thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | August 12, 2010
Been a while since I posted some writing-related spam. Unlike a lot of fly-by-night endeavors designed to separate a newbie writer from their money, this one is not really a scam. At least, I’m sure they’re giving you something for the money. A lame something, but something. That is perhaps the best thing I can [...]
S Andrew Swann | August 9, 2010
Cue REM. Dorchester Publishing looks at its bottom line and decides OMG we can’t afford to do this anymore, switches to e-publishing launching the Greek Chorus chanting “death of print, death of print.” This is premature for a number of reasons. (Not the least of which is the technical reasons I listed in an earlier [...]
S Andrew Swann | August 6, 2010
I tend to write libertarian-themed Space Opera, which means that when I read this recent blog post by Charlie Stross, I had a bit of a reaction. Here’s the money quote: “In other words: space colonization is implicitly incompatible with both libertarian ideology and the myth of the American frontier.” Okay then. I guess it [...]
S Andrew Swann | August 3, 2010
Following up in the reviewish theme, I thought I might make a little point that will aid many writers in navigating the dangerous waters of throwing your work out there for everyone to see. I’ve mentioned before (with absoludicrous examples) that it’s always a bad idea for a author (at whatever level) to engage in [...]
S Andrew Swann | August 2, 2010
I try and keep my book pages up to date with review links as i come across them. However, since Wolf’s Cross has been out less than a week, I’ve gotten more ink electrons devoted to it recently than my other stuff, even aside from the self-promotional Big Idea I mentioned last post. So here’s [...]
S Andrew Swann | July 29, 2010
Wolf’s Cross is out this week, and coinciding with that, my Big Idea piece is up on Scalzi’s Whatever: When I wrote Wolfbreed I wasn’t concerned for markets, or genre, or much else beyond having my muse promise not to beat me senseless. It was written outside of my contracts for DAW, so I had [...]
S Andrew Swann | July 27, 2010
Here I am at Confluence this past weekend, minus some facial hair: On the Writing panel: Signing books (note the cat-shaving battle scars):
S Andrew Swann | July 22, 2010
Everyone knows that you should do research for any story to make sure you get the facts right. Few people actually point out why this is an important thing, and why you shouldn’t slack off because it’s fantasy and it’s all made up anyway. Case in point, bestselling author Beverly Lewis vs. my wife the [...]
S Andrew Swann | July 19, 2010
The subject came up when I was on a writing panel at the Medina library this past Saturday, and I thought I might codify it into some general rules of thumb for writers (aspiring and pro) using the interwebs. This can be considered a companion to my earlier post of what NOT to do: Write [...]
S Andrew Swann | July 12, 2010
On the Suvudu blog, they’re doing a Spectra retrospective, and today, Wolfbreed was up: “On Friday, March 16th 2007, I had an idea for a novel. It had been bubbling in my head for about a week after watching the anime Elfen Lied. Since it wouldn’t leave me alone, I decided to just write the [...]
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