I was commissioned to write two one-minute plays. That requires word economy.Hint Fiction also required maximum value from each word. Very different writing muscles from novels, but useful ones to […]
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Path to Publication, Part VII: Buckling Down and Working
So, as I approached the end of 2009, I had a “polished” 70K draft of Thorn of Dentonhill that I was querying. I had a rough draft of Holver Alley […]
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My thirties are coming to a close, officially this Sunday. So, needless to say, I’m getting a little introspective. But when I think about what my thirties were to me, […]
Read moreA less binary look at Genre Fiction Quality
Earlier this week, Strange Horizons reviewed Michael J. Sullivan’s Thief of Swords, in which the reviewer finds the book quite wanting. Her review is pointed and barbed, though entertainingly so. […]
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Hint Fiction (aka the Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction) is now out, and it has so far gotten pretty good press and publicity, including The New Yorker and NPR. There has been, of […]
Read moreThe New Plan
About six months ago, I announced I would attempt something crazy. Namely, that I would write three rough drafts of three novels in six months. Those six months ended last […]
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