So, this weekend, I needed to get a lot of writing work done. Of course, this is true just about every day, but seeing how the previous weekend I was at […]
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Post NYCC Author Kaffeeklatch at Penguin Random House Offices, Monday October 12th
So, if you’re in New York City and you’re going to NYCC, or if you’re thre and you’re NOT going to NYCC, there’s a great event with great authors that […]
Read moreObligatory Post-Con Post
So, this past weekend was FenCon, which I enjoyed greatly. I had a number of lovely panels, including one on worldbuilding where I got to talk about how obsessive I […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Writing Synopses
Synopses are a necessary evil. You need them to query, you need them to submit to publishers. No writer I’ve talked to likes doing them. They’re horrible. Well, maybe not […]
Read moreFenCon Schedule
Next weekend I will be at FenCon up in the Dallas area. I’m really looking forward to it, as this time around I get to talk about worldbuilding, space opera, […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Keeping All Those Balls in the Air
As I’m now hip deep into the process of the third Thorn book, I’ve developed a lot more respect for writers whose subplots “get away from them”, as it were. […]
Read moreWorldbuilding Round-Up
As a result of both my current “crockpot” project being fully in its worldbuilding stage, I’ve been putting together some of my bottom-up worldbuilding thoughts into a more cohesive form. […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Order from my Chaos
Any writer– especially a genre writer– is going to have a lot of notes. Character notes, story notes, location notes, worldbuilding notes, etc. etc. Keeping track of that all […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: How The Game Is Played
So, I’m well into the process of writing the third Thorn book of the Maradaine novels, and part of that involves an ongoing tetchball tournament. Tetchball had been mentioned in […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Keeping Healthy While Writing
The other day I was being asked about my writing habits and discipline– subjects I’m always happy to talk about– when I got hit with this question: “What’s your healthiest […]
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