Archive | January, 2011
In Hero Years… I’m Dead Review

In Hero Years… I’m Dead Review

Jason Craft posted a wonderful review of In Hero Years… I’m Dead on his website.

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Rhetoric and Violence

Rhetoric and Violence

The shooting in Tucson and the commentary concerning the links between violent rhetoric and violent action has put me in a difficult situation. Since 1987 I have been the Chair of the Game Manufacturers Association’s Industry Watch committee. In short, whenever there is a claim that games—roleplaying, board or card—made someone commit suicide, murder, rape, […]

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Getting First Chapters Right

Getting First Chapters Right

First chapters are an absolute bear for any novel, but especially so for works in the speculative fiction family of genres. Think about it. In that first 2500 words we have to do the following: Introduce the main character Give the reader a reason to become emotionally connected to the main character Introduce the world […]

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The Chain Story

The Chain Story

The Chain Story has added its twenty-first story, Crucified Coyote by Jason Walters. Jason is a stunningly good writer, so you won’t want to miss this story. And, better yet, he has a full collection of stories dealing with the same setting, so once you’re done reading Crucified Coyote, there’s lots more to be had!

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Ask Doctor Sinisterion: Is my boyfriend faithful?

Ask Doctor Sinisterion: Is my boyfriend faithful?

(Because of the holidays and odd weather causing travel delays, I’m a bit behind in my work. That cuts into my blogging. Luckily, my brilliant and infinitely talented guest blogger (whose culpability in producing the recent “Snowmageddon” is suspected but unproven) has once again come to the rescue. Here is his latest dose of insights […]

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The Secrets Issues 144-145: More Career Planning

The Secrets Issues 144-145: More Career Planning

The latest two issues of my writing newsletter, The Secrets, just went out to subscribers. These two issues combine to address a very serious issue for writers, especially as the digital age slams into publishing and blasts it apart. They are focused on organization and how the digital age will shift what we write and […]

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Talion: Revenant Chapter Six

Talion: Revenant Chapter Six

The goal of the 10,000 copy sequel challenge is to sell copies of Talion: Revenant so I can afford to take the time to write Talion: Nemesis. To build up momentum for the effort, I’ve decided to serialize the novel to the web. In this way I can let readers who’ve not had a chance […]

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