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 […]
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Perils 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 moreCover for A MURDER OF MAGES
So, this Friday we had the official cover reveal to A MURDER OF MAGES. I have to say, I’m pretty thrilled with the final result. This comes from Paul Young, […]
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 […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Rooms Full of Echoes
I’ve talked several times in the past that my real gateway into “traditional” fantasy was David Eddings. One of the complaints laid against him, which is a pretty fair complaint, […]
Read moreSometimes the bear gets you
Many things are happening right now– some good, some stressful, some just Work That Needs Doing. This includes finishing the galley proofs for A Murder of Mages. But that means […]
Read moreThree Tropes I’m Currently Using
I like to say that there really aren’t bad cliches in writing, there are simply tropes that are easy to do badly. It would actually be very hard for me […]
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