Author Archives: Laura Anne Gilman

About Laura Anne Gilman

Laura Anne Gilman is a former book editor who went to the dark side of full-time writing in 2003. A Nebula Award nominee, she's currently stressing about her next books: HEART OF BRIAR and SOUL OF FIRE (August/October, 2013). Laura Anne also writes mysteries under the name L A Kornetsky. Wearing her editorial hat, she wrote Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for the Young (and Old) Writer, available through the Book View Café Ebookstore.

On “casting” while you write. Or not.

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

by Laura Anne Gilman When I first started out in this biz, I heard a lot of writers talking about “casting” their books, and researching for visuals (typically actors, but not always) as part of their research prep. And this … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Inspiration, Writers on Writing | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Don’t Know, Can’t Care

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

by Laura Anne Gilman Yesterday, someone asked me what the on-spec manuscript I’ve been working on, was. My answer: a story. No, they said, what kind of story? With words, and characters, and Stuff Happening and their world changing, even if The … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Publishing, Writers on Writing | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

WWW Wednesday 3-13-13

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

by Laura Anne Gilman WWW Wednesday. This meme is from shouldbereading. To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Books and Reading | Tagged , , , | 10 Comments

“Walk the Walk, Mister President.”

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

by Laura Anne Gilman So there was a “Forward on Climate Change” march in Washington this past Sunday. You may or may not have seen coverage on the news (my folks caught some on ABC Sunday night). It was a … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Science | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

WWW Wednesday (01-09-13)

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

BVC members have picked up this meme from shouldbereading: To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions… • What are you currently reading? • What did you recently finish reading? • What do you think you’ll read next? … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Books and Reading, Uncategorized | 14 Comments

Practical Meerkat Returns: My First Time, Redux
avatar

Posted on October 24, 2012 by

by Laura Anne Gilman The base idea of Practical Meerkat is, and always has been “learn from my mistakes so you can make better ones.”  And normally I’d be giving you examples from that exploded-career-landmine past.  But this time I’m … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Publishing, Writing life | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Practical Meerkat Returns: Are You On the Prowl?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

by Laura Anne Gilman In previous posts, I’ve talked about the fine art of business-shmoozing particular to conventions, especially when it ties into the predilection of many publishing people to gather in hotel bars.  We’ve discussed the fine art of … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Community, Writing life | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

Practical Meerkat Returns: The Panic at the End of the Tunnel

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

by Laura Anne Yesterday, my fourth PSI novel, DRAGON JUSTICE, started hitting the shelves, and wending its way into readers’ hands.  At the same time, I sent off the revised and polished file for HEART OF BRIAR (aka Portals #1).  … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Book View Cafe | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Practical Meerkat Returns: On Self-Rising Characters

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

by Laura Anne Gilman This essay comes off a comment I made on Facebook: A secondary character who wasn’t in the outline has just developed a very real voice/personality. I hate (love) it when they do that… And then someone … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Book View Cafe | 10 Comments

Dispatches from Spain

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

On Being Laura Anne’s Reports to Prove Writers Can Too Take Vacation Greetings from Spain!  In which I attempt to prove that writers CAN take holiday without doing any work at all…. The players are myself, DAW author Kari Sperring, … Continue reading →


Share
Posted in Travel | 1 Comment