Dear SFWA members: I’m running again for the position of Vice President. For the last three years, I’ve been privileged to work with a extremely active and committed board, first Secretary of SFWA and for the last year as Vice President. I believe that SFWA is an important organization and that volunteering for it is […]
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While I was in Utah at the Superstars Writing Seminar, I did a very fast version of my “How to Give an Effective Reading” workshop. I do this talk at conventions when I get the chance and have the text of the longer version here on the site. BUT while I was there Stephen Nelson
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Hurrah! I sold a story to the DAW anthology Courts of the Fey, edited by Russell Davis and Martin H. Greenburg. Here’s a little bit about the anthology. In the world of the faerie, there are two courts – the Seelie and the Unseelie. According to legend, the Seelie Court, also called The Blessed Ones,
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Today, I have for you Chapter 3 of The Transfigured Lady, which means that I’ve finished Chapter 5. Yay! It took longer than I expected since I realized — based on your comments — that Chapter 5 was going to need an additional scene so I had to rejigger the outline a little. I’ve posted
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Yesterday I went down to KBOO to talk to Marianne Barisonek her show “Between the Covers.” Marianne was a delightful host and had clearly done her reading before I came in. I have a soft spot for KBOO because Willamette Radio Workshop has performed some audio theater there. It’s a great place to scream. Not
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Here is the list of questions I am sending to my awesome brother, who is getting his PhD. in history at Vanderbilt. He’s offered to do legwork for me in Nashville. Books are great, but there are times when you just run into dead ends that need a local to track things down. The novel
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In the course of looking for something else, I’ve just found the original outline for Shades of Milk and Honey. I’ve mentioned before that the ending is vastly different from what I had originally planned. Basically, what happened was this. I began writing it for NaNoWriMo and somewhere around Chapter 10 began to feel that
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With Shades of Milk and Honey, I posted the first three chapters in the clear as I wrote them and then password protected the rest. I also posted chapters of Glamour in Glass and had folks reading it as I worked. I discover that I miss having you read along as I write. The new novel,
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Tour can really count as conventions or book tours. The thing is that as an author you will probably wind up traveling a lot. It can be exhausting, even when everything goes right. Back in the day, I spent five years touring for a living as a puppeteer. I found that the same tricks I
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While I was in Utah I joined Dan Wells and Howard Tayler, of Writing Excuses, for a conversation with Dave Wolverton about movie considerations and formulas. Dave explained the three-act structure to us, and we talked about how this applies for transitioning stories to the screen. As always, you can listen to this at Writing Excuses
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One of the challenges with writing an alternate history fantasy is the language. Basically, I have three sources I check which I’ve listed in the order that I generally go to them. This is mostly based on ease of use where “ease” means I don’t have to leave my desk. Etymology Online Google Books. I
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Apex is now offering the full content of Issue 20 FREE on their website. This is pretty nifty. Here’s a teaser of my story “Tomorrow and Tomorrow.” The moment Tuyet walked into the Dagenais’s compartment, she knew something was different. The usual pack of dogs swarmed around her, distracting her, before she figured out that
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