Robert Dugoni What do Robert Dugoni, Agent Rachel Letofsky, and memoirist Bonnie J. Rough all have in common? A: They’ll all be in...

When you get a knock out cover for your novel, great happiness ensues. OK, so we writers are a superficial lot. But after working for a...

I’m recently back from WorldCon (Sasquan) in Spokane. There were panels on topics related to books, writing, science, fandom, and issues...

The weekend of May 16th I’m helping out with my favorite local writing conference. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you really...

I moderated a panel on Imagining the City, a celebration and inquiry into how authors create cities of the imagination. Panelists were...

You gotta love it. Write on the River in Wenatchee. Join us in wine country May 16-18 for sunshine, workshops, exciting teachers, and the...

Courage, faith, balance. Essentials for the writing life This year on my blog I’ve had fun sharing my views, exploring the writing...

The year was amazing. Hard to pick the best things, but I’ll try: Best literary novel:  Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter. Best SFF:  American...

I had the privilege of participating in Tim Ward’s and John Dodd’s very thoughtful interview on the subject of A Thousand Perfect Things....

Check it out: my blog tour begins! I hope you’ll dip in – with a chance to win cool prizes. Over next two weeks, I’ll be appearing here...

Please drop by for my new interview, podcast now at Dialogue: Between the Lines! I had fun chatting with show host Susan Wingate today....

“A masterwork from the mind of one of our best authors of compelling alternate realities.”–Larry Brooks, Author of Story Physics If you...

Recently someone told me that they’re a finalist in a writing competition at a major  conference. They were excited, and I was excited...

J.A. Jance keynoter The best little conference in the world. Yup, I’m going out on a limb and making that claim for the Write on the...

Cover of a recent favorite fantasy book, N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. When people ask me why I write science fiction and...

This post is for mid-career authors and aspiring writers alike. Going to an annual writing conference is an investment in your career...

The Vortex Introversion, as I have been keen to point out in earlier posts on this subject, is a fine thing. There is much to recommend...

The other day a writer who had only a few short stories published confessed to me that he felt rather worthless. All this work and no...

Today’s post is a savvy opinion piece on the hugely popular genre of urban fantasy. Editor and writer Cat Rambo is our guest blogger,...

When we start out on the road to becoming a novelist, it’s fair to ask, “What are my chances?” And we’d better ask that question, because...