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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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Bopping Among Genres

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

People wonder why I write pop culture books and (now) new adult paranormals in addition to dark/weird fiction. It is a wide array. Re books, I have thrillers, pop science, pop culture, young adult fantasies, horror, dark/weird fiction, and science fiction. Re … 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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Writing Nowadays–How I Got My Agent

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

One afternoon, in those dark days before the Internet, my phone rang.  It was an old cordless model with an antenna.  I snatched it up before my cassette-operated answering machine could kick in. “This is Jim Baen at Baen Books,” … Continue reading →


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New Year’s & Holidays in a Writer’s World

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

So New Year’s has come and gone. It seems that yesterday was November 15th, about a week before Thanksgiving. Welcome to my Writer’s World. By Halloween, I’m getting antsy. I know what’s coming. The Holiday Season! Now don’t get me … 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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One Day in the Life: Horse Farm Edition

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

Part of what makes a good story better is the mastery of detail–the sense that the writer really gets what she’s writing about, and that for everything she puts in, there’s a whole world of information behind it. If you’re … Continue reading →


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New York State Balloon Festival

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

I didn’t know what to expect when attending the New York State Balloon Festival for the first time. I figured hot air balloons would be part of the Festival, but I had no idea how many to expect or what … Continue reading →


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