This isn’t yer momma’s romance, kids. I’d like to share some breaking news cross-posted by romance writer Tara Lain: Hi everyone— This was just posted on RRW about the new J R Ward book— Hi guys, I just thought I’d share that earlier this morning the virtual signing opened for J.R. Ward’s Lover At Last…
Read More The walls come tumbling downA couple of online discussions made me consider just what rocks my writing self. While I love technically-accurate science fiction that ‘works’ on realistic levels, I respond most deeply to stories that can blur the line between fantasy and science fiction. Space Opera. Sword & Planet. Planetary Romance. Not all the same thing, but they…
Read More So that’s what I writeJanuary 21 is designated as ‘Blue Monday’: the day most likely to result (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) in depression and winter ennui. The holidays are over, the weather often sucks, summer vacations are a long way away, the job market scares us, we’ve already broken many of our New Year’s resolutions…you get the…
Read More Blue MondayWell, it may be one of those great, brilliant, heartbreaking lost causes – but I can always hope that some of Mesa’s finest might wake up and realize what a treasure they’re close to losing. The employees of the Monsterland Bar & Grill are putting together a fund-raising campaign to buy the bar and keep…
Read More Monsterland updateI’m not talking about would-be writers who haunt workshops, conventions, and online forums; usually while talking about the writing they are doing, or about to do, or have set aside for a little while so they could commune with their Inner Genius some more. Today’s hint-o-madness concerns the people who actually, day in and day…
Read More Writers are crazyI am quoting from James Altucher’s grim, realistic, and transcendent article in TechCrunch, which every reader of this blog should go read, instead. Right now. Seriously, my blog can wait a few minutes. 10 Reasons Why 2013 Will Be The Year You Quit Your Job If you’ve come back to my site, well, thank you.…
Read More “Kiss your hands so they can make magic.”I just found out that one of my favorite places in central AZ is closing: the wacky, gorgeous, always-fun Monsterland Bar & Grill. http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/dining/articles/20130111monsterland-mesa-closing-party.html This place opened as a Halloween haunted house, added a bar, added music and parties, and then a restaurant. The spooky vibe carries over in twisty entryways, gravestones, animatronic werewolf heads,…
Read More Adios, MonsterlandAfter playing with Bloodshadow for too damned long, I finally got a reasonable sketch of the main character Tel Girshanha. I might be using a version of this image as a cover, if I ever have to self-publish this crazy book. For anyone following the backstories in both Moro’s Price and ‘Saints and Heroes’ –…
Read More Sometimes I get it rightMissy Welsh invited me to tag along on The Next Big Thing blog hop, and talk about my current works-in-progress (WIPs). What better way to celebrate the start of a new year? 1. What is the working title of your book? I have two WIPs jostling for attention at the moment. Book #1 is Moro’s Shield,…
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