Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
I hate editing
I haven’t felt like a writer in months For the past few weeks I have been working on a rewrite – slash – edit – slash – reworking of a novel of mine called Fixer, about which you have likely heard almost nothing because I haven’t discussed it except in passing before now. At the…
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Brain dump A funny thing happened to me after I finished writing Hellenic Immortal: my brain stopped working. Oh, it’s not like it’s actually fully non-functional, but it’s tired. Really, very deeply tired. In fairness, it’s been running non-stop between the promoting of Immortal, the rewrites, and some screenwriting stuff I can’t talk too much…
Read MoreImmortal: a detailed analysis revisited
Once more into the breach A few months back, Immortal was the subject of an interesting set of posts on Jacqueline Lichtenberg‘s blog for “alien romance” writers. The entire discussion– which will take you most of the afternoon to read the entirety of, so pack a lunch– is linked here and here. In response to…
Read MoreUniversal appeal
Playwriting topically Back when I was a younger man– last week! I swear!– and getting my hands dirty in the craft of playwriting, I spent a lot of time worrying about one thing in particular: will the play I’m writing work for an audience ten years from now? Will it work for an audience fifty…
Read MoreMerry Writer's Christmas
Riting iz easy A while ago a distant relative of mine contacted me with some questions as to how he might go about making a living as a novelist. He was not at that time a writer, but liked to read and thought it might be a good way to make a living. I didn’t…
Read MoreOn Writing
What is a writer? I have been known to spend some time in the occasional Twitter chat with other writers to discuss/debate one subject or another, and about half the time I come out of those chats with a mild concussion from slapping my head on my desk. Why? Because writers are generally pretty smart…
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[Note: This article was originally posted as a guest blog at Indiependent Books. See it here. Comments welcome.] Anomaly I’d like to talk today about genres, but before I do that let me begin with one large caveat: I am very good at doing things the wrong way and getting away with it. For example,…
Read MoreBrave new world of e-publishing
A long time ago in a land far, far away Way back in 1999–which (and I hope you’re sitting down) was eleven years ago(!) (!!)– I was asked a question by an online friend, said question being this: do I have a novel I would like her to publish? This is a question many of…
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Blog tour: Associated Content A new interview regarding Immortal posted today at Associated Content. You can check it out below. Associated Content
Read MoreThe Latest Column on the Future of Publishing
I am nothing if not trendy I have seen a large number of articles recently about The Future of Publishing. This may be because I spend much of my “I’m promoting my book” time hanging out on Twitter with other writers, but that doesn’t mean the question isn’t being put out there a lot. I…
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