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On Monday, feeling disinclined to work because of a strained calf muscle and a sore back from soccer, I Tweeted and Facebooked the following: “To Avatar or not to Avatar, this is the question.” I got a flurry of responses to that simple post on both services (far more so than on any other post […]

As you can see from the image above, When Dragons Rage has made it into French! Marc Simonetti did the cover for Milady and I love it. The book hit the stands in November—Nina Peacock actually had a picture of it on a shelf, which was the first I knew it was out. There’s something […]

There seems to be a bit of confusion about agents among writers, and some anxiety that’s cropped up because of a Wall Street Journal article that talks about the state of the publishing industry and their reluctance to look at any submissions coming in without an agent being the source. The article suggests that what […]

I’m not exactly sure when my fascination with Haiti started. It was back in grade school, and likely before 6th grade. I had to do a report on it and I remember reading that, back in the 1960s, the per capita income was $12 a year. Back then, I think my allowance was $3 a […]

Pat Robertson has for years been a parody of Billy Graham—the evil twin, or the stupid cousin, or spiteful understudy. Nothing he does should surprise me, but he has this incredible ability to do so. The latest, of course, is his statement that the reason Haiti got nailed with an earthquake that devastated the country […]

I was over at the Huffington Post reading Jason Linkins’ blog about the new book Game Change. Mr. Linkins pretty much points out that this book, which is sold out in some places, is a salacious collection of gossip which is attributed to anonymous sources. Being trained as a historian, I tend to distrust stuff […]

One of the things I love the most about creating new worlds is figuring out what my naming conventions will be. Sometimes they are loose, but not very often, precisely because names and how they are used help set the tone for a story. First and foremost, they point you to characters who are strong […]