This is a post I’ve been meaning to make for a while. Three years ago, as I was about to thirty-four, I was in bad shape. I don’t know what […]
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The Terminal Cases
My writing life needed a bit more organization– or at least a sense of going through my notes, updating things and figuring out my focuses. Today on my “All Projects” […]
Read moreWriting as a business
Last week, in one of my writers’ groups, one of the members railed against the nature of the two-book deal. His complaints were not along the lines of, “I’d rather […]
Read moreAs seen in the list here, I am one of the authors chosen for an upcoming anthology of “Hint Fiction”, which will be published by WW Norton in Fall 2010. […]
Read moreA plea to other aspiring authors
Dear Aspiring Authors, We’re all in a tough boat here, I know. This is a game of persistence, talent, hard work and not a small amount of luck. We are […]
Read moreSeries and Standalone
I put up my query letter for Thorn of Dentonhill on the Absolute Write message boards, as I was told they would “tear it up and break it down and […]
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