real life
Persistence
Well, I’m getting the chance to practice what I preach. I’ve said that the most important part of being a writer is actually writing, butt in chair, day in and day out. Right now it would be very easy for Read more…
about the blog
Book Stuff and Blog Stuff
For audiobook fans, I have good news. Blackstone Audio has just contracted to do an audiobook version of Wolf’s Cross. I’ve also added buy links for the Audible.com versions of Prophets and Heretics. I also finally added this widget: . Read more…
fantasy
A Webcomic you should follow
Gunnerkrigg Court: If you took Harry Potter, tossed it a blender with some of Girl Genius and some Neil Gaiman, you’d end up with something in the same genre as this. The story goes from cute, to creepy to heartwarming Read more…
internet
Writing Linkage: Queries
For some reason, lately, I’ve been running across a lot of info on writing query letters. I’ve written myself about them, but I thought I’d pass on linkage to some of the items I’ve run across lately. Joe Moore at Read more…
internet
5 Terms From TV Tropes We Really Could Use
TV Tropes is a massive time sink, but there are some gems in the general pop-culture amusement that I think could use some wider currency with those of us who workshop or otherwise talk about the nuts and bolts of Read more…
writing
Two random bits of writing advice
From conversations I had at a party this weekend: 1) After you establish a character in a story, make sure you ask yourself the following two questions before every subsequent appearance of that character: Where were they since we last Read more…
internet
Well, it’s better than a Nigerian scam
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 Read more…
publishing
The Permanent Floating Publishing Apocalypse
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 Read more…
internet
Keep Your Laws off my Starship
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 Read more…