A few years ago, Peter J. Wacks, Guy AnthonyDe Marco and I did something at OsFest 5 we haven’t seen before or since by anyone else at a fandom convention. We started what we call the “Plot In An Hour” panel. Each of us has used the technique since, and at a wide variety of conventions. I was […]
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For nearly six years I’ve walked a jagged path full of challenges, failures, and victories. I’ve become an author, designer, editor, publisher, and even a very very minor celebrity. When I took those first steps towards becoming a full-time author, I laid out a business plan with one, two, five, and ten-year goals. So far,
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Many of you have been along for the ride as I blistered my feet upon the ragged road that is a writing career. For that alone I want to offer my thanks. This year, however, I’m upping the ante a bit. WordFire Press is launching the new Chemical Burn at Denver Comic Con this year. The first
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I’m doing everything I can these days to become a fulltime freelancer. With bills being what they are and my old “perfect day gig” having mostly dried up, I need a new revenue stream. Working with Kathryn S. Renta of LatchKeyArtist.com, we’ve been doing banner work for TOR and Kevin J. Anderson, as well as
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I posted a new section for the on-going SIGI story I’m using as a test-bed on the Wattpad platform. SIGI is a very serialized sort of tale featuring a new-born, sentient robotic insect destined to become a superspy and, eventually, to save the world. I must admit that the prose thus far is a bit experimental,
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I crossed another milestone today, and I’m tickled pink about it. As most of you know, I’ve been producing the Penny Dread Tales series for four years now. As a result, Kevin J. Anderson of WordFire Press published The Best of Penny Dread Tales, which did really well at PensaCon and should continue to delight readers
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Recent events surrounding the on-going Hugo / SFWA / sci-fi culture war recently prompted me to suggest to some author friends that we undertake a panel on professionalism. As a result, one of them (Betsy Dornbush) linked up a rather germane article by Hugo-award-winning author “Kameron Hurley on Trigger Warnings and Neil Gaiman.” I read
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As I mentioned last week, I’m using my SIGI (Sentient Intelligence Gathering Insect) storyline as my first trial on WattPad, a social writing website. The purpose is two fold. Naturally, I want to expose more folks to my writing, but I also want to see what sort of contributions readers in WattPad can make to a
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