I’ve heard the above phrase several times. Not specifically directed at me, but as a general message to unpublished writers. And it’s true. As unpublished writers, no one really cares […]
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Making the Better Alien
The other day my friend D.D. wrote a post about the challenges of writing The Other, and touched on the aspects of building alien cultures that are a bit too […]
Read moreFood, Cuisine and Worldbuilding
At an ArmadilloCon panel a couple years ago, when asked where he starts with worldbuilding, Steven Brust answered, “Food.” Given Brust’s nature on any panel, the moderator at first thought […]
Read moreYet Another Opinion on the Future of Publishing
My mother pointed me towards a Newsweek article essentially promoting self-publishing as the viable model of the future to circumvent “traditional publishing” and get your work straight to the people. […]
Read moreWorldbuilding and organic writing
One of my biggest problems is not the worldbuilding, but then taking that worldbuilding and weaving that into a story organically. The old draft of Crown of Druthal was filled with […]
Read moreI honestly think the hardest part of any novel is the part from 20,000 to 40,000 words. I’ve often said that novel-writing is like running a marathon. The latter is […]
Read moreAn empty space
I wish I had a camera with me, as I’m in my local bookstore right now. Right now, as I walked through the sci-fi/fantasy section, I noticed an empty space […]
Read moreReader question answered, #2
In response to yesterday’s post, I was asked the following: I’m curious – how do you decide which project to focus on at a time? Do you set yourself a […]
Read moreA few things on my plate
I want to get the draft of Maradaine Constabulary done by May 15th. I have a short story for an anthology I’ve been invited to contribute to due by June […]
Read moreSome inspirational pic-links
Sometimes I just like to surf online artwork to inspire ideas. I’m not saying these WILL inspire ideas I’ll use… but I definitely like them. Starships approaching planet. Space Opera […]
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