So, I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about today. There’s a lot on my plate right now, including finishing edits to Murder of Mages, as well as […]
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The Path To Publication: The Journey Always Goes On
So, I have to confess something: I’m not very pedantic. In fact, I frequently use the phrase “begging the question” in the “wrong” way. If you’re not familiar with this […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part VIII: The Art of Patience
This process involves a lot of waiting. And doing more while waiting. The waiting is not a bug, it’s a feature. The slowness of the industry gives you time to […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part VII: Buckling Down and Working
So, as I approached the end of 2009, I had a “polished” 70K draft of Thorn of Dentonhill that I was querying. I had a rough draft of Holver Alley […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part VI: Structure and Plan
It’s taken this long to get past the “flailing around and talking about writing something and actually writing” phase of things. But even though I had gotten through the darkest […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part V: Crash and Epiphany
By 2007, I had attended the ArmadilloCon Writers’ Workshop twice. I have my “finished” novel The Fifty Year War, and a handful of fits and starts, including Crown of Druthal, […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part IV: Further Flailing And False Starts
All right, so, NaNo 2003 proved one thing: I can finish a novel, right? So I’m all set and can just charge forth with this novel-writing thing. Right? Yeah, not […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part III: The Terrible Dread of NaNoWriMo
OK, so, I’ve knocked on NaNoWriMo before. I honestly think it’s a good exercise, a way to learn your writing habits, figure out how to write a novel, and understand […]
Read morePath to Publication, Part II: Early Days Of Writing Garbage
So, way back in 2000, I was talking a certain amount of talk about the idea of writing novels, and had a number of little snippets of stories. Fits and […]
Read moreThe Path To Publication
I’ve been asked, especially recently, why I chose the path of traditional publishing over trying one of the avenues of self-publication. Frequently in the past, I was more or less […]
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