I keep thanking the writing gods for Pyr’s superb work–especially art direction–for “The Entire and The Rose” series. Incredibly...

My favorite panel at World Fantasy Convention was “Why Steampunk Now?” A great subject. I mean, don’t ya kind of wonder what brought on...

I’m sorry to answer this question in a way that may be perceived as snotty and selfish: But almost never. Well, if you are an aspiring...

Having just returned from Diversicon, I’m happy to report that Uncle Hugo’s is still alive and thriving. (This is something that everyone...

This is a fun warning from Steven York if you are in market for an agent. His blog here. And BTW, I don’t mind if an agent writes a book...

Write on the River (the Columbia, you know) was a huge hit this weekend. Some impressions: We sold out – 172 people attending. Jess...

I note with sadness the passing of Ken Rand, author of Tales of the Lucky Nickle Saloon, Golems of Laramie County, many short stories and...

I had a chat with a fellow at my writing workshop this weekend who paid an “editor” to read his manuscript. I had to tell him he had...

My favorite line from David Streitfeld’s piece in the New York Times “Week in Review,” called “Bargain Hunting for Books and Feeling...

My website needed some big changes recently–both for content and to revise some architecture that I’d let get behind the curve. I just...

In my recent e-newsletter on writing, I talked about fiction categories, or genres, and why writers need to be familiar with them. (You...

Very jazzed to report that I helped put on a writers’ conference in Eastern WA yesterday, and it was a big hit. Elizabeth George did us a...

Got some great laughs out of David Edelman’s post on how to keep your favorite author prospering (or at least not vanishing.) Includes...

Registration’s open for Write on the River, the best little writing conference in the known universe. #elizabethgeorge #writeontheriver...

I’m going to a science fiction convention in Vancouver. It’s VCon, October 19-21st. We call them cons in the trade, and they are unique...

Just came across this new venture of Stephen King’s. A foundation to help writers when they suffer accidents or diseases and are unable...

When people ask me Why do you write science fiction?, there is often another question lurking underneath: Why would you Want to? I’m...

Pleased to see that Stephan Martiniere has won the Chesley for one of my recent favorite covers… for Ian McDonald’s River of Gods. And...

Why do the Hugo awards loom so large when fewer than 500 readers usually vote? Well, we’re a small community. What we lack in numbers we...

Much ado about Mundane Science Fiction. (See:  Wikipedia. )Here’s my take: Mundane Science Fiction is a useful handle for sf stories of...