I just spent two weeks “on vacation” in Orlando, FL (which is a long story, full of disasters and near-disasters, but which ended up being fun and relaxing in spite of everything), and now I have to get back into a work rhythm that I’ve been totally
Read more →Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. In case anyone doesn’t have an e-book of SORCERY AND CECELIA and wants one, a bunch of places are doing Black Friday/Cyber Week discounts. Amazon will have it at $1.99 on Friday, 11/25; Kobo will promote it on 11/28, and Apple’s Cyber Week (I’m
Read more →Plot holes are often one of the first things writers (and editors, and readers) look for in a first draft. That character who got mugged walking home from the bar – why was he walking when you mentioned two chapters back that he arrived on a bicycle?
Read more →Rolling revision is another one of those controversial writing techniques that many people discourage but a few people swear by. I am a rolling reviser, but I recognize that for a lot of writers, it has serious drawbacks, so I’ll try to talk about it from both
Read more →Nanowrimo started yesterday. In case you’ve been living under a rock for the last seventeen years, Nanowrimo is short for National Novel Writing Month, a writer’s challenge that started in 1999 with the idea of writing a 50,000 word novel between November 1 and 11:59 on November
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