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So, the nomination period for the Hugos and the Campbell is just about closed.  If you are eligible to nominate, you’re probably wondering who amongst those eligible for the Campbell, […]

Outer conflict is easy, especially when you’re writing a character whose go-to solution to problems is “punch in the face”.  Of course, “punch in the face” is rarely an effective […]

So, this weekend I’ll be appearing at Connooga, and hopefully weather conditions won’t trap me there for an extra day or two.  (I really don’t consider that very likely.)  If […]

Last week I talked about villains being the heroes of their own story.  But even in those cases, they do tend to still be the “bad guy” in an objective […]

So, Boskone was a lovely experience.  All my panels were exactly the kind of panels you want to have: everyone is engaged in the subject, talking to each other, listening […]

There’s an adage that everyone is the hero of their own story, and I think the key to writing interesting villains is to embrace that idea. Take Thorn of Dentonhill […]

Today’s designated topic is on how to put emotion on the page.  But with Thorn of Dentonhill‘s release just days away, it’s just about impossible to talk about HOW to […]

Folks, after what feels like an eternity– or at least the entirety of 2014– we are now just EIGHT DAYS from The Thorn of Dentonhill coming out.  I’ve been busy […]

There’s been some noise lately about writers putting up Kickstarter campaigns, and the ethics of doing such a thing– whether writers have the right to ask for basic living expenses […]

I’m a pretty die-hard multiple-third-person-limited POV kind of guy.  This is because perspective and POV are tools in the writer’s toolkit, and multiple-third-person-limited POVs are, for me, the vice grips […]