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I’ve somehow managed to interview three #1 NYT bestsellers over the last few months for the Adventures In Sci Fi Publishing podcast (where I’m also a co-host): Brandon Sanderson, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and, now, Patrick Rothfuss.

Pat talked to me and fellow AISFP guy Dan/D.T ( Read more... )

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If you want to succeed, hang out with unsuccessful people. Er, am I remembering that right?

If you want to get somewhere, don’t ask for directions. Wait, that’s not how it goes.

If you want to master something, don’t learn from the mistakes of the masters. Hm. That just ( Read more... )

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There’s a wealth of free video footage from the first Superstars Writing Seminar available on YouTube. Some of the topics on that YouTube channel include publishing myths, agents, self-promotion, increasing writing productivity, economics for writers, novel contracts, ( Read more... )

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A month ago, I got to meet Brandon Sanderson not once, but twice! The author who had just finished the final edits of Towers of Midnight (the latest Wheel of Time book) was on tour to promote his latest solo work The Way of Kings a 1,008 page tome which I reviewed in ( Read more... )

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Welcome to my favorite reads of 2009! Below is a list by category of the books I most enjoyed reading in 2009. Obviously, this a list based on my personal tastes (which often clash with the accepted preferences I’ve found) and does not mean that other 85 books I read in ( Read more... )

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