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I’m very happy to offer a collection of thirteen issues of The Secrets newsletter containing a series on World Building. It covers everything about putting together great SF and fantasy worlds. This includes the larger issues to think about as you develop things, and then techniques through which you can tease and amaze your readers. […]

That question, “Where do you get your ideas?” is the bane of every author. Now, admittedly, the stuff we do can be odd, but that’s part of the fun of the job. We get to take multiple ideas and jam them together into something new. If we do it well, readers are baffled and entertained. […]

I am very pleased to announce the release of The Secrets: Serial Fiction. This is a guide to developing and writing the sort of serial fiction that has been a staple of genres and entertainment since storytelling began. It’s my firm conviction that the shift of publishing from paper books to electronic books will favor […]

Today, just in time for Lupercalia, issue #93 of The Secrets is heading out to subscribers. The article in this issue is titled Tests of Character. It deals with all those ways, big and small, that we get to reveal and explore the characters in our stories. As subscribers have become accustomed to by now, […]

Some of you may recall The Rules of Writing were a key component for the first ten episodes of The Secrets podcast. The Rules of Writing were originally published in issues 2-21 of my writing newsletter, The Secrets. I’ve finally pulled them from those issues and collected them all in one forty-one page long book. […]

Used bookstores are everywhere and serve a vital function in society — they make books available at a reasonable price and are often the only source for out of print paperbacks. I have bought and do buy books from used bookstores, especially when the books are out of print and not available elsewhere. Readers should […]

Electronic Books and Piracy It’s come to my attention that there is a small but vocal community of individuals who see themselves as scofflaws or fighters for the freedom of information. They scan and post to newsgroups the text of published novels. When it was pointed out that what they were doing was patently illegal, […]