Unfortunately, Truffles has begun taking a turn for the worse. Again, she can no longer walk, and still no firm diagnosis. The steps outside were really becoming an issue, especially since I’m going to cons and such and Michelle can’t lift Truffles all by herself. So, now we have the Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
Here I am at Confluence this past weekend, minus some facial hair: On the Writing panel: Signing books (note the cat-shaving battle scars):
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
It may seem narcissistic to enjoy reading your own work, however, since a writer’s job is to engage their audience, and the only direct measure any writer has of that engagement is their own reaction; any writer worth their salt should be writing stuff that, at the very least, blows Read more…
I’ve been light blogging the past few weeks because, even though I’m done with Messiah, I’m not done with Messiah. Even though the draft is finished (so no one needs to worry about me pulling a Robert Jordon) I’m still in the midst of going through and polishing off the Read more…