Beginning Again
I’m starting work on my new novel called The Traitor King. It is fourth in my Crosspointe series and the beginning of it is eluding me. This isn’t actually unusual. I often start in the wrong spot and...
View ArticleWinnowing Down the Cast
I have a book that I need to revise. I finished it a couple of months ago, and have tried very hard not to look at it whatsoever while waiting for my editorial letter in order to gain some perspective....
View ArticleYet More on Editing and Revision
Last week David Coe posted about the revision process. He is in the early stages, having just received his editorial letter and he finds himself trying to go back to a work he finished six months ago...
View ArticleWriting by the Seat of the Pants
Typically I plan my novels. I may not do it well or thoroughly, but I plan them. Usually I know where they start and where they will end, and a couple of high points along the way. Sometimes I know a...
View ArticleSerializing a Novel
Of late, Catherynne Valente and Tim Pratt have been serializing novels online for their readers. You should go read them, because they are good, but that isn’t what I want to talk about. Aside from...
View ArticleWriters Are Magpies–or Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Writers are magpies. We watch everything, we pry into everything, and we take whatever shiny bit we might like. We haul it back to our nests and pile it like dragon’s treasure. And then we turn into...
View ArticleSnip, snip, cut, cut . . . back to the drawing board
This part is the shameless self promotion part: My new book, Bitter Night, is releasing about a week and a half. I’m very excited. I love this book a lot. It’s getting a lot of good reviews and buzz...
View ArticleDid You Ever Have One of Those Ideas?
A novel idea attacked me yesterday and ate my brain. It’s an idea that I love, and yet it’s insane. Really. It’s one of those things where disparate things crash together and seem like they shouldn’t...
View ArticleAnd So It Goes
Have you ever noticed how when the shit of your life hits the fan, that everything else in the world keeps going? Other people’s lives don’t stop and drop everything because yours does? I’m reminded of...
View ArticleThe New Book
My new book, The Hollow Crown, is now available. It just came out this week. I love this book. I think it’s one of the best I’ve written and I want everyone to read it. Everyone. Hint Hint. But...
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