Archive for May, 2008
May 30th 2008
CodeSpell Launch Interview
So this is actually a couple of days after the book launch, but I had other things I wanted to say at the time. Today, I’ve got something for those who are interested in hearing more about the book and the series; an SFNovelists CodeSpell interview with Kelly McCullough. Please feel free to ask more […]
May 27th 2008
Bittersweet, Death and a Book Launch
Today my third novel, CodeSpell, is coming out from Penguin’s Ace division. It’s a great day for me. It’s also a very hard one. In mid-March my grandmother, Phyllis Neese, died. She had a huge role in raising me and in my becoming a science fiction and fantasy author. She was my grandmother, she was […]
May 27th 2008
Are you inspired?
It was back at Windycon, in the Green Room before a panel, that I ran into Kerrie Hughes. Kerrie mentioned that she was going to edit a theme anthology called GAMER FANTASTIC which DAW Books was publishing, and gee, had I ever been a gamer? Of course I had, I told her. Heck, I’d run […]
May 24th 2008
The Publishing Lottery
One of the things guaranteed to annoy me is watching unpublished writers complain about how getting published is all a matter of connections and luck and timing. None of those things hurt, but I prefer to believe it’s mostly a matter of writing really good stories.
This leads to a related debate about how certain people […]
May 18th 2008
Why Are Books So Long?
The beauty, and danger, of the web is precisely that it contains an ongoing worldwide 24-hour-a-day conversation on every topic imaginable. I have never watched tv much, but I do now waste time online just because it is so easy to do. And online, certain topics seem to rear their heads with impressive, […]
May 17th 2008
Building a brand
This is a topic guaranteed to set the teeth of the ‘writing is Art, not Business’ crowd on edge. Fortunately, there’s a comment trail so they’re welcome to put their own point of view.
From 1989 until 2006 I worked for a handful of small businesses. Computer sales, then home improvements, and finally wholesale giftware. I […]
May 17th 2008
What I write.
The first title of this post was: I write crap. I changed it though and the rest of this post is about why and why I would call my writing crap.
A little while ago (could be months or weeks) I read a blog somewhere about how writers will sometimes talk about their writing and confess […]
May 16th 2008
My weak spots
Admit it, you have some, too: those narrative motifs, character types, etc. that you just roll over for. Even if they’re cheesy, even if the story around them isn’t that great, you’re a sucker for them, because they hit whatever unknown button lies deep within your heart.
Here, in no particular order, are a few […]
May 15th 2008
I Hate Writing
I hate writing. I always have. Writing papers in high school and college was excruciating, even after I’d honed my craft finely enough to be able to write eight pages in two hours and get my B.
I still hate it. Is there anything worse than getting up in the morning and staring at a bare […]
May 14th 2008
What Kind of Jacket Art Do You Want on Your Book?
The other day my editor sent me a sketches of the jacket art for my next book, The Horsemen’s Gambit. (The book is due out in January or February of 2009.) This is not at all unusual for me. I have a terrific editor who seeks my input on all aspects of the production process. […]
Author Information
Kelly McCullough
Kelly McCullough's first novel in the WebMage series, WebMage, was released by Ace in 2006 to considerable critical praise. Cybermancy, and CodeSpell followed in '07 and '08. His 4th, MythOS, is slated for late May '09. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Weird Tales, Writers of the Future, and Tales of the Unanticipated. His illustrated collection, The Chronicles of the Wandering Star, is part of a National Science Foundation-funded middle school science curriculum, Interactions in Physical Science. Visit site.
Kelly McCullough
Kelly McCullough's first novel in the WebMage series, WebMage, was released by Ace in 2006 to considerable critical praise. Cybermancy, and CodeSpell followed in '07 and '08. His 4th, MythOS, is slated for late May '09. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues including Weird Tales, Writers of the Future, and Tales of the Unanticipated. His illustrated collection, The Chronicles of the Wandering Star, is part of a National Science Foundation-funded middle school science curriculum, Interactions in Physical Science. 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.
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.
Simon Haynes
Simon is the author of the Hal Spacejock series, featuring intergalactic loser Hal and his junky sidekick, Clunk. His website contains a number of articles on writing and publishing, and he's also the programmer of several freeware apps including yBook, BookDB and yWriter. In his spare time(!) he helps to run Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. 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 Elizabethan faerie spy fantasy Midnight Never Come. 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.
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.
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