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A new one up over on the Examiner page. This time it’s Kage Baker, who recently put out a children’s fantasy novel (The Hotel Under the Sand) and has been doubly nominated for the World Fantasy Awards. Check it out!  Subscribe in a reader

Just a note to let y’all know a new interview is up on my Examiner.com page. Jim C. Hines (author of the Goblin Hero series and the twisted fairy tales of the Princess novels) is the vict…er…focus of this week’s. Enjoy!  Subscribe in a reader

If you haven’t discovered the writing podcast Writing Excuses before now, this is a great time to. Hosted by Dan Wells, Howard Tayler and Brandon Sanderson, this is a weekly (usually) podcast covering all sorts of writing topics, from plot pacing to violence to comedy, plus a ton of, well,…

In the ongoing series of author interviews, I’ve got Kay Kenyon telling us about some of her monstrous creations and writing insights over at Examiner.com. Enjoy!  Subscribe in a reader

Jim C. Hines, author of the Goblin Quest books and other twisted fairy tales, created this graph which details the various emotional phases one might go through during the writing and publication process. Check out his blog for a better view of the whole thing.  Subscribe in a reader

I’ve got an interview with Tobias Buckell up on Examiner.com. Also be sure to check out the one with T.A. Pratt which came last week. Oh, and there’s news about how you could potentially attend this years Backspace Author-Agent Seminar in NYC for free. More to come! I see that…

As part of my ongoing coverage of speculative fiction, in all its dark corners and shady alleyways, my Examiner.com page is going to be running some author interviews over the next few weeks and months. First up, T.A. Pratt, author of the Marla Mason fantasy series. If you haven’t had…

Book 12 now has an official title and look: Changes Excited, yet of course impatient to wait until April 2010, when it will be released. Let wild speculation begin about plot and all the rest. I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Agent Nathan Bransford has a series of guest bloggers posting for him from time to time, and this last week had one that got me laughing pretty hard. Here it is, a rejection letter for Tolkien’s query of The Hobbit. http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2009/08/guest-blog-week-re-your-query-for.html I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

The first draft of my latest manuscript is now roughed out in full. Whew. Working Title: The Cleaners: Enter the Janitor Word Count: 82k Genre: Fantasy Elevator pitch (this will no doubt change): A janitor who works for a supernatural sanitation department gets a new apprentice whose powers trigger natural…