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The Joy of Editing
When writing I usually have a moment in each novel when something snaps, and suddenly the addition of one complication or deletion of one beloved scene gives the entire story new coherence. Whatever had been fermenting in my hind brain … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Writers on Writing
Tagged anthologies, Breaking Waves, Editing, Gears and Levers, Skywarrior Books, steampunk
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Happy Mad Scientist Day!
Today marks the release of John Joseph Adams’s anthology The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination, so we’re declaring February 19, 2013 Mad Scientist Day at Book View Café! In honor of this festive occasion, as a Mad Scientist Day … Continue reading
Adventures in Queer-Welcoming Editing
The recent brouhaha about an anthology (in which a number of authors withdrew their stories after one author was told to change her M/M to heterosexual) highlights for me how much power an editor has in establishing the tone of … Continue reading
A View From the Palace: Writing a Star Wars story
One of the most fun writing projects I ever participated in was the second Star Wars anthology, Tales From Jabba’s Palace. At the time I was invited, my first novel (Jaydium, soon to be serialized and available as an ebook … Continue reading