Folks, tomorrow I’m running the Writers’ Workshop at ArmadilloCon, plus I’ve got the rest of the con to prepare for, and six billion other things to do.  So all you’re […]

Hey all– This week is ArmadilloCon, and I’ve got plenty of things to do before the con, including final prep stuff for the workshop and sending off proofs for An […]

I believe that I’m somewhat unusual amongst fantasy/sci-fi writers, in that I cut my writers’ teeth as a playwright.  Coming at writing novels from a theatre background gives me a […]

This July continues to be extraordinarily busy, so here is an updated toolbox for All Things Worldbuilding. Groundwork: Geography, biomes and ecology. My original post on biomes Domesticatible plants and animals […]

Folks, in a few months my fourth novel, An Import of Intrigue, is coming out. I’m very excited for this book, and it was very fun to write, in part because […]

If you go to workshops– especially SF/F related workshops– or otherwise seek out Writing Advice, sooner or later you’re going to hear Heinlein’s Five Rules for getting published. The rules […]

I don’t usually bring up real-world politics here.  I might be something of a rare bird in this industry, in that I’m on friendly terms with people with vastly varying […]

It’s a holiday weekend, and July is shaping up to be about ALL THE THINGS happening at once.  So today I’ll pull out a couple worldbuilding articles from the archives, […]

There is a big question out there of what, exactly, and editor does, and what makes a good one.  This is especially true when people are, say, considering who to […]

This weekend I was at the Writers’ League of Texas conference, and it’s become clear to me that I almost need a flowchart to explain the details about my books. […]