Anthology Sale!
I am thrilled to announce I made a story sale to John Joseph Adams for the extremely amusing anthology, Help Fund My Robot Army! This book features stories written entirely in the form of Kickstarter...
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Imposter syndrome, Dork Tower, and you. Dork Tower by John Kovalic — Used with permission.
View ArticleLook at the thing! It’s a thing!
Look over there! The thing! On the sidebar! Yeah. I’m trying NaNoWriMo. Again. This time I’m breaking the rules and going for a books on an existing project. My book, tentatively titled Ghost Train to...
View ArticleYou are a nasty virus that infects your writing
Picture by Vintaga Posters – BY NC ND CASE STUDY 1–So I had two kids at the back of the bus. A demon was in the seat across the aisle and it wanted those kids. The kids had no special demon fighting...
View ArticlePrincess Scientist Preps for Advent
It’s time to get ready for the advent season, and Princess Scientist is ready, with a hat. Enjoy our promo! See the inspiration: Grant’s Advent Calendar! In other news, here is how NaNoWriMo is going:
View ArticleJoining the payhip bandwagon
In case you dislike the other options for ebook purchasing, I’ve given you one more option: Payhip. You can buy directly from me instead of going through other ebook retailers. I’m gradually uploading...
View ArticlePrep the adrenaline cannon… FIRE
Edits, man. I have friends who cheerfully say, “rewriting is writing!” and love the edit process. I think these people are also the kind who enjoy putting laundry away. My approach to edits is...
View ArticleFor the luvva gawd, stop reading reviews
[Side note- some of you may notice I’m blogging more. If you’re mostly an ISBW podcast listener, my language may surprise you. I have a clean podcast because I am all too aware of the value of having...
View ArticleBrain Crack
Back in January I was talking about a lost Ze Frank video, and lamenting it because it’s one of my favorite arguments against people who are afraid to write their great idea. Luckily Michael Kohne...
View ArticleDon’t reject yourself
People, marginalized groups most of all, tend to do their own rejecting. They don’t see a lot of people like themselves in anthologies or magazines. They don’t see themselves so they don’t think people...
View ArticleToo much gamification make Mur something something
Note- I recorded BOTH a Ditch Diggers with Matt today and an I Should Be Writing on my own. Those will go up soon. That’s me. I have been using Habitica (previously Habit RPG) to try to keep track of...
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