If you go to workshops– especially SF/F related workshops– or otherwise seek out Writing Advice, sooner or later you’re going to hear Heinlein’s Five Rules for getting published. The rules […]
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Future Worldbuilding: Choosing the Future
I’ve now switched gears, in earnest, with my “primary” writing project. I’ve written four books in Maradaine and the world around it (six if you also count the two trunked […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Clarity and Transition
Earlier this week I was reading a piece with a very troubling section. Troubling in a technique and clarity way, not content. In the scene in question, two characters were […]
Read moreLife on Step 18
A few weeks ago Chuck Wendig published a guest post on 25 Steps to Being a Traditionally Published Author. It’s a good read, go check it out. Back? OK, the […]
Read moreWorldCon Bound and other milestones
WorldCon / LoneStarCon starts today. I won’t be going down until tomorrow afternoon, unfortunately, but I’m very excited. A little nervous, as this is my first “big” con, but I […]
Read moreWorldbuilding/Perils of the Writer: One-Story Worlds vs. Many-Story Worlds
There are pretty much two ways a sf/fantasy writer can go about writing and worldbuilding: come up with a story, and build a world for it to be in; or […]
Read moreWorldbuilding And Overdecription
So, when I talked earlier this week about the perils of overdescribing, of course some of the chatter I heard came back to worldbuilding. Specifically about walking that balance between […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: The Overexplanation of Genre
I recently discovered a little gem of satire: How David Weber Orders a Pizza. Go check it out. I’ll wait. Back? I’ll admit, I laughed a lot there, because it […]
Read moreLoneStarCon and the Amazing People in this Industry
So, I will attending WorldCon in San Antonio at the end of the month, though I won’t be appearing on any panels. Given the size and scope of this thing, […]
Read moreFantasy Worldbuilding Tour: Ch’omikTaa
It’s been a bit since I’ve done one of my worldbuilding tour posts: now that the Hugos are voted on, it seems like a good time to return to it. […]
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