Over at Mary Robinette Kowal's web site, she runs a (usually) weekly feature called My Favorite Bit. Authors drop by and talk about their new books. The point is, what do you absolutely adore about the book? What's the part that makes you all "look at this awesome thing here!" It may be a scene, or something that had to be cut, or even world ( Read more... )

There's a problem with success too soon. Or success at any time, actually, when you are talking about creative pursuits. Because most creatives occasionally wrestle with The Critics ( Read more... )

I've been trying to find copies used to see the first one, but no dice on Volume 1, so deciding whether to risk buying one or all.

Research is so interesting!

So, have you discovered Blog Hopping yet? Patricia "Pooks" Burroughs invited me to join one, so here goes ( Read more... )