Archive for August, 2007
August 31st 2007
Something Clever or What I Usually Name My Novel
Do you know my least favorite part of writing? I mean, besides the sitting on my butt for hours on end trying to rub two synapses together long enough to have a coherent and interesting thought? Titles. I hate having to come up with titles.
In fact, I’ve never successfully come up with a title on […]
August 30th 2007
The DVD extras should be turned off when reading for the first time
Several years ago I got a DVD player with the intention of enjoying the extra materials and features of my favorite movies. I’d built up a huge VHS collection, so I was resistant to adding the new format, but I was intrigued by the idea of extras. Hearing the director or actors speak about the […]
August 29th 2007
Maps and Things
I meant to post this earlier, but today got away from me, so here I am: better late than not at all, right?
So I’ve been thinking about websites. My new novel, Blood Engines, is the first in an urban fantasy series (at least four books, and maybe more, if y’all buy a lot of copies […]
August 28th 2007
Life after trilogy
Earlier this month I turned in the manuscript for THE FINAL SACRIFICE, the last book in the three volume Chronicles of Josan. Finishing a book is always a great feeling, but in this case it’s even more special because for the first time in three years I’m now free. There’s no contract or deadline looming […]
August 27th 2007
Writer vs. Artist
I’ve been preparing material for this semester’s round of classes — along with the inevitable couple of “Intro to Lit” classes, I’m teaching a 200-level “Intro To Creative Writing” and my absolute favorite class since its entirely my baby, the 400-level “Novel Writing” class.
In Novel Writing, I’ll have (mostly) focused students who really want to […]
August 26th 2007
Nom[s] de Shame
Before I started writing paranormal romance, I used to pooh-pooh pseudonyms. When writing students would ask me if there was any reason they should consider writing under an assumed name, I would laughingly say, “Aren’t you proud of your writing?”
That was before my publisher told me my dwindling sales figures necessitated a change in persona. […]
August 25th 2007
To Spoil Or Not To Spoil
When I was a kid, I loved going to movies. I loved the moment that the lights went down, when the trailers started projecting across the screen, when I was shown tantalizing glimpses of worlds to come. I was totally drawn in by the hints and the suggestions, the story bits that […]
August 24th 2007
Secrets of a Good Villain
So I was reading Secrets of Jin-Shei by Alma Alexander, and I came to a scene where one of our heroines discovers a group of boys torturing a kitten. I’m loving a great deal about this book, but this particular scene nagged at me. The boys were there for two reasons: to be bad guys, […]
August 23rd 2007
When to quit your day job
No, I’m not quitting my day job.
But it is something a lot of writers think about. Dreamed about, even. I’ve thought about it. But it’s never been a dream.
A little context. I have a day job that is a career, a job that I love with prospects for advancement and amazing benefits.
I have a writing […]
August 22nd 2007
Beyond the Cloud of Negative Energy
Being a grown-up sucks. Not only does it come with mortgages and gas bills, but, for me at least, it also comes with a much louder internal editor/critic.
Don’t get me wrong. I appreciate what my internal critic does for me. My internal editor, for instance, is the calm, rational voice that reminds me that it […]
Author Information
Lyda Morehouse
Lyda Morehouse is the author of the science fiction AngeLINK series. She's won the Shamus and the Philip K. Dick Special Citation for Excellence (aka 2nd place). Her books have also been nominated for the Romantic Times Critics' Choice and preliminary Nebula ballot. She lives in the deep-freeze of Saint Paul, MN with her partner of twenty-odd years, their son, and lots and lots of cats (and fish!) Visit site.
Tobias Buckell
Tobias is a professional blogger, freelance writer, and author of 2 novels. His Caribbean roots often inform his fiction, but so does his love of technology, science, and the rapidly changing world all around us. Visit site.
Tim Pratt
Tim Pratt's stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and other nice places, and have been nominated for Nebula and Hugo awards. Some of his short work is gathered in two collections: Little Gods, and Hart & Boot & Other Stories. His first novel, The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl, was a 2006 Mythopoeic Award finalist. His Marla Mason series of urban fantasy novels, written under the name T.A. Pratt, begin in October 2006 with Blood Engines, and continue for (at least) three volumes after that. He lives in Oakland California. Visit site.
Patricia Bray
Patricia Bray is the author of a dozen novels, somehow finding time to combine an active writing career with a full-time job as a Senior Systems Analyst. She wishes to note that any resemblance between the villains of her novels and former coworkers is entirely coincidental. Her latest novel is THE SEA CHANGE, which was released in August 2007 by Bantam Spectra. Visit site.
S.L. Farrell
S.L. Farrell is a Cincinnati author with 21 novels and several dozen short stories published. Booklist called his latest book "Good enough to cast in gold." He teaches creative writing at Northern Kentucky University, and is a frequent speaker to writers groups. Visit site.
Tate Hallaway
Tate Hallaway is the best-selling paranormal romance alter-ego for an award-winning science fiction author. Currently, her short story "Fire and Ice and Linguine for Two" is available in MANY BLOODY RETURNS (Ace Hardcover, Sept. 2007) 978-0441015221 Visit site.
Mindy Klasky
Mindy Klasky is the author of eight novels, including the popular paranormal romances GIRL'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT and SORCERY AND THE SINGLE GIRL. Mindy also wrote the award-winning, best-selling Glasswrights series and the stand-alone fantasy novel, SEASON OF SACRIFICE. Visit site.
Jim C. Hines
Jim C. Hines is the author of the goblin trilogy from DAW Books. The third book, GOBLIN WAR, came out in March, 2008. THE STEPSISTER SCHEME will begin a new series in January of 2009. He made his first professional fiction sale in 1998 with "Blade of the Bunny," an award-winning story that appeared in Writers of the Future XV. His short fiction has since appeared in over 30 magazines and anthologies, including Realms of Fantasy, Turn the Other Chick, and Sword & Sorceress XXI. Jim lives in Michigan with his wife and two children. He's currently hard at work on a sequel to THE STEPSISTER SCHEME. Visit site.
Sarah Prineas
Sarah lives in Iowa City, Iowa with her mad scientist husband and two kids. Author of the Magic Thief series; the first book is coming in summer 2008 from HarperCollins and a bunch of other publishers around the world. Visit site.
Lyda Morehouse
Lyda Morehouse is the author of the science fiction AngeLINK series. She's won the Shamus and the Philip K. Dick Special Citation for Excellence (aka 2nd place). Her books have also been nominated for the Romantic Times Critics' Choice and preliminary Nebula ballot. She lives in the deep-freeze of Saint Paul, MN with her partner of twenty-odd years, their son, and lots and lots of cats (and fish!) Visit site.
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