You may have heard rumors that I’m in the middle of publishing a fantasy serial in eight parts. [grin] This is turning out to be quite a fun experience–and one of the most fun parts is working with Rachel Carpenter, who is doing all the covers. She’s created really fantastic work for both Glamour of […]
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Hard Work & Opportunity
As with most everything I have to say about art and writing, this is a long and meandering piece. I think it means something though. I think it gets somewhere. We shall see. I am going to use pretentious words like “art” and “artist” and other such muck-a-muck. If you are one of those TLDR […]
Read More ...Read part of Goliath vs. Robodog
Amid all the excitement around the release of Glamour of the God-Touched, I forgot to mention that The Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide has posted an excerpt of my short story “Goliath vs. Robodog” on Wattpad. Their kickstarter has funded, and the project is a full-go. Congrats to them. I’m really happy to be a part […]
Read More ...Publication Day Arrives for Glamour of the God-Touched!
And so it begins… I’m beyond excited to note that Glamour of the God-Touched, (Saga of the God-Touched Mage, Volume 1) is finally available in all formats! If you’ve been following me for any time, you’ll know exactly how long of a journey this has been, and how much of a labor of love it’s […]
Read More ...Trail of the Torean – Cover Reveal!
Meanwhile, back at the ranch … I’m happy to say that the pre-order numbers for Glamour of the God-Touched have been interesting enough to put the book on the Amazon Top 100 list for short SF & Fantasy Reads for all of yesterday (at 64 pages, it barely qualifies … but I’ll take it)! I […]
Read More ...Cultural snobbery and the genres
As synchronicity would have it, I ran into two different bits today that have to do with cultural snobbery and the genres. The first is a blog entry by Mike Dunn, who is an aspiring writer who was literally chased from his love of Analog by the culture of friends he hung around. The second […]
Read More ...The Writer as Artist
“I’ve never thought of writing as being artistic.” I’m paraphrasing a little, but that was a friend of mine said during a conversation we were having a couple weeks ago. He’s a moderately new writer, meaning he’s been working on it for a while, but still has tons o’ questions and tons o’ worries and […]
Read More ...Taylor Swift & The Culture of Free
So Taylor Swift has pulled her catalog off Spotify. She has been a proponent of artists being paid properly for their work, she’s apparently decided to make a point. It’s certainly an interesting one. Let’s face it, Swift is going to make a chunk of change, no matter how she releases her work. That’s what […]
Read More ...Top 5 Standard Techniques of Writing Avoidance
Not that I’ve done any of these today, but … #5 – Reading about writing and pretending that it’s just as good #4 – Doing “more important things” like laundry #3 – Helping people who are Wrong On The Internet #2 – Checking your paltry sales numbers on Amazon, et al (*) #1 – Writing […]
Read More ...Two Hours of Sawyer
A little while back Roberta Laurie interviewed me for On Spec magazine, which is the really rocking Canadian small press that published my short story “Operation Hercules.” It’s a great publiciation. I suggest you read it. She asked me who some of my favorite authors are, and I started with Robert J. Sawyer. I think […]
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