One of my usual stopping spots for news on all things sci-fi and fantasy is io9, and pretty much every day there’s multiple things worth checking out. Today there’s a […]
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Mood and Tone and Mad Men
Here it is, Monday, and I almost forgot to write a blog post. It’s been a hectic week, loaded with a bunch of minutiae that aren’t problems, per se, but […]
Read moreThe Limits of Brand Control
One of the things fledgling and prospective authors hear a lot about is “managing your brand”. In rough practice, it’s a good idea. Your brand is, in essence, your own […]
Read moreNow for a reader question
In response to last week’s opening, Leigh asks: In the event of having a series published and readers overnight flocking to consume every page, are you okay with them knowing […]
Read moreSesquincententh, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog
This marks my 150th blog post here. It’s not much of a milestone, I admit, but it’s one that I think a lot of blogs never quite reach. Several don’t […]
Read moreThe Problem with Being a Planner
I don’t ever tried to hide the fact that when it comes to the planner/pantser divide between writers, I fall firmly on the side of planners. (Except when it comes […]
Read moreAn allegorical tale
A sharp knock came at the old sergeant’s door. The was odd. No one ever knocked. Sure, sometimes a young buck would barge in, usually to demand the answer to […]
Read moreFantasy Sports
I’m not going to be talking about Fantasy Football Leagues, or anything of the sort. Frankly, I don’t know much of anything about those. Rather, I want to talk about […]
Read moreDismantling the Structure
With two next-draft projects on my plate, I thought I’d take a look at what next-drafting entails. It boils down to three things: editing, re-writing and adding new material. The […]
Read moreGear Shifting
At the Writers’ Workshop, Scott Lynch came up with a rather fun writing game, where the students imagined themselves as pulp fiction writers from the Golden Age, and they needed […]
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