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I want to take one more stab at explaining how the publishing business works, primarily because an insight came to me this morning. In the past I’ve pointed out that because publishers had the means of creating product at a reasonable price (economy of scale in printing) and they had the distribution network (that allowed […]

I just released the most recent issue of my newsletter, The Secrets. This issue is titled Serendipity. In it I go through the thought processes that shaped my recent story Chance Corrigan and The Tick-tock King of the Nile. (It will be coming out some time this year from DAW—I’ll post on its availability when […]

So, I got an email from a big bank with which I have a credit card telling me that I’d missed a payment. I figured it was a phishing scam because I knew I hadn’t missed a payment. I had my bank statement that showed me a scan of the cashed check. Then, early this […]

This ended up being a good week. Today I finished up the first draft of Chance Corrigan and the Tick-tock King of the Nile. The story is destined, I hope, to be included in the forthcoming anthology from DAW called Steampunk. Jean Rabe is editing it with Martin H. Greenberg. The story was a lot […]

An article in today’s New York Times talks about a potential backlash among ebook buyers in reaction to plans to increase pricing for books to the $12.99 to $14.99 price range. Readers are quoted as saying that they’ll just spend their entertainment dollars elsewhere if prices rise too high. Fair enough. What disturbed me the […]

The most recent interview on Dragonpage Cover to Cover was with Samuel R. Delany. Michael Mennenga and I have a fantastic time talking to Chip. The conversation ranged from science fiction to pornography and literary criticism. It was one of the best interviews that I’ve been a party to in the three years I’ve been […]

Just over a week ago I did a reading of the first three chapters of At The Queen’s Command, my new fantasy novel, in Second Life. I’ve been asked to do another reading for those who couldn’t make it. I agreed, and will do the reading tonight, 11 February, at 9 Eastern/6 Pacific time. The […]