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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 […]

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 […]

Over Halloween I was asked if I had any of the Secrets Pens from this summer for sale. As you can see from the picture, the pen has a ballpoint, a 4 gig flash drive and a laser pointer. (That’s the button on top.) I’d run out of them at Dragoncon and sincerely thought I […]

A lot of people are just finishing up NaNoWriMo or are looking ahead to 2011 as the year when they get their novel in publishable shape, so they can take the plunge into the world of publishing. I really understand that dream, and I want to help people realize it. This is one of the […]

November is almost here and I have a novel to write. Of Limited Loyalty is the second book in the Crown Colonies series. It picks up roughly three years after At the Queen’s Command. As I did last year, I’ll be putting a lot of words on the project during November. I’ll also be blogging […]

I just visited Project Gutenberg looking for books from the American Colonial period and just beyond. The other day I’d found and downloaded an encyclopedia of “useful information” published in 1889, which had fascinating stuff in it. One article, for example, reflected the scientific thought of the day about the origin of oil—and did so […]

Aaron Allston and I will be teaching an expanded track of Inner Circle Writer Workshop Classes at DragonCon over the Labor Day weekend. Last year was our first year. Our program was so successful, they’ve had to move us to a larger venue. (We’ll have enough chairs this year—without raiding other rooms.) You can either […]