Archive | March, 2009
Books for the iPhone and iPod Touch

Books for the iPhone and iPod Touch

No Rest For The Wicked No Rest For The Wicked *finally* made it to the Appstore. This is the first of the Trick Molloy stories, and the second one to make it to the Appstore. Click on the above links and you’ll go directly to the Appstore to snag the story.

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American Cancer Society Relay for Life (In Second Life)

I’ve written a number of times here about Second Life, encouraging folks to come in and have fun. There’s a serious side to things there, too. Every year Second Life players support The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. People create items for sale to support RFL. Entertainers give concerts. I’ve already made a bunch […]

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Quick Writing Tip: Fortune Cookie Ideas

Quick Writing Tip: Fortune Cookie Ideas

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 […]

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Virtual Guest at Opus Fantasy Fest this weekend!

I’ve been invited to be a “virtual guest” for the Opus Fantasy Fest in Denver. I’ll be here in Phoenix, but will be participating in panels and doing a reading at the convention over the Internet. I’ll be doing this via Second Life. You’re all invited to join in! The schedule of events is: Friday […]

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Issue 117 of The Secrets

Issue 117 of The Secrets

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 […]

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