So, I’ve been holding off writing this post for a while, but with this article recently making the rounds, it’s probably high time I talked about this. I don’t know […]
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Perils of the Writer: The Writing Game and the “Big Money”
On one of my OryCon panels– “What I Wish I Had Known Then”– one of the other panelists made the distinction between a writer “getting paid” and “getting paid money”. […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Deadlines and Schedules
I’m a big believer in a regular writing schedule. Find a time of day that works best for you, carve that time out, and affix yourself to a chair and […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Riddles, Puzzles and Games
There is something alluring to putting a riddle in your story, especially in fantasy. Heck, that goes back to The Hobbit and the riddle game between Bilbo and Gollum. But […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Haters Gonna Hate; Raters Gonna Rate.
So I have to confess to another bad habit, at least a bad habit for writers. I like to go to the Amazon page of books I enjoyed (or Goodreads […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Establishing the Stakes
This past weekend I watched the five pilots that Amazon put up to gauge customer interest. It’s an interestingly democratic way to do the pilot process: bring the pilots to […]
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 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 moreBlessed are the Slushdivers
I don’t want to bag on people who self-publish. There are good reasons to do it, and there are people who do it very well and have found great success […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Losing Your “Strong” Female Character to Trinity Syndrome
This article by Tasha Robinson should be required reading to all writers (especially male writers, like myself) who like to think they are writing strong female characters. Perhaps you are, […]
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