Archive for the 'About Writing' Category
The Images of Creativity
This is a very bizarre little image that makes me want to burst out in fantasy story. The border collie, Sasha, and the household child, Katie, are framed in the window while I’m outside taking a picture, the flash reflecting back like a star. It looks like there is greenery inside and outside the window, [...]
In which I become a publisher
People ask me regularly if I have books available on the Kindle. It’s possible that happens more to me than to other authors, since I live and work in Amazon’s home town and my friends are tech geeks. I’m pretty sure that my novels will find their way there eventually through my publisher, Tor Books, [...]
Someone reading my work to me
At this stage of my writing career, I’ve gone through a number of the fabulous firsts. I’ve sold my first story, and my first novel, had my first awful review and my first stellar one. I’ve won my first award, and I’ve taught writing for the first time. These are things I’ll remember. Well, today [...]
2Xcreative: Maid Born of Crone
Kyle Cassidy started it. Actually, for me, the trail started with a picture of Neil Gaiman’s dog. I can’t actually find the post that started it all, but it’s probably back there in the history on Neil’s blog. He has a very pretty dog. Anyway, the picture of Neil (also pretty) with the pretty dog [...]
Locus Awards and Science Fiction Hall of Fame Report
Kudos to the Locus team for organizing an excellent event. I had a great time, and enjoyed this year’s awards even more than last year’s. A couple of highlights:
Most of the winners were there. So were a lot of the nominees. That was very nice. It’s a lot more fun to see someone win an [...]
Wings of Creation Cover Squeal!
It’s PERFECT.
In Which Lynne Jamneck from New Zealand Asks Me Questions
Thanks to Lynn Jamneck (an sf writer and editor herself) for posting an interview with me over at Suite 101. She’s also going to be doing more in the same format, so you might want to drop by and see the others as she gets them posted. I’m looking forwrad to what the others have [...]
Writers: Worth 38 Minutes of Your Time
TOC ‘09 — “Where Do You Go with 40,000 Readers? A Study in Online Community Building” — Ron Hogan (Beatrice.com), John Scalzi (Scalzi Consulting), Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Books), Tobias Buckell — I found it on Toby’s site, although I suspect it is also elsewhere. A lovely video by some of our very best on [...]
Weekend Report: Norwescon, #Amazonfail, and Stories
I spent the weekend at Norwescon. It was a lovely con. I also, finally and slowly (hit me on the head as a slow learner) understood why there have been so many alternate history sf stories set in the 1800’s in my magazines of late. Having decided to look up and look around, I think [...]
New Guest Blog Post Up – Last in the Series
So if you are the kind of reader who waits for all the books to come out before reading the series, well, here you go. Check out the last of my four-post series on writing over at Shaun Farrell’s Adventures In Sci Fi Publishing. This one talks about how to sell your work, and [...]
