. Of my 10, seven made it in, with Lies of Locke Lamora and the Octavia Butler […]
Read morePre-ArmadilloCon, Part Two: Panels I’ll be attending
In addition to the panels I’ll be on, there are plenty of other panels I’m excited about. (Though possibly the one I’m most excited about, “The Second Book is the […]
Read morePre-ArmadilloCon, Part One: My ArmadilloCon Schedule
So, I’ve now received my schedule for ArmadilloCon. As this is my first time being on the panel side of things (as well as teaching in the Writers’ Workshop), I’m […]
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