Spencer Finnley / Foter What about writer’s block? I get asked this a hundred different times, in a hundred different ways. And since the old blog post was lost in the recent hacker attack (*sigh*) I might as well make a new one, right? So let’s get to it. I do not believe in writer’s [...]
mrehan / Foter So on Monday I was at McMenamin’s Kennedy School, where I hosted Ted Kosmatka and Shanna Germain for the SFWA’s Pacific Northwest Reading Series. It was a lovely event–thanks go out to Mary Robinette Kowal (who put the first sentence of her new book on my right breast) and David Levine, as [...]
Foter So this is about to happen on Monday: SFWA‘s Pacific Northwest Reading Series is having our next event in Portland, Oregon next week! Monday, April 16th, we’ll have New York Times best-selling author Lilith Saintcrow, along with Ted Kosmatka, whose SF novel The Games just came out last month, and multi-genre writer Shanna Germain. [...]
deflam /Free Photos Yeah, so…apparently I’m dating. This surprises everyone, me included, but I guess when he carries all your stuff through Ikea and brings you flowers each time he sees you, that’s really guy-code for “I like you.” (Who knew?) Plus, my inner goddess approves of all the adoration. It’s nice to be flattered. [...]
crowdive /Free Photos So…good news, and not-so-good news. The good news is that I found the old SQL file of my pre-2009 blog posts. Further good news is that I have mad thoughts of stripping out the writing posts and turning them into a book. The not-so-good news is that it’s a lot of work, [...]
So the recent website follies have me thinking about attachment. (Very Zen of me, I’m sure.) It doesn’t bother me that much to have lost, let’s see, about three years’ worth of blogging about five days a week. At an average of 1K words per blog post, that’s…eh, a few words. (I am too tired [...]
So of course someone had to ask Jonathan Franzen what he thinks about ebooks, since he’s the critical darling of the moment. And of course the Internet exploded when he said ebooks are damaging society. Ink, both actual and virtual, was spilled. Haterade was prepared in copious amounts. It was like the hate that started [...]
Weren’t we just here, where I tell you how nervous release days make me? It seems like we were just here. *blinks* I am proud and happy (as well as knocking knees with fear) to tell you that Reckoning, the fifth and final in the Strange Angels series, is officially released! Nobody expected Dru Anderson [...]
First, the serious: Jim C. Hines on reporting sexual harassment in the SFF community. The comments also mention Gavin de Becker’s The Gift of Fear, which I also can’t recommend enough. Then, the fun! Would you like to win a signed (in the US) or free (outside the US) copy of my just-released Angel Town? [...]
Some tidbits for your consideration: * Dina James’s new book is out! Dina is my Evil #1 over at the ELEW, and a lovely person. * A call to action against a serial plagiarist. * Topeka, Kansas, is looking to decriminalize domestic violence. To, erm, save money. (If I halt to comment on this, there [...]