I like to remind people that getting to the point where I am, with two novels coming out next year with a major publisher, was a journey. Before I even […]
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Thoughts on My Online Presence
There’s something strangely meta about writing about my online presence here, as this is part of my online presence. My blog-writing is more or less the centerpiece of it. Managing […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Magic, Sorcery and Witchcraft
Magic is usually an integral part of any secondary fantasy world. That tends to be the thing that makes it a “fantasy world”, rather than just some form of alternate […]
Read moreWriting Is Never Working Alone
I like to use my “go down into the word mines” analogy about writing, as if it presents this image of me as this lonely old prospector, heading down into […]
Read moreAnd that was FenCon
So, I’ve returned from FenCon, up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and it was quite an excellent time. This is my first non-homebase con that I’ve attended since selling The […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Putting Yourself on the Market
More than once, I’ve had people speak to me of “marketing” like it was something separate from “promoting”. I’m a writer, not a marketer or promoter or advertiser, so I […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: The Beast that is Promotion
Promotion is a challenging thing for a writer to get right. You want to get word that your book is out there (or in my case, that it’s available for […]
Read moreChasing the Numbers
So, I’m not at the point, obviously, where I’m tracking book sales. Occasionally I’ll go and look at my Amazon rank for Thorn presales and wonder what that might actually […]
Read moreIn Which I Become A Word-Whore; Or, Who is Marshall Ryan Maresca Character Anyway?
So, as of today, I’ve been added to the Word Whores blog, joining Jeffe Kennedy, James Moore, K.A. Krantz, Linda Robertson, Marcella Burnard and Veronica Scott. I’ll be appearing as […]
Read moreHow I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Editing
During ArmadilloCon I had the pleasure of talking with a woman who was in the enviable-but-frustrating position of having an agent, but her manuscripts were still being reviewed by publishers. […]
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