To quote Rabbit from Winnie-the-Pooh, “Today’s the day!!!”  THIEFTAKER is officially out and ready for purchase in hardcover and ebook format at all bricks-and-mortar and online booksellers.  I’ve been waiting a long time for this, and I’m pretty excited!!  To mark the occasion, the Summer 2012 Blog Tour makes three stops today!  I have a post up ( Read more... )

I have a post up today at the blog of my good friend Stuart Jaffe. Stuart was with the Magical Words blog site for some time, has published a good number of terrific short stories, and is now turning his talents to novel-length projects. He has been writing about the various things that influence our work as writers, and he asked me to contribute ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “On Writing: Interveiw wth L. Jagi Lamplighter.” Jagi talks about Shakespeare, her new ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “On Writing: Consequence, Responsibility, and Healing,” and it is a reflection on writing ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “Writing Life -- An Aspiring Writer’s Guide to Conventions and Conferences,” and it’s ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “Writing Life: Reassessing Goals for the Year,” and it’s about making the most of the ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “A Few Things Writers SHOULDN’T Worry About,” and it’s intended to put aspiring writers ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “Basics of Writing, part X: Pacing Your Novel Musically,” and it’s another installment ( Read more... )

Another day, another release from a fellow Magical Words writer.  Today is the 40th birthday of my good friend Stuart Jaffe, and to mark the occasion he is launching a new e-book project:  a collection of some of his best short stories. The collection is called 10 Bits of My Brain, and it includes an introduction from yours truly.  You can buy the ( Read more... )

Today’s post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund Schubert, among others. The post is called “Basics of Writing, part X: Pacing Your Novel Musically,” and it’s another installment ( Read more... )