You just don’t get it, do you.
After each of these, came exposition disguised as an argument. Hypothesis: “You just don’t get it, do you,” is the “As you know, Bob” of our generation. Discuss.
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My Favorite Bit: D.B. Jackson talks about Thieftaker
For full disclosure, I blurbed this book and loved it. It feeds all of my historical fantasy jollies, as well as being an interesting detective story. What’s particularly great about D.B. Jackson, which his bio doesn’t say, is that he’s a history professor. The man knows his stuff and in this case, his stuff is
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Debut Author Lesson: How to be a professional when you want to fangirl
There will come a moment in your career when you will meet your writing idol. This may happen more than once, but at least once, you will meet someone for whom it is impossible to deny the urge to be a fan. A giant squeeing fan. But you also want to be professional. Here are
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Bewitched Bookworms: Character Interview with Jane Ellsworth from Shades of Milk and Honey
If you’ve ever been curious about what Jane might say in an interview, Bewitched Bookworms interviewed Jane, on their website. You can find out how old she was when she first started learning glamour and some hints about her plans for the future.
The ‘Busy’ Trap – NYTimes.com
My husband just shared this essay at the New York Times, The ‘Busy’ Trap, and I have to admit it hits home. In fact, one of the things that I had already told him, with my departure from SFWA, is that I’m not allowed to volunteer for anything for at least a year. If you live in
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Sponsor me in the Clarion Write-a-Thon
I’m participating in this year’s Clarion Write-a-Thon. It’s a fund-raiser for one of the most intense writing workshops for SF and Fantasy writers. And you can sponsor me. What is a write-a-thon, anyway? It’s just like a walk-a-thon. But instead of walking, we’re writing, and instead of making pledges per mile, we’re making pledges per word,
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Today is my last day as SFWA VP
It’s been a great run, but I’m sitting here wondering what I should do after four years on the board. What should I do since tomorrow there are so many things that will no longer be my problem. Scalzi is out of town. I don’t have to turn the keys over to Rachel until tomorrow,
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Self-pimp your audio books, here.
Hey author friends, if you have a book on Audible.com, will you self-pimp it here? We are recording Writing Excuses and this will help us sort through books to mention as book of the week. NOTE: We’re sponsored by Audible.com so it has to be available on Audible. If it’s coming out in the next
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Really, your outline does not have to be perfect
I just sent my outline for Valour and Vanity off to my editor. Since a lot of you asked questions about outlines in the Writing Excuses thread yesterday, I wanted to take a moment to talk about the principles behind outlines. These aren’t rules, but sort of ideas for how to decide when and if you
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A loving photo from my charming brother.
You might recall my conversation with my brother about Redshirts. He recently sent me this photo and the note, “Now that I’ve finished the incredibly entertaining Redshirts, of course, I’m up for reading your book.” To be fair, I sent him the shirt with the note, “NOW will you read my book?” I guess the answer
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Smart Pop Books — Ask Orson Scott Card a question about Ender’s Game.
I was asked to write an essay about Ender’s Game for an upcoming collection from Smart Pop Books, which was wicked fun. In addition to the essays, they are also asking for questions from readers. From you. Here are the details. As you may already know, we’re publishing a collection of essays on Ender’s Game in February 2013,
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It’s Thursday, so I must be in Salt Lake City
I am spending almost as much time on the road these days as I did when I was touring full time with puppet theater. It’s wacky. This time, I’m in town to record episodes of Writing Excuses. We’re going to spend Four DAYS recording so that we can get a lot of episodes in the
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My Favorite Bit: Aliette de Bodard talks about Obsidian and Blood
When so many writers are still playing with Europe as the field for their fantasy, Aliette de Bodard heads straight for the Aztec empire. Her fiction is exciting because it is both familiar and strange. And here’s another thing to make you crazy. She’s writing in a second language. Aliette grew up speaking French, because,
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A minor rant about trying to renew books in Chicago.
There are times when I think the library system here is actively trying to discourage readers from using it. Today I tried to pay an overdue fine on a DVD and renew my books. The rules say that if you have more than $1 overdue on your account that you can’t renew online, you have
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My Favorite Bit: Bradley P. Beaulieu talks about The Straits of Galahesh
I met Brad when we were taking Orson Scott Card’s Literary Bootcamp back in 2005. He was one of the people whose story made me think, “Yep. This guy will have a career,” because it had really interesting world-building combined with lovely writing. Behold! I was right. How smug I feel to recognize someone else’s
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