S. K. Dunstall is joining us today with their novel Alliance. Here’s the publisher’s description: As the Linesman series continues, linesman Ean Lambert finds himself facing an alien ship he doesn’t understand—and a terrifying political threat he cannot fight… The lines. The soul of every ship. It was once thought there were only ten, but […]
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When we talk about voice in writing, it can get confusing because people use the word to mean different things. Let me offer “style of puppetry” as a metaphor to talk about the different forms of voice. Mechanical In puppetry one of the first things you have to do when designing a new show is
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I had some thoughts on Twitter, because people seem to think that developing a diverse group is this big mystery. It’s actually pretty simple. [View the story “Diversity planning made simple” on Storify]
Thoughts about how to add diversity. Real simple thoughts. Read More »
URGENT PRESS RELEASE Call for Submissions! Contact: SL Huang & Kurt Hunt (campbellreading2016@gmail.com) Feb. 20, 2016: Submissions are now being accepted for Up and Coming: Stories by the 2016 Campbell-Eligible Authors. Authors eligible for the 2016 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer include writers who published their first qualifying professional science fiction or fantasy
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Randy Henderson is joining us today with his novel Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free. Here’s the publisher’s description: In Bigfootloose and Finn Fancy Free, the sequel to Randy Henderson’s acclaimed debut novel, Finn Fancy Necromancy, Finn Gramaraye is settling back into the real world after his twenty-five-year-long imprisonment in the otherworld of the Fey. He’s fallen
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Hurrah! I’m 47 today and I’m getting on an airplane to go to Salt Lake City to record Writing Excuses and attend LTUE. On my birthday. On a plane. I think we all know how this is going to go. Meanwhile! I have a party favor for you. This is the first scene, sort of,
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I was watching Rutger Hauer clips to nail down a character and found this. What…? I– I mean, I know it was the 90s, but still, what the…?
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Normally I do my end of year wrap up post in December, because it’s a good time to collect everything in one spot for when nomination season rolls around. I didn’t do that this year because I’d decided to recuse myself from eligibility for the Hugo awards. Why? Because I know how few nominations it takes
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At Christmas every year, there’s a giant gathering of family. I usually have a puppet because… because puppet. Anyway, one of my favorite things is introducing my newer cousins to the puppets. There’s an interesting thing that happens developmentally with little kids. You know that whole willing suspension of disbelief thing? Little kids haven’t started doing
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I started this challenge back in 2012 on a whim, and it turns out that I’m not the only person who enjoys sending mail. It’s like I know a bunch of writers or something. Fancy that. A couple of things about the challenge, for those of you who are looking at it and feeling like
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Periodically, I get people asking if I’ll mentor them. I don’t, because my schedule is tight enough that I don’t feel like I can take on another job and do it justice. But I know that there are people who do and it occurred to me that I could just ask y’all if you’re one
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Jennifer Brozek is joining us today with her omnibus Never Let Me. Here’s the publisher’s description: An omnibus edition of the first three books in Jennifer Brozek’s Melissa Allen series. What would you do if you discovered that everyone, in your house, on your street and in your town was dead? Then you discovered you weren’t alone–and
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Daniel M. Bensen is joining us today with his novel Groom of the Tyrannosaur Queen. Here’s the publisher’s description: Former soldier Andrea Herrera isn’t happy with where her life’s taken her. Specifically, Hell Creek, Montana, 65 million years before the present. As far as careers go, making sure the dinosaurs don’t eat her paleontologist clients comes
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One of Sadie’s favorite toys is a peacock feather. During the winter, the combination of our wool rug and her very fluffy coat leads to the feather sticking to her. And then she chases it. If you’ve been having a rough day, this is my gift to you. You’re welcome. Oh and lest there’s any
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One of the things that David was known for was his flamboyant and weirdly paired outfits. It was easy to laugh at his clothing choices as either a seriously mutated fashion gene or as someone mocking the need to dress up. But it was way more interesting than that. Let me back-up slightly. For reasons involving a
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