So, last year I launched the third Maradaine series, The Streets of Maradaine, to a fair amount of praise and acclaim: “The charming antiheroes will leave you rooting for them long after […]
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Balancing Health While Writing
If you’ve been following me for any length of time, you know that January is a hard time on me, health-wise. January in Austin is when the cedar pollen starts […]
Read moreBoskone Schedule (Feb 16-18)
Hey folks– as I’ve mentioned before, I’m going to be at Boskone in a few weeks, and now I’ve got a schedule! I’ve been to Boskone twice before, and it’s […]
Read moreTertiary Characters Taking the Stage
So, I’ve often said how my time acting on stage has, in part, informed my writing. Namely, to treat characters as a part that an actor would enjoy playing. That […]
Read moreSecondary Projects – 2018 Edition
I’ve always maintained that having secondary projects are an important and valuable thing for a writer to do– usually as something else to work on when the words aren’t flowing […]
Read moreLeveling Up Goal This Year
So, this is going to sound a bit strange, but my goal for this year, as a writing, is to train myself at being more efficient. Now, I know some […]
Read moreOH GOD, YOU DEVIL!: A Bad Movie I Watched Many, Many, Many Times
Oh God, You Devil was the third movie in the bizarrely fascinating Oh God! series, starring George Burns, and for several months, I did not believe it was real. See, […]
Read moreKeeping Grounded for 2018
So now the new year is underway, and it’s time to buckle down and get to work, and keep my head on straight. Part of the problem with that is […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: The Advantage of a Big Sandbox
I’ve made little secret of the fact that I really enjoy the worldbuilding process. On some level I find it as gratifying as writing in and of itself, and part […]
Read moreBooks for a Happy 2018
So, the new year is coming, and the question is inevitably asked, “What are you looking forward to in the new year?” And the answer for me is always: books. […]
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