ArmadilloCon is this weekend, which means I’m in crunch mode. I’ve actually tackled quite a bit of my to-do list for this month, but I still have a few big […]
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Worldbuilding: Columbian Exchange in Secondary Worlds
Many of the worlds you’ll build will have multiple continents, and if you’re doing things correctly, each of those continents will have their own biodiversity. Each one will have its […]
Read moreEdits and Research and Maps, Oh my!
This blog has, unfortunately for the moment, devolved a bit into “Stuff is happening and I’m busy!” Today is no exception to that. In part because I’m finalizing the edits […]
Read moreBrevity
I was commissioned to write two one-minute plays. That requires word economy.Hint Fiction also required maximum value from each word. Very different writing muscles from novels, but useful ones to […]
Read moreThorn of Dentonhill Available for Pre-order on Amazon
So, I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about today. There’s a lot on my plate right now, including finishing edits to Murder of Mages, as well as […]
Read morePicking Up the Gauntlet
So because of my post last week, I received a lot of spirited defenses of self/indy publishing, many of which struck me as missing the central point I was making: […]
Read moreAll Writers Depend on their Partners
I was going to write about something else. Heck, I wrote it, and was about to hit “publish”, and then some brilliant stupidity appeared that could not be ignored: Female […]
Read moreCurrent Projects and Writing Process Baton Pass
So, there’s a blog-hop thing going on about current projects and writing process, which I was tagged on by Glynn Stewart, fellow client of Onyxhawke Agency and author of Starship’s […]
Read moreSeanan McGuire and other heroes in the writing world
So, I’ve been doing deeper research into DAW over the past few months, for obvious reasons, and learning more about the other people who write for DAW. It’s a pretty […]
Read moreFantasy Writing, and How It Looks from the Outside
So, the other day I was at physical therapy for my broken foot*, and at the next table the patient was trying to explain Game of Thrones to his therapist. […]
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