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Writing in the Digital Age: You Guess — Nook, Micronook, Nooksoft, or MSNook?

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Nook and Microsoft, sitting in a tree, K * I * S * S * I * N * G First comes books, then comes hardware, Then comes software with nightmare support. It is still just a rumor, but with … Continue reading →


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Crowdfunding Enters Adolescence

Posted on April 3, 2013 by
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A year ago I was winding up my first crowdfunding campaign, for a YA novel that Book View Cafe published as Living in Threes. I undertook the experiment at the suggestion of others who had gone before me, researched and studied … Continue reading →


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Full-Time Writing: Oh, the Horrors!

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

I read a dead-on post from Brian Keene about a month ago, in which he discusses what it’s like to be a full-time horror writer. Specifically, he talks about how to earn a living and cope with the external world. For writers … Continue reading →


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Random Hydra Rides Again: Or, Why Better Isn’t Always Good Enough

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

And so the saga continues. There is a new contract. It’s better than the old one. It is not, however, even yet, a good contract. Scrivener’s Error, the publishing blog for true wonks, is not terribly impressed. What it looks … Continue reading →


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Update on the Random Hydra Affair

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

It seems Random House has not only been listening to all the, ahem, feedback (which has reached howling-scream levels in some places), but it has decided to take action. Good action, so far. Big changes in the terrible, horrible, awful, … Continue reading →


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Random Hydra and the Terrible, Horrible, Awful, No-Good, Very Bad Contract

Posted on March 8, 2013 by
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There’s been a great deal of excitement on the interwebs for the past couple of days, as major publisher Random House has announced a wonderful! new! line of ebook imprints for various genres including science fiction (Hydra) and mystery (Alibi). … Continue reading →


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True Confession: I want to change my name.

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Why? I can’t pin it down. Partly as a marketing move, because there are so many Patricias around, far more established than I am. Partly, for privacy. In today’s world the only way to possibly (emphasis on possibly) maintain some … Continue reading →


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It is The Best of Times, It is The Worst of Times

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Publishing is in the midst of a revolution and, like all revolutions, some people will lose their livelihood and some people, often people you’d never heard of previously, will prosper. That is the nature of revolutions. And why, for authors, … Continue reading →


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Ten Things I Wish I’d Known

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

      Each spring since the year of my first publication, I’ve taught at a novels workshop in Louisville, KY. As part of this teaching gig, I’m asked to present sessions on subjects varying from characterization to research techniques to how … Continue reading →


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Good books are portals wherever we find them

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

            A recent discussion of portal fantasy hosted by Rachel Manija Brown was centered around a panel at Sirens, on which a group of agents maintained that nobody in New York publishing was buying portal … Continue reading →


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