Archive for March, 2008
March 31st 2008
When Writers Don’t Write
Hello, my name is Lyda Morehouse. I haven’t written in five days. Am I still a writer? Maybe it seems like a stupid question, but it’s one that seriously plagues me from time to time.
I’ve always been very generous when it comes to defining who gets to call themselves a writer or an author. In my […]
March 24th 2008
Racing Along at the Speed of Publishing
Publishing is not a fast business. I’ve been submitting my work since 1995. I once had a publisher make an offer on my novel after 2.5 years. I have short stories which sat at magazines for over a year before being rejected.
Even now that I’m a big, fancy, egotistical author with three books in print, it’s […]
March 18th 2008
The Plot Synopsis Project - and why I didn’t participate
Check out this excellent post for your fabulous entry into the Plot Synopsis Project, in which a number of authors have joined together to make today National Post About Writing The Synopsis Day. I was invited to participate, but after some reflection I decided I couldn’t participate because, you see, I’ve never learned how to […]
March 17th 2008
Digging Into Taboo
So in my last post, I talked about rape as a potential taboo topic for writers. And even though I used taboo in that post under the definition of”oughtn’t do,” the taboo I want to talk about here is cultural taboo. Okay, small step into Freud by yours truly, Ph.D. in lit prof. In very […]
March 16th 2008
Stars in our eyes
Why do writers want to see their books made into movies?
Not everybody does, of course. Many novelists, if not most, will express deep reservations about the thought — after all, they’re only going to screw up your book, right? They’ll cut things, and dumb it down, and turn the black lesbian private investigator […]
March 15th 2008
Cover Story: A First-Timer’s Education
So after about six months of a drum roll playing nonstop in my head, I finally got to see the cover for my book that’s coming out this August (you’ll have to click the thumbnail to see a clearer, larger version).
For the first-time novelist, this is a bit like seeing a sonogram of your first-born […]
March 15th 2008
What’s Your Favorite Con?
No, I’m not talking about Locke Lamorra’s best swindles, but conventions. You know the gig: panels, filking, masquerades, parties, the bar. As a writer I find myself going to quite a few and, though most are great, there are a few I’d just as soon not return to.
Generally, I divide conventions into two sorts: working […]
March 14th 2008
The Thinking Person’s Seven Deadly Sins
Recently the Catholic Church has been talking about updates to their original list of the seven deadly sins: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed and sloth. The updates stress communal rather than individual sins, and specifically target scientific endeavors, including “genetic manipulation.” I guess we’re back to the theme of Frankenstein: Man is not meant […]
March 13th 2008
Revisions
Last week I received comments back from a short story editor who is interested in buying a story of mine. He likes the piece, but feels that it still needs a bit of work before it’s ready to go in his publication. Yesterday I received the first 200 manuscript pages of my next book, book II in […]
March 12th 2008
The Care and Feeding of the North American SF Novelist
I wrote this shortly after finishing my most recent novel a month or so ago, and it was suggested by several that I post it here, as a signpost for everyone else who goes through this particular wringer. I aim to please.
I finished Palimpsest on deadline by utilizing my usual superpowers of procrastination, panic, and […]
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.
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.
Kate Elliott
Kate ElliottKate Elliott is the author of multiple fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Crown of Stars series and the Novels of the Jaran. She's currently working on Crossroads; the first novel, Spirit Gate, is already out, and Shadow Gate will be published in Spring 2008. Visit site.
Diana Pharaoh Francis
Diana Pharaoh Francis has written the fantasy novel trilogy that includes Path of Fate, Path of Honor and Path of Blood. Path of Fate was nominated for the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award. Recently released was The Cipher, first of The Crosspointe Chronicles, which will be followed by The Black Ship in November 2008. Diana teaches in the English Department at the University of Montana Western, and is an avid lover of all things chocolate. Visit site.
Marie Brennan
Marie Brennan is the author of several fantasy novels and short stories, including the upcoming Elizabethan faerie spy fantasy Midnight Never Come. Visit site.
Daryl Gregory
Daryl GregoryDaryl's a science fiction writer who lives in State College, PA. Several of his short stories have appeared in "Year's Best" anthologies, and his first novel, PANDEMONIUM, will appearing in Fall 2008 from Del Rey Books. Visit site.
S.C. Butler
Butler is the author of The Stoneways Trilogy from Tor Books: Reiffen's Choice, Queen Ferris, and The Magician's Daughter. Find out what Reiffen does with magic, and what magic does with him... Visit site.
Mike Brotherton
Professional astronomer, science fiction novelist (Star Dragon, Spider Star). Visit site.
David B. Coe
David B. Coe is the author of nine fantasy novels, including the books of the LonTobyn Chronicle, Winds of the Forelands, and Blood of the Southlands. In 1999 he received the Crawford Fantasy Award, given annually by the IAFA to the best new author in fantasy. He has a Ph.D. in United States environmental history and lives on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee with his wife and daughters. Visit site.
Catherynne Valente
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