Both last and this year have been full of author firsts for me. In 2014, these ranged from signing my first novel contract for Forge of Ashes to speaking on convention panels to attending GenCon and much more. It was fun and exhausting and exhilarating in equal measures. 2015 now…
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Since signatures have been exchanged, I’m quite excited to announce I should have not one but two novels coming out this year! Aside from Pathfinder Tales: Forge of Ashes, the first two novels of my urban fantasy series, The Cleaners, have been contracted by WordFire Press. The first book, Enter the…
Leave a CommentMileHiCon…or bust
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Well, minutes before setting into the drive for MileHiCon, my car’s radiator decided to weep big green tears in the final bouts of its death. Knew it was coming, but the timing could’ve been better. Not wanting to shell out $600 for the mechanic, I instead tracked down a replacement…
Leave a CommentGuest Post: J M McDermott on megacorps, Cinderella, and his latest Kickstarter endeavor
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In the future, one corporation will rise up and consume the others into a hulking monstrosity. It will likely begin inside the border of either Russia or China or the United States, where the oligarchs that quietly rule our kingdoms will merge political authority with corporate economics until there is…
Leave a CommentLooks like I’ve been drawn into a chain of blogging madness via Howard Jones, who tagged me in his own blog hopping post. So either I put up a post of my own, answering questions about My Writing Process and send the challenge onward or be forever held prisoner by my…
1 CommentIn what I hope will prove to be a fun ongoing experiment, I now have two novellas published through the Kindle Worlds platform on Amazon. These stories are licensed tie-ins with Marcus Sakey‘s Brilliance Saga, in which human savants known as “brilliants” begin transforming the world in both marvelous and…
Leave a CommentDiversity is a marvelous thing for writers. Uh…quick clarification. In this context, diversity doesn’t mean trying to include a well-rounded cast of characters in your novel rather than defaulting to the singular white, straight male protagonist. It also doesn’t mean highlighting authors from varying races, genders, creeds, orientations, and cultures.…
Leave a Comment“When do I give up on writing?” Whenever you want!
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“Failure is not an option.” Ever heard that line? Quite inspirational, isn’t it? Now light it on fire, chuck it out the window, and delight in its screams. For writers, it’s far from the truth. Failure isn’t just an option, it’s inevitable. And not just inevitable. For many of us,…
8 CommentsThoughts on submitting a novel to my editor
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I’m in a particular limbo that I’ve never experienced before as a writer. Now, writing in itself is full of limbos. Full of waiting and anticipation. Often, it feels like time is stretching as slow as frozen taffy until it finally snaps and then everything hits you at once. Yet…
4 CommentsWhat’s your book reading/writing soundtrack?
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Recently, I came across a small article about Booktrack, a platform that offers “soundtracks for books.” I haven’t used it yet, but I’m intrigued. It’s a service that offers tools to add music, ambient sounds, and sound effects to accompany a story, a book, or other text. It’s touted as…
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