Hello dear friends, How is July nearly over?  I’m losing track of the summer, and there is so much going on. For example, ArmadilloCon is just a week away.  I’m going to […]

You know, it wasn’t that long ago– only five years ago– that I got to reveal my first cover for THE THORN OF DENTONHILL.  Now we’re nine books deep into Maradaine stories, […]

All right, if you want to WRITE BOOKS and GET THEM DONE, you’ve got to do the work.  There’s no getting around that.  So, do the work, and avoid the […]

So let’s talk about plot weaving. Just a reminder that novel writing is an industry where you have to fight REALLY HARD to get to do something and when you […]

My friends, I’ve been a bit radio silent the past few weeks, but it’s because THINGS HAVE BEEN AFOOT. Some of those things involve just doing the work.  At any […]

Man, I love a good SFF-lit con.  I wish I could go to more, but any that involve travel, unless I’m invited as a guest of honor, is out of […]

My story isn’t technically a rejection story, but it’s right up there.  It’s as devastating.  I was on one small, private on-line critique group.  The set-up was pretty casual: upload […]

Friends, my whelm has been a bit over.  In the past two weeks, I’ve launched one book, sent in the copyedits for another, and finished the draft of yet another. […]

All right, folks, A PARLIAMENT OF BODIES is out in the world, and I’m thrilled.  So far the reaction I’ve been seeing has been amazing, which is good, because I […]

I was reminded the other day about all the “rules” people like to quote at us, as writers, of how we should (or more often, should not) be writing.  The […]