I like to use my “go down into the word mines” analogy about writing, as if it presents this image of me as this lonely old prospector, heading down into […]
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And that was FenCon
So, I’ve returned from FenCon, up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and it was quite an excellent time. This is my first non-homebase con that I’ve attended since selling The […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Establishing the Stakes
This past weekend I watched the five pilots that Amazon put up to gauge customer interest. It’s an interestingly democratic way to do the pilot process: bring the pilots to […]
Read moreChasing the Numbers
So, I’m not at the point, obviously, where I’m tracking book sales. Occasionally I’ll go and look at my Amazon rank for Thorn presales and wonder what that might actually […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: From the Neolithic to the Agricultural
Progressing from my initial ideas of bottom-up worldbuilding, once you’ve established your geography, your basic flora and fauna, and then had your people rise up and spread throughout the world, […]
Read moreWorldbuilding and the Challenges of the Cosmopolitan City
So, I’ve finally begun the work on The Little East (aka the sequel to A Murder of Mages) in earnest. Without delving too deep into spoilers, it deals with investigations […]
Read moreWorldbuilding: Pure Bottom-Up Worldbuilding
Since I’m in the process of editing my draft of Thorn II and working on the rough of Murder of Mages II, I clearly don’t have enough on my plate. […]
Read moreHow I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love the Editing
During ArmadilloCon I had the pleasure of talking with a woman who was in the enviable-but-frustrating position of having an agent, but her manuscripts were still being reviewed by publishers. […]
Read moreConvention Panels and Expertise
So, this was a response I got to the last blog on ArmadilloCon, specifically in response to my self-admitted lack-of-expertise in the subject of the panel I was on: I […]
Read moreArmadilloCon Survival Report
So now ArmadilloCon is done, and it was a lovely time. Friday was the Writers’ Workshop, where we had plenty of good discussion in the morning sessions, and my critique […]
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