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The Secrets Issue 136: Serendipity

The Secrets Issue 136: Serendipity

I just released the most recent issue of my newsletter, The Secrets. This issue is titled Serendipity. In it I go through the thought processes that shaped my recent story Chance Corrigan and The Tick-tock King of the Nile. (It will be coming out some time this year from DAW—I’ll post on its availability when […]

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Great Interview: Samuel R. Delany

The most recent interview on Dragonpage Cover to Cover was with Samuel R. Delany. Michael Mennenga and I have a fantastic time talking to Chip. The conversation ranged from science fiction to pornography and literary criticism. It was one of the best interviews that I’ve been a party to in the three years I’ve been […]

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Timeshares: a new anthology!

Timeshares: a new anthology!

Timeshares is a brand new anthology edited by Jean Rabe and Martin H. Greenberg. It’s organized around a frame story by Kevin J. Anderson. The theme is simple: Timeshares is a company that allows customers to vacation anywhere in time! It goes on sale in March, so you should find it in stores by the […]

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A Gathering Evil Limited Time Offer

A Gathering Evil Limited Time Offer

My first novel for GDW’s Dark Conspiracy line, A Gathering Evil, is available for the Kindle at the low price of $1 for a limited time. It’s a fun novel for only a buck. Check it out!

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Authors Can Be Stupid: $500 ebook design for free!

Authors Can Be Stupid: $500 ebook design for free!

One of the things that keeps being said about self-published ebooks is that they lack professional book design. This is short for “they look like crap.” As you are aware, I have two ebook readers, and I’ve purchased commercially available ebooks from traditional publishers. Those designers are no great shakes, for reasons I can’t fathom. […]

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The Secrets issue 133: Likable Folks

The Secrets issue 133: Likable Folks

The latest issue of The Secrets newsletter is up and available for subscribers. In this issue I go through all the parameters of how to create a likable character—someone the readers warm to fairly quickly and consistently. It’s one of the toughest things to do in fiction, and writers always run the risk of becoming […]

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Statistically better Thursday

Thursdays in November have been a disaster for writing, but today I got 40% more words down than I did last Thursday. Granted, this means I did 2,550 words, which is about half of what I wanted, but I did get to the studio and we recorded a bunch of shows. We also figured out […]

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