Sadie attempts to help me recover from jetlag
You know…After a trip to Australia, staying asleep when you wake up at random times gets a lot easier with the help of a cat.
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Chapter 4 of GHOST TALKERS is up, for those of you reading along.
I’m at World Fantasy, so production is slowing down a little. Still! I managed to finish another chapter, and have just posted Chapter 4 for those reading along.
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To the men who ask if my book is a romance…
…because they don’t read romances. Yes. This is a kissing book. In a proud, long line of kissing books. It will not give you cooties.
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Writing Excuses 9.45: Tools for Writing from Oral Storytelling
M. Todd Gallowglas is a writer and a storyteller who has spent years doing traditional oral storytelling at renaissance fairs. He joined us at FantasyCon/Westercon 67 before a live audience and talked to us about how this tradition has informed his writing, and how these principles can inform our writing as well. He also schools us (okay,
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For those reading along, Chapter 3 of GHOST TALKERS is up
If you are curious about statistics, I’m 18,667 words into the novel although only 12,580 count toward NaNoWriMo. I’d written the first chapter before NaNo started in order to sell the book. I just finished writing Chapter 5. And if you’re reading along… Here’s Chapter 3.
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Debut Author Lessons: Mini lesson on leveling up
Sometimes I think it’s useful for early career writers to see the things that might happen to your brain later. I just got an email from my editor that Shades of Milk and Honey is going into its 7th printing. Seventh. Between all the US editions so far, we’ve netted 23,793 copies. That’s not counting the
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My Favorite Bit: Shallee McArthur talks about THE UNHAPPENING OF GENESIS LEE
Shallee McArthur is joining us today with her novel The Unhappening of Genesis Lee. Here’s the publisher’s description. What would it feel like to never forget? Or to have a memory stolen? Seventeen-year-old Genesis Lee has never forgotten anything. As one of the Mementi–a small group of genetically enhanced humans–Gena remembers everything with the help of
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In DC and posted chapter 2 of GHOST TALKERS
Some of my reference material for GHOST TALKERS.
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GHOST TALKERS and my annual NaNoWriMo call for beta readers
It’s that time of year, when I once again participate in NaNoWriMo. For those of you who don’t know this, I’ve written all of my novels either during NaNo or using the NaNoWriMo model in another month. This year, I’m writing Ghost Talkers, which is coming out from Tor in winter 2015. I like having people read
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Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of the Haunted Nursery
This originally appeared in Talebones Magazine in 2009 and is the first appearance of Ginger Stuyvesant as a character. # A liveried manservant waited by the front stairs of Fairbairn Hall as if he expected to take the reins of a horse. Ginger stopped her roadster next to him, shaking her head. These Brits had
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When reporting harassment, you are not the problem.
Some time ago, and I’ve waited to post this so it was far in the past, I was on the safety committee of an event. We stated the policy in the opening session and identified the safety officers. After the event, which went off with no reported problems, we sent a follow-up survey asking if
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Sadie has found the perfect camouflage spot in my workshop.
Sadie has found the perfect camouflage spot in my workshop.
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Valour and Vanity is a 2014 Nominee for the Voice Arts Award!
The Society of Voice Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for its first annual Voice Arts Awards, and I’m both honored and excited that my performance in Valour and Vanity has been nominated! The awards recognize achievement in voice-over acting and related roles, and they were established to help raise global awareness of what it takes
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Bad Writing Advice explained
There’s a bunch of aphorisms about writing that started as good, pithy advice in part of someone’s lecture. Then they got pulled out of context and then misapplied. Write what you know What people think it means: People think this means that authors should stick to subjects they have personal experience with. What it actually
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