Oh, how I love me some fantasy novels. They are a pleasure without the guilt because when they’re good, they’re really good. And there’s so many sub genres to choose from: Urban Fantasy (The Dresden… Read More
Oh, how I love me some fantasy novels. They are a pleasure without the guilt because when they’re good, they’re really good. And there’s so many sub genres to choose from: Urban (The Dresden Files… Read More
WordPress ate the first version of this post. It’s never done that before, and when I say ate, I mean mercilessly devoured, leaving no drafts whatsoever, only the title and tags, like little scraps… Read More
This week at the PLC we’re talking about voice in fiction. That can mean one of two things- the voice you develop as a writer, or the voice of the character telling the… Read More
I think it’s no secret that one of my biggest influences is Ursula Le Guin. But I never would have read Le Guin were it not for Anne McCaffrey, and my fourth grade… Read More
I’m lucky, in that two of the things I’ve been looking forward to most this year are about to start. The third, well, the third is not a thing so much as a… Read More
This installment of Three Things… is a year end roundup. So here are Three Things… that rocked my socks in 2010. 1. Books: I read so many great books this year. My favorites:… Read More
So I confess: I am the one who came up with this topic idea of “Showing Our Freudian Slips” during our last brainstorming session several weeks ago. I had a very clever idea… Read More
The Parking Lot Confessional interviewed the unpredictable Sam Sykes. If you’ve ever had the opportunity to talk to Sam, you know he’s not one to mince words. Here he gives honest advice about writing, and shares from the struggles and triumphs he’s encountered in his own work.
I love a good fight. Writing realistic fight scenes can be hard. I suspect this is why so few of us do them well, and when they are done well, ala Joe Abercrombie,… Read More
