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I mentioned last week that I had some pictures taken by Heather Hill, and right over there is the first of them. When I first started in the business, the only authors who needed pictures were the ones with big hardback books. Now everyone seems to want them. I guess it’s a mark of how […]

Just over a week ago I did a reading of the first three chapters of At The Queen’s Command, my new fantasy novel, in Second Life. I’ve been asked to do another reading for those who couldn’t make it. I agreed, and will do the reading tonight, 11 February, at 9 Eastern/6 Pacific time. The […]

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 30th, at 6 Eastern/3 Pacific, I’ll be reading the first three chapters from my new book At The Queen’s Command. This is your chance to get a preview of this new novel. The reading will be conducted via Second Life. Second Life is a graphics based chat software suite that includes VOIP. […]

I think the closest physical activity analog to editing is interval training. You cruise along for a while, then there’s a frenzy of activity. In editing, that activity is often like running up a very steep hill. It’s not really that big a hill, but the effort is exhausting and you have to keep going. […]

One of the things I love the most about creating new worlds is figuring out what my naming conventions will be. Sometimes they are loose, but not very often, precisely because names and how they are used help set the tone for a story. First and foremost, they point you to characters who are strong […]

I worked more on doing the hand edits on At The Queen’s Command today. This means I sit, read, mark things up, make notes, then take breaks to do laundry, pick things up, and other chores I hate doing. Somehow, however, they are more fun to do than sitting and editing. The editing process is […]

Editing a novel, for me anyway, is a process that I enjoy and dread. Dread first. This is a huge pile of paper, somewhere around six hundred fifty manuscript pages. And I know, from many years’ experience that the front end of it will be the worst. In starting a novel I tend to toss […]