Tomorrow, we’re off to the coast for a week of relaxation and recharging. I’ll be working on the second Kye & the Kid novel – no title yet, but it’s […]
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More from the Writing Workshop
Advanced Characterization (Michael Stackpole) All plot comes out of the characters – their needs, goals and interactions “Your job as a writer is to torture and confuse your readers by […]
Writing Workshop: Day 3
Editors for Hire (Chantelle Aimee Osman) Once you’ve written “the end,” the journey is only half over. You must put out the best book you can – if it’s not, you […]
Writing Workshop: Day 2
Unraveling the Mystery of Mysteries, by Chantelle Aimee Osman “A first class mystery is also a first class novel.” ~P.D.James There are three main elements to a mystery: Plot – […]
DragonCon
Off to the largest science fiction convention in the US … perhaps the world. For the next four days, we’ll be shoving our way through 65,000 people – most […]
Social Media: A DragonCon Perspective
We had an interesting panel on “Social Media: Love It or Hate It” – I think the consensus was “It’s a necessary evil.” Here are some of the highlights: Allen […]
Short-Short: DragonCon 2014
Busy packing everything up and getting ready for the drive back home, so just a short-short for now – click HERE. Don’t worry, there are still plenty of DragonCon posts […]
More From DragonCon: What Do You Want To Know?
Here are some more gems of wisdom from the experts at the Writer’s Track. Nancy Knight: Never start a sentence with a semicolon. Georgia McBride: This business runs on new […]
Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Advice from DragonCon
Some really good advice from Kevin J. Anderson and his wife, Rebecca Moesta. The panel was entitled “Things I Wish Some Pro Had Told Me.” Here are some of the […]
Short-Short: Twitter Tactics
I’m off for DragonCon in an hour or so … I’ll be doing a lot of Facebook and Twitter posts to keep you up-to-date (and wanting to go for yourself […]