Today I have another guest post up, this one at the blog of my friend Alan Baxter, an Australian speculative fiction writer and all around great guy.  His blog can be found at http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/.  So stop by Alan's site, read the post, and enjoy!

Today's post on characterization, can be found at the blogs of my good friend Jana Oliver.  Jana is a terrific writer and a wonderful convention presence.  She knows the business, she knows her craft, and she has a sharp sense of humor.  Her blogs can be found at http://janaoliver.blogspot.com and http://cymreiges.livejournal.com.  I hope you'll ( Read more... )

Last year, my first full year of blogging, I set out to post everyday, just to see if I could do it.  And I made it through April or May doing just that.  After that, I stopped worrying about it, but I still did my best to post as often as possible.  We're a week and half into 2009 and I've already missed two days.  It's not that I don't care, or ( Read more... )

You know, I was going great with this blog for a while there.  Through Wednesday of last week, May 14, I'd blogged every day of 2008.  Then on Thursday I worked most of the day before rushing down to Chattanooga to catch a minor league baseball game.  Got home late and decided not to post.  I was tired, I knew that with late summer travel plans I ( Read more... )

Late post today, which may be a taste of things to come.  I started writing a new book this morning.  (Yay!)  Book three of the Blood of the Southlands trilogy (no title yet).  And I think that rather than blog first and then turn to the book, I need to get my quota done for the book before I allow myself to blog.  We'll see.

Anyway, this was a good ( Read more... )

Great post today (rant, really) on 
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Today's post can be found at http://magicalwords.net/.

A blog post about blogging.  Check it out.