Tag Archives: Writers on Writing

You Really Have No Idea

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Any writer in the creative arts can share a version of this story. It is invariably something that has directly happened to them: They’re at a party, making small talk, meeting people. They are asked, “What do you do?” “I’m … Continue reading →


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Stalking the Wild Muse: Writer Habits & Rituals: The Altar of Coffee

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Over at Book View Cafe, Cat Kimbriel Stalks the Wild Muse by explaining that Coffee is the Food of the Gods — but it must be the Right Coffee. Continue reading →


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Where Ideas Come From: Negotiating with the Idea Fairy

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Where do you get your ideas? According to a friend, the Idea Fairy leaves packets of them under our pillows. When I tell people this secret, it’s usually received with smiles. What’s not said, but what working writers all know, … Continue reading →


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BVC’s Self Help Line: #1 With a Bullet

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Work the internet. Blog.  Chase the cyber-papparazzi.  There’s a million ways to promote your writing. Forget them all. Now bestselling author Faux Muldaur (Guerilla Copyeditor; Escaping Publishing’s Dungeon) brings you a can’t-miss, can’t-fail system to getting your work before the public. … 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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The White Fire and Stars

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

              A couple summers back I sat there at Hollywood’s Hard Rock café below Janis Joplin’s plum-colored suede bell bottoms, and Jimmy Page’s double-necked guitar. Behind me, the yellowing carbon copy of the March … 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
Oh noes!

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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All Beginnings Great and Small
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Posted on January 30, 2013 by

I’m fascinated by beginnings. That is, the first words that fall into a reader’s brain when she opens up a book. Not all stories have evocative openings. I was fascinated to realize that some of my favorite novelists do not, … 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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