The Perfectly Plotted Book (It DOES exist)
The other day I reread the classic YA novel The Hero and The Crown for the first time in about fifteen years. My original copy had gotten badly damaged and for years I’d… Continue reading
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One Stop, Part 4
At last, the conclusion to One Stop! Here are the preceding installments, part 1, part 2, and part 3 if you need to catch up. One Stop, Part 4 He thought she’d be in… Continue reading
500 Club (8.21.14)
Hello Thursday! The internet is mine enemy today, so I’m going to try to bang this 500 club out quick for you guys before she goes down again. And hey, I think I’ll… Continue reading
You can fly
When I first started writing, I got a lot of feedback about how I write in many different styles. Other writers asked me what voice I was ultimately going to “pick”. I found (and… Continue reading
24 hours of normal
On Monday (okay technically very early Tuesday) I finally sent out my manuscript to an interested professional. Then I folded a mountain of laundry because I had too much nervous energy to sleep.… Continue reading
AMY²: Writing Rogues Chat Part Three: Butcher’s Gold
Amy McLane here! Amy K. Nichols and I sat together for the Writing Rogues Panel at Comicon. Speaking on this panel was Sam Sykes, Scott Lynch, Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Butcher, Pierce Bown and… Continue reading
AMY²: Writing Rogues Chat Part Two: The Lady Problem
Amy McLane here! Amy K. Nichols and I sat together for the Writing Rogues Panel at Comicon. Speaking on this panel was Sam Sykes, Scott Lynch, Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Butcher, Pierce Bown and… Continue reading
AMY²: Writing Rogues Chat Part One: Superman the Snore
Amy McLane here! Amy K. Nichols and I sat together for the Writing Rogues Panel at Comicon. Speaking on this panel was Sam Sykes, Scott Lynch, Patrick Rothfuss, Jim Butcher, Pierce Bown and… Continue reading
Phoenix Comicon 14: Notes on building a better fictional world
Phoenix Comicon 14 went off like an atom bomb. It’s been three days since the last panel, and I’m still exhausted, waking up every morning with a face full of dried drool. Bad… Continue reading
Summer “fun”
I confess, I’m at The End, and Resistance is grinding her cleats in my face. Every day I sit down for a stolen hour and eek out another paragraph of an enormous scene… Continue reading