The latest vertigo attack has diminished to what I think of as the bobblehead stage: my head feels like it's tethered by a very loose string, otherwise I can turn my head and even bend, and I don't get whammied by a personal 9.3 on the Richter scale ( Read more... )

A small subset of readers here read my stuff. I have a question for you. Bookview Cafe (currently in the midst of a move to a new and more reliable host service) is talking about experimenting with subscriptions ( Read more... )

Off to Texas for ConDFW in a few hours. Looking forward to some relaxing time on the train with books, writing, and scenery.

Over at Charles Stross's blog, rachelmanija talks about indies and erotica.

The Faces of Publishing. Then--and now.

Coming at risk taking from another slant.

This riff goes into why Rachel Manija Brown and I have decided to self-publish Hostage, the sequel to Stranger, which came out from Viking in November.

If you’re expecting a rant about the evils of big six publishing, put away the popcorn or head on over to your favorite internet rantiseum, because that’s not what this is about.
( This gets long )

I am on the beautiful island, and as I have done all my workshop reading, I'd thought today I'd rent a bike and go off exploring. Alas, there is rain with intermittent hail, and while it is novel and charming to look at, though I brought winter clothes, these are SoCal winter clothes--not even remotely adequate for the temperature here ( Read more... )

Sums up how I feel about the question.

This is not about trashing traditional publishers. Some of us are perfectly happy with our editors/houses . . . but some are not, for various reasons, many of which have to do with "How do we market this? It doesn't fit the regular slots."

How to make a publisher with no boss, and no budgetI've been asked about how Book View Cafe works, so here is ( Read more... )

Returned from ConDor in San Diego last night. I think it was the best one ever, so many fast and interesting exchanges my arthritic fingers couldn't keep up with notes. Steampunk overlay, which meant lots of discussion of history, history of literature, blending with genre--my favorite thing ever ( Read more... )