Those of you following me on Instagram or Twitter have seen me posting process shots of the dress I’ve been working on for the past couple of weeks. This will be on the cover for Of Noble Family, which is the fifth book in The Glamourist Histories. What? The 5th book? How is that possible. Book four, Valour and
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So… yesterday’s Alternate Reality Day prank included only four true things. I did beat Patrick Rothfuss at being Patrick Rothfuss, although I did not take his account over later. I wrote a short story trying to match the style of Scalzi, for kicks, which I presented as the first chapter of Young Man’s War: First Contact.
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The new Writing Excuses is up. We talk about characters a lot, which is fitting since character are what make things go in most of our favorite books. Brandon introduces a new model for examining characters in which three primary attributes – Competence, Proactivity, and Sympathy – are contrasted. We treat each one as if
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EDITED TO ADD: For those of you arriving late, this was my Alternate Reality Day prank. # Did you miss me? I took the month of March off from the internet and behold! I have returned triumphant. Mostly. Kind of not at all. It happened like this. John Scalzi, Pat Rothfuss and I were sitting
I’ve been John Scalzi for the past month, and you didn’t notice. Read More »
Hello future! I’m writing this before heading on internet vacation for the month of March. You should be receiving it with one week left to nominate for the Hugo awards. I hope you won’t mind if I remind you that a couple of my things are eligible for consideration. Novelette Lady Astronaut of Mars – Tor.com
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By lucky chance, I have two extra tickets to the live Welcome to Night Vale show and don’t want them to go to waste. So — I am breaking my internet sabbatical to see if you — yes, you — want to go to the show tonight. The show is at 7pm tonight at the Athenaeum, 2936 N.
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