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I think I’ve established my bonafides as a map geek.  The Maradaine books all have maps of the city, and detailed blow ups of certain neighborhoods.  I’ve refrained from going […]

All right, I’m going to tell you all a secret about this pro-writer gig. You don’t HAVE to do the Social Media thing. You can, and does it help?  Err… […]

I had a fantastically busy weekend-and-change.  On Thursday night, I did a reading and Q&A at Malvern Books here in Austin.  Then on Friday morning I went to go talk […]

Burnout is a real thing, and it is something I worry about.  My multi-series strategy is something I came up with to help combat it– I’d be less burned out […]

Over the weekend I started in on This Gulf of Time and Stars by Julie Czerneda.  Her acknowledgement starts with what can be best described as a love letter to our […]

Coming up with titles for books is one of my most loathed things.   Almost everything has had a working title for some portion of its existence.  And those working […]

So, last week The Thorn of Dentonhill was named a finalist for the Compton Crook Award, and I am absolutely thrilled about it.  Right now is the time of year where all […]

I’m not able to be the caffeine fiend that I used to be any more. When I was in my twenties, man… I could drink coffee until 1 in the […]

So, ConDFW was this weekend.  I had an excellent time, but these events always leave me wanting more.  I always feel like I wanted more opportunity to talk to people, […]

A question that keeps getting lobbed at me looks something like this: “What’s your process?  How do you actually write?” Yeah, that’s not as easy a question as you’d think. You […]