Jim Butcher, Joe Abercrombie, Peter V. Brett, Naomi Novik, Deborah Harkness, and Brandon Sanderson took part in an author’s panel at Comic Con 2010 in New York last month. Whether you’re published or “pre-published” (thank you Lisa Shearin), you’ll find something educational in this one hour panel with some of fantasy’s best selling authors. NYCC […]
Read MoreEbook Marketing and Publishing
I’m in an ebook mood today, particularly the marketing and publishing side. Might be because I’ve been rethinking some of my marketing strategies for my Kindle novel THE LAST KEY now that I’m developing a sequel. Hope these inspire you as much as they did me. Why self-publishing and online publishing will not ruin your […]
Read MoreBest something-or-other for Writers
It’s Friday and it’s time for my “Best something-or-other” post! Well, okay, this is my first one, but it’ll be a series. Trust me. Why not start off with something for all you other writers out there? These are links to sites and information I use regularly, and I’ve found them very helpful to my […]
Read MorePity City
My agent got another rejection yesterday for my fantasy novel ZERVAKAN. Once again it was a “positive rejection” — the editor said the book was good, but not great. At least I chose to see it as a positive rejection. The editor could’ve sent a form letter. Anyway, I have a four-stage process for dealing […]
Read More100,000!
Today I passed 100,000 words on the first draft of my fourth novel, an alt-history/sci-fi story that I superstitiously don’t want to pitch right now (let’s just say I hope Romans + nasty alien viruses = profit). I figure I have about 30,000 more to go before the first draft is finished. Getting to 100,000 […]
Read MoreRaymond E. Feist talks about writing
Yeah, I wish I could interview a best selling fantasy author like Feist for this blog. Would you settle for these YouTube videos of him talking about his writing process? Developing Characters The Writing Process
Read MoreMusic to write by
I don’t know what I’d do with out Pandora. It’s essentially free internet radio where you can pick the genre you want to listen to by entering the name of a band or artist, and then Pandora builds a play list with similar music. I bought the Pandora One subscription so I can listen all […]
Read MoreMy internal editor is a jerk
I can write about 1000 first-draft words in an hour. How? Easy — I don’t think about it. I don’t think about it before I sit down to write, I don’t think about it while I’m writing, and I don’t think about what I’ve written after my one-hour session. I just do it. Because if […]
Read MoreOutlining vs. Wingin’ It
I’ve written three novels, and for each one I wrote detailed, chapter-by-chapter outlines. You could argue they were my first drafts. All three outlines were in the 40-50 page range, even the one for my contemporary mystery novel, which turned out to be 70,000 words. The reason I wrote such huge outlines was that I […]
Read MoreFree Web Apps for Writers
Online Universities lists 100 useful web apps for writers. All of them are free. I love lists like these. But I tend to spend more time goofing around with the apps than I do, well, writing.
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