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Rites of Spring
My town is celebrating. It’s spring, the temperatures are warm, windows are thrown open and people are in a good mood again. On the...
Apr 28, 2007
Opt Out Or Fight Back?
I don’t often rant, but here’s one that gets to me: When self-appointed cultural caretakers continue this simplistic and tedious snobbery...
Apr 16, 2007
Mondo Cane
It’s a dog’s life, sometimes, you know? Writing, I mean. What keeps us at it? Ambition, I guess. Love. An idiotic addiction to...
Mar 29, 2007
The Indies Are Alive
Recent reports of the death of independent booksellers are Way overstated. I just came back from a trade show of independent booksellers,...
Mar 22, 2007
Joy and Loathing in Cover Land
Yesterday my publisher checked out the final details with me on my book cover design. No, you did not read this incorrectly. They checked...
Feb 15, 2007
The Next Crop of Writers
One of the defining aspects of fiction as a craft is the mentoring and support that is often necessary to birth a new writer. While there...
Jan 31, 2007
Go Ahead, Edit Me
Since the sale of Bright of the Sky to Pyr, I’m getting to know how it is to work with a new editor. In the space of six months, Lou...
Jan 13, 2007
Blurbs: On Giving and Getting
I was thrilled yesterday to receive an advance blurb from Greg Bear on my novel (coming out in April from Pyr) Bright of the Sky: “Kay...
Jan 3, 2007
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