“What was your worst job?” and other fun questions for YA authors
Monday, January 30th, 2012Last weekend I got to play and talk and teach and play some more with a bunch of fun, smart,…
Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters
Writing, reading, and other vital matters
Writers: Treating your writing like a 401(k)
Friday, January 20th, 2012One of the many things I value about the business-of-writing posts by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn…
Writers: Learn to think bigger
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Be sure to watch the cat-herding video. But then really think about some of the issues in this new…
Writers: Some fresh thinking for the new year
Saturday, January 7th, 2012There are a couple of new posts by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch that I think…
Writers: Believe in yourselves and write the stories you want to write
Thursday, October 27th, 2011It’s been a while since I’ve linked to a post by bestselling, award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, even…
Want a character named after you? In my book or someone else’s? Check this out!
Monday, October 24th, 2011This is very cool. And I’m not just saying that because I’m participating–I’m saying that because of all the other…
Hermione Granger and the secret plan to know everything
Monday, August 29th, 2011I’m up in the mountains right now, finally uncurling my brain from its protective mode of refusing to think too…
“Learning makes us uncomfortable”
Monday, August 15th, 2011If you’re not already reading Dean Wesley Smith’s Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing series, I urge you to…
Writers & the myth of talent
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Wow. It seems like lately Dean Wesley Smith has been rerunning all my favorite posts. This one on the…
Writers: How to use your stories and novels as focused practice for skills you want to learn
Friday, August 5th, 2011Oh, how I love this post by Dean Wesley Smith! It’s a rerun, and it’s worth rereading at least…