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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 […]

(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 […]

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 […]

I get asked a lot of questions about e-books and e-book readers. There seems to be a lot of confusion about the different devices and what buying one will allow people to do. Depending upon which device you’re looking at, these can be very expensive gadgets. The following is an attempt to clarify what one […]

(Because of the holidays, I’m a bit behind in my work, and that cuts into my blogging. Luckily, my brilliant and infinitely talented guest blogger (whose hand never shakes a bit when holding a destruct-o-ray gun on the person transcribing what he dictates) has once again come to the rescue. Here is his weekly dose […]

I invented a new word the other day: Timelexic. It describes the state I often find myself in. By trying to keep track of time zones all over the world, and all over the net, I’m constantly mixing up things like “your time” and “my time” when speaking to friends. Travel only makes this all […]

If how a birthday goes is any indication of how the year will go, I am really looking forward to this next year. I got to spend time with my favorite people, got some work done, had a lot of fun, and escaped it all without bodily injury or an arrest record. If that’s how […]