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I mentioned recently that I was working to raise money for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life through Second Life. In our region we have over thirty items for sale to raise money for this worthy cause. In addition, this weekend (April 2-6, 2009), we’re having an Exposition and Faire where numerous authors, artists, […]

One of the questions authors get asked all the time is, “Where do you get your ideas?” This is the rough equivalent of asking a surgeon, “How do you know where to cut?” The answer to each is that it’s a combination of training and experience, study and a little bit of luck. (And, ask […]

I just released Issue 117 of The Secrets newsletter. This issue is titled Advanced World Design: Culture Wars. Readers come to fiction for, among other things, the chance to explore and experience cultures that they know little or nothing about. That sense of discovery works in all fiction, genre or not. And one huge way […]

I’ve just released Purgatory Station: The Omnibus for sale in my store. This collection has four of the stories: The Lazarus Murder, Least of My Brethren, According to Their Needs and Serpent on the Station and an essay titled The Origin of Purgatory Station. The essay, which hasn’t been available before, goes over the inspiration […]

I just released Issue 113 of The Secrets newsletter. This issue covers the delicate problem of Rookie Mistakes. In my career I’ve watched a lot of writers come into the business, get a couple books out, then vanish completely or resurface under another name. And then another one. And another one. A lot of the […]

Two issues of The Secrets went out to subscribers today. I’d completed 111 before the holiday, but it got lost in all that was going on. In it I discuss how writers can produce kick-butt dialogue. Issue 112 covers the tricky subject of editing: how to do it, what to look for, and how to […]