Issue 113 of The Secrets

Issue 113 of The Secrets

I just released Issue 113 of The Secrets newsletter. This issue covers the delicate problem of Rookie Mistakes. In my career I’ve watched a lot of writers come into the business, get a couple books out, then vanish completely or resurface under another name. And then another one. And another one. A lot of the […]

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Bad Moon Rising

Bad Moon Rising John Gorenfeld’s book is subtitled “How Reverend Moon Created the Washington Times, seduced the Religious Right, and Built an American Kingdom. I’m only halfway through, but I’m learning a great deal which is surprising and illuminative—both about the world today and in how a cult moves from fringe to mainstream. I’ve followed […]

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Office Hours in Second Life

I forgot to mention, I’m still holding office hours in Second Life. Everyone is welcome to come on in and chat, starting at 6 PM game time/9 PM Eastern. While this conversation tends to be wide ranging, this week I’m going to try to focus it on how folks can edit their Nanowrimo books. (There […]

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The Secrets Newsletter #111 and #112, a class and a reading.

Two issues of The Secrets went out to subscribers today. I’d completed 111 before the holiday, but it got lost in all that was going on. In it I discuss how writers can produce kick-butt dialogue. Issue 112 covers the tricky subject of editing: how to do it, what to look for, and how to […]

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Computer virus warning!

I’d like to thank everyone who, from time to time, shoots me email to let me know that my website is harboring a Trojan Virus. Most recently, they reported, it was a version of the SmitFraud virus. I’d also like to thank the folks who post to Forums warning folks about the virus without letting […]

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The Eleventh Language

In one of those cool and unexpected events, I got a contract today. My foreign rights agent, Danny Baror, has sold A Secret Atlas and Cartomancy for translation in Romanian! This becomes my eleventh language (including English, which I only count once despite the fact that I write in American). I don’t know when the […]

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