Monday, May 18, 2009

So what's Dock Five really like?

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One of the most fun, writerly things is inventing and describing alien (as in, not where you're sitting right now) settings and places i...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Star Trek 2009

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Yes I am a total Trekkie. I admit it. I was so enraptured with Star Trek that my posse and I pretended to be the cast. And yes I was Capt...

Sequel Trouble

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If you have a question or topic you'd like addressed, please post it in a comment, and we'll try to help. Lisa writes: I might want ...
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Twenty Five Free Ways To Buzz A Book

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My grandmother on the distaff side used to say, "If you've nothing nice to say, don't say anything..." Switch "nice...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

Worst Rejections

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Not long ago I read a lively blog thread on “worst rejections,” a topic productive of endless reminiscence and speculation. Have you receive...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Urban Fantasy Job Hunting

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The May 2009 issue of LOCUS, the newspaper of science fiction and fantasy, now (since it was sold to a professional publisher,) billed as ...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

How Much is Too Much (World Buliding & Balance)?

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Since I'm essentially brain dead after completing a twenty-five+ page "author questionnaire" for Random House (and it could ha...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Desperately Seeking A Stopper

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A few weeks ago Linnea Sinclair shared a fabulous post about mentoring. Well, I don't claim to mentor, but I will pinch hit on occasion...
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Saturday, May 09, 2009

Guest Blog. Magical Beings

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MAGICAL BEINGS Courting the Craft of Paranormal Romance We’re a multi-cultural society, a global community of varying histories and legends....
Thursday, May 07, 2009

Build-a-Bear Babies

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The May 2009 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN has a one-page essay on the ethics of designer genes, quoting from a NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ARTICLE that refer...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Writing Tips Tweets

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Personally, I feel twitter is a fad -- somewhat like CB Radio was/is. Its popularity may be peaking now. It may disappear, replaced by somet...
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Monday, May 04, 2009

What Authors Do Besides Write

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Yes, I've been absent the past two Mondays. I can't even blame it on my deadline (which still looms menacingly). I was at RT which i...
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Sunday, May 03, 2009

Shield Magic! Is That Why Darth Maul's Face Was Red?

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It was Beltane two days ago. I've done enough research to carry off an intelligent interview with a Wiccan, but not enough to write abou...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Books That Made Us What We Are

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At some time in your early life, did you discover a particular book that shaped your response to literature and helped to make you a writer?...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

The Puzzle of Romance

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First I want to mention that the survey insertion I put in the blog text a few weeks ago actually worked! That survey was made on google doc...
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