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At The Queen’s Command

At The Queen’s Command

Have to love the Internet. I open up a web-browser, head to a social networking sight, and got to see the cover for At The Queen’s Command making its way through those interwebtubethingies. This cover is great. I just love it to death. It’s a gorgeous cover and it has that, “Say what?” factor going [...]

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DragonCon

DragonCon

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 [...]

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How Long is That Digital Book?

How Long is That Digital Book?

In talking about digital books with folks I’ve discovered there’s a need for a new metric by which to judge books. With print books we can easily categorize them as “slim” or “normal” or “doorstop.” (Or, in the case of The Wheel of Time series or the Harry Potter books, a “barricade” of books.) Everyone [...]

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Gencon Schedule

Gencon Schedule

I’ll be at Gencon in Indianapolis next week, teaching my writing classes, doing a reading, and some autographing sessions, just hanging out and having a bunch of fun with friends and colleagues. My schedule looks like this:
Thursday 8/5:
10-12 Noon Signing (At the Catalyst Game Labs booth)
4 PM The Rules of Writing
5 PM Writing Success in [...]

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Agent Cuts Exclusivity Deal with Amazon

Agent Cuts Exclusivity Deal with Amazon

Monday’s news that ebooks were outselling hardbacks at Amazon came as a big shock. It looked to be the death knell for traditional publishing. It wasn’t.
New on Thursday that Andrew Wylie’s agency has struck a deal for exclusive ebook distribution with Amazon of his client’s literary works is. In the deal, Wylie’s imprint, Odyssey Editions, [...]

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Writing Seminars in Austin Next Week

Writing Seminars in Austin Next Week

Monday and Tuesday (July 26-27) Aaron Allston and I will be at Dragon’s Lair Comics and Fantasy in Austin, TX to hold two days of writing seminars. Dragon’s Lair has posted the full schedule of events for your edification. We’re putting on ten hours of seminars, including my 21 Days to a Novel and Aaron’s [...]

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I Write Like….

I Write Like….

In surfing around the Internet I chanced across the latest viral craze site: I Write Like…. It’s a site where you supply a sample of your writing, and the site reveals which famous author you write like. It’s a fun idea and I was kind of wondering if I’d get tagged as writing as myself. [...]

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