The past couple weeks have graced me with the time to read some really good books. Some are by authors I've only heard of in the last year or so, others are books I've owned for years and somehow just never opened ( Read more... )

I've been reading a lot lately. I've blazed through months of slush. Some of which got rejected in the first three or four pages, some which held me until the end but didn't quite tip the scale to being something I'd pick up. Some of the common problems have been; redundancy, black and white universes, and sloppy language use. Fortunately for me ( Read more... )

Effective immediately The OnyxHawke Agency will now begin accepting non-fiction in three categories.
History, Political Science/Commentary and Psychology

Submissions:
All non fiction books must include at time of submission:

• Educational credentials
• Glossary of terms and acronyms.
• Must be referenced. All books submitted with only a list of sources and no ( Read more... )

I ran into J.V. Jones, who i hadn't know was coming, and must have publisher her first novel at twelve. Sean Wallace of Prime Books and I exchanged quips about slush and rejection letters we wished we could write, I hope no listening took either of us too seriously ( Read more... )

Among the half a trillion things that bemuse me about writing, is the "chapter quote". To me, it seems like entirely more work than is needed. To me, a non writer, the extra work spent putting them together could be better spent working on the text. Also there is the fact that for consistencies sake, once you have them, you'll probably be expected ( Read more... )

What are some your favorite books? Children's books? (first readers to teen), "classic literature", fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction ( Read more... )

Since i haven't seen my own brain anytime since the Gipper was a Presidential hopeful (at least) i rely on the brains of other people to say things intelligently ( Read more... )

I happen to like them. Sometimes. When done right they are able to give the reader a far more complete view of the universe the writer has taken them too than any single character could do. When done wrong, they are just as deplorable as single character narratives that fail to make the grade. Some of the best fiction SF/F has produced in the last ( Read more... )

Since almost everyone reading me reads at least a fair amount of things in the science fiction - fantasy spectrum I've got some questions.

What creatures in fantasy (including urban fantasy) are you just plain sick of?

Are flashbacks annoying, sometimes needed, or just the most wonderifous things eva! ? (Ok, so i need to listen to my nieces friends ( Read more... )

I shall post three links ( Read more... )