There really are two things you need to sell as a writer: the competence to write something well, and the confidence to send it out into the world. The challenge […]
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Perils of the Writer: Networking in the Modern World
It still strikes me as odd how many “friends” I have that I’ve never met. This is despite having lived through various iterations of on-line interactivity, but we’ve reached a […]
Read moreAnnouncing THE ALCHEMY OF CHAOS and AN IMPORT OF INTRIGUE
I’ve been talking in vague terms about the sequels to The Thorn of Dentonhill and A Murder of Mages. But now, finally, I can say that DAW will be publishing both […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Choosing Your Public Face
Here’s the thing about being a published writer: to some degree, you’re putting yourself in the public spotlight. What you do with that spotlight, however small and faint, is up […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Using Every Part, and Its Role in Culture
When I was a kid, one of the cliched things we were told about Native Americans was how they used “every part of the buffalo”. Now, this is a perfectly […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Suspension of Disbelief
Let’s talk a bit about the 2003 Daredevil movie and the Daredevil Netflix series that just came out. The former was largely panned, and is considered one of the low points of the dipping-our-toe-in-this-superhero-thing […]
Read moreArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop 2015
In the midst of all the other things I’ve got going on, the ArmadilloCon Writers Workshop is quickly coming upon us. After three years in the co-pilot seat, I’m taking […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Environment as Character
One of the things I love about Game of Thrones is how it uses a wide reach of locations– both in story and in the filming. They shoot the show in Croatia, […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: The Passage of Time
Some time ago, I read a work-in-progress for critique which had some interesting problems with passage of time. It would spend a few chapters focusing on the minutiae of a […]
Read moreNo One “Owns” SF: This Year’s Hugo Nominees
I don’t typical make any sort of “political” posts on my blog. Not because I don’t have political opinions; of course I do. But I find that, usually, when an […]
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