As an old school D&D person, one of the things I loved about the old Monster Manual was that it wasn’t just a listing of monsters and their combat stats. […]
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Worldbuilding: Pure Bottom-Up Worldbuilding
Since I’m in the process of editing my draft of Thorn II and working on the rough of Murder of Mages II, I clearly don’t have enough on my plate. […]
Read moreOh Captain, My Captain
I’ve been spending the past few days re-watching choice scenes from Dead Poet Society. I’ve never been a person who spends much time dwelling on celebrity deaths, and for the […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Picking Your Battles
So the big news in writerly circles this weekend involved the current salvos in the Amazon/Hachette fracas, with writers remaining caught in the middle*. I honestly haven’t been talking about […]
Read moreAustin’s One Minute Play Festival
I’ve had two pieces chosen for Austin’s first One Minute Play Festival (which uses the hashtag #1MPF, if you’re curious.) It was a fun writing exercise for me, and given […]
Read moreHow I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Editing
During ArmadilloCon I had the pleasure of talking with a woman who was in the enviable-but-frustrating position of having an agent, but her manuscripts were still being reviewed by publishers. […]
Read moreConvention Panels and Expertise
So, this was a response I got to the last blog on ArmadilloCon, specifically in response to my self-admitted lack-of-expertise in the subject of the panel I was on: I […]
Read moreArmadilloCon Survival Report
So now ArmadilloCon is done, and it was a lovely time. Friday was the Writers’ Workshop, where we had plenty of good discussion in the morning sessions, and my critique […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: The Long Upward Struggle
Tomorrow morning is the Workshop, and my whole weekend is ArmadilloCon (my schedule) so I don’t have too much time to write here today. But I wanted to talk a […]
Read moreMy Final ArmadilloCon Schedule
ArmadilloCon is this weekend, which means I’m in crunch mode. I’ve actually tackled quite a bit of my to-do list for this month, but I still have a few big […]
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