I’m reminded I’ve not not shilled “Practical Meerkats’ 52 Bits of Useful Info” recently! Oh dear. Bad writer. Shill coming in 3…2… For the writer in your life (or your own sanity), Practical Meerkat has the Info! 52 Bits of it, in fact. Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, […]
Shill…shill a song! Er, no, wait…. Read More »
The 100th Backer Contest winner for “Miles to Go” / “Promises to Keep” is…Steelneko! Â Congrats on your upgrade to $75 bonus status! And the Randomly Chosen Winner is…. Rebecca Hb! Â She gets upgraded to $20 bonus status. That was fun. Â I may do that again at 150. Of course, all this depends on us
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I contemplate a project, and I say “no, you can’t start work on it until X” – until you finish something else, until an editor buys it, until a Kickstarter hits 50% funded, at least. And my brain goes pbbbttttthhtt, sez YOU. And so I give you the opening lines of “Miles to Go.” ————————————- My back
First: the ObPromotionalBit: A half-faun PI. A girl who sees Death. Magic that runs on electricity. NYC. You know it’s gonna be a party… Go on, check it out. Ahem. And now, onward to the writing neep. So, today I started working on the second mystery project. And The first thing I did was take
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I admit it, I am posting just so I can share the fabulousness that is this cover. …and hint at the fabulousness inside. Seriously. There isn’t much that could get me to say “sure, I’ll write an RPG tie-in story…” except this world. OMG this world, how could I NOT? Also, check that ToC.  Just
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Another in my on-going occasional series of guest posts from Writers I’m Reading. In this case, it’s Myke Cole, whose first novel, SHADOW OPS #1: CONTROL POINT, hit the shelves recently. I’m an old hand at military SF (that was how I got into SF in the first place) and the military has its roots
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So, I’ve handed in Portals #1 (now called HEART OF BRIAR) to my editor at Luna, and I’m working on Portals #2 (SOUL OF FIRE) and…. I still can’t get Danny out of my head. Even thought I’m having a blast with the Portals duology, I had really, really wanted to write Danny Hendrickson – ex-cop,
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Lunacon was a lovely time – slightly weird, since I was day-tripping it, but I came out the other side feeling far more rested than usual, so I’ll call the experiment a success (when you live half an hour drive from the hotel, why not sleep in your own bed at night?). There were the
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Looking for something new to read over the weekend? Check out BEYOND GRIMM, a collection of fairy tales, twisted and retold, out *today*! Edited by Phyllis Irene Radford & Deborah J. Ross Not your grandmother’s fairy tales… Yes, I have a story in there (“Any Brave Boy”) but there’s something for every taste and turn….
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And this must be my Lunacon schedule… Friday: Meet the Pros (aka “How are you? Sit down, let’s catch up!” Feel free to say hi even if we’ve never met..!) 8:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday: • Which eReader is Right for You? 13:00 – 14:00, Westchester Ballroom A2 • Ecology of Fantasy Worlds 17:00 – 18:00,
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