Sprinting For The Deadline
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams “C’mon, pencil! Make words!” – SpongeBob SquarePants Many […]
Convention Writing Workshop Tracks
Right now, I’m in the process of putting together the writing workshop track for Context 23. The convention has grown considerably in the past four […]
Exploring Amazon Rankings
Some of you may be unfamiliar with Amazon.com rankings. Amazon and Barnes & Noble both rank books according to relative sales position. The book ranked […]
Shy Writers and Crunchy Numbers: An Author’s Introduction to Advertising
The most basic purpose of book promotion is to let people know that your book exists, why they might want to pick up a copy, […]
An Author’s Introduction to Advertising – Part 2
Some people hate advertising in general and despise Web ads in particular. I can certainly sympathize; my inbox overfloweth with spam. I fondly remember the […]
More on successful book promotion
Just to recap, in my last post on this subject I detailed my first two suggestions for promoting your book: Write the best book you […]
How do you find time to write?
When Random Person discovers that you’re a writer, odds are that he will ask you any of several basic questions: How long have you been […]
How I Got My Agent
A few people have asked how I got my literary agent. Here’s the story. Before I was Gary‘s wife, I was one of his coauthors, […]
Faery Cats
San Francisco, CA — From country homes to urban server farms, faery cats are taking America by storm as the hottest trend in pets. 16-year-old […]
Uncanny Valley Girl
Mister Mori thought I’d find you eeriewith your tepid flesh and passive face.In your assembly I see naught but beautysans the animal flaws of the […]
Trepanation
The first migraine-plagued cavemanwho countered his aching craniumwith crudely pounded flint (and lived)surely shared his medical breakthrough. Headcutting is old as woodcutting.Andean shaman or alpine […]