Beta reader, given the first half of “Doghouse” to, well, beta-read:Â Â *readsreadsreadsdamnpatronsneedtobuggeroffsoIcanread* Me:Â oh, she’s liking it, Â it must not suck too badly! 3 seconds later:Â Â she must not be reading it closely enough. Just as no mother can see the ill of her child, no writer can see the good in theirs…. Regardless, […]
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This week I’ve been head-down on the final push to get GIN & TONIC #3 into submission draft shape (aka “where I don’t flinch at the thought of my editor reading it and telling me what STILL needs to be fixed”). The problem with reading your draft out loud: by the time I get to
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I’m back from an utterly fabulous  DragonCon (although Atlanta tried to keep me longer, via weather and mechanical delays), and submitting myself to the Wendig Inquisition over at Terrible Minds…. I love Laura Anne Gilman not merely because she is an excellent writer but because she also delivers unto writers excellent writing advice —
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As per Pat Rothfuss: if someone uses this Bookfair code (11162161) when they make a purchase at B&N, Worldbuilders (a damned fine organization that raises money for Heifer International, which is also a damned fine organization) gets a piece of the action. If you happen to use this opportunity to buy some of MY books,
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RT has weighed in on SOUL OF FIRE, the October  follow-up to HEART OF BRIAR… “A battle may have been won, but the war looms and the odds of preventing the upcoming preternatural invasion are not good. The action in Gilman’s riveting follow-up to the excellent Heart of Briar picks up after all-too-human Jan rescued
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It’s always odd to see the transcript of a video interview…. I really AM that random. But for your amusement and eddification (and possibly your delectation):Â Cooking the Books, with Yrs Trly.
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The OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE is replicated below, in all its glory. Â But the important thing for readers of this blog: YES, THERE WILL BE AUDIO VERSIONS OF FROM WHENCE YOU CAME. AND DRAGON VIRUS. AND “MILES TO GO” AND “PROMISES TO KEEP.” And yes I am very ljf*&jh!; excited. (I’ve already heard from
Book View Cafe. Audible. And me! Read More »
Those of you who’ve been doing some pre-ordering may have already noted this, but we have a New! Revised! cover for FIXED! OLD: NEW!  I admit that I had a fondness for the old cover, but the new one appeals as well, so I’m calling it a win.  Also: my name
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Checking in from the eventually-ending road (currently in Oregon, after a damn good turnout at the SFWA Reading Program in Poetland, and about to head down to San Francisco for SF-in-SF on Saturday and we’ll see YOU there, right?) to pass along my schedule for DragonCon! This is the schedule as of right now this
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And I may have dated myself with that header. Â Ah well. After the first week of on-sale for a book generally the fuss dies down a little. Â But not for me – I’m about to raise a little fuss! Â I hope to see some of you along the way… As follows, the Not-A-Tour for
Leaving, on a Jet Plane… Read More »