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Aliette de Bodard July 28th 2010

Narrative, Resonance and Genre

One thing I was often told when I was starting out as a writer was that story trumped everything, that a good story would always resonate because good stories were universal. Now, I’m always suspicious of any sentence that includes “universal”, because all too often what we take for universal is just assumptions so ingrained [...]

David B. Coe July 23rd 2010

My Favorite

(In the interests of full disclosure, I’m on the road this weekend and so won’t be able to respond to comments immediately. This post is a revised version of a post I wrote several years ago for a different blogsite. It still holds true though. I hope you enjoy it. — DBC) As an author, [...]

Marie Brennan July 16th 2010

The Honorary Male

A few months back, I talked about how some writers feel that in order for their female characters to be strong, they have to weaken and/or feminize the men. In some ways, what I’m going to talk about this month is the corollary to that trope: the notion for a woman to be strong, she [...]

S.C. Butler July 15th 2010

Not Yet A Professional

I don’t consider myself a professional writer, at least not yet. It’s not how I make my living. To my mind, if you want to call yourself a real pro, you have to be able to make a living at it. I’m a published writer, and have made an amount that I think puts me [...]

Kelly McCullough July 11th 2010

Dragon Diaries Part The Third

Here’s a third round of Dragon Diaries: Met a knight-at-arms, alone and palely loitering. Ated him. Ated pretty lady he kept whining about too. Hard and cold on the outside, but soft and warm on the inside. Yummy!Thinking of lounging on my hoard today. Dragons are supposed to do that sometimes, aren’t they? And Nap [...]

Chris Dolley July 6th 2010

Shhh, I’ve got this book…

As some of you may know, my move to France in 1995 was … memorable. Of course, moving house can be traumatic at the best of times. But when you’re moving countries too. And taking three cats, two horses, and an enormous puppy with you. And there’s a storm lashing the English Channel on the [...]

Alma Alexander July 5th 2010

It’s my birthday.

No, seriously, in all truth, it is. Today. Right now. When I was very young I was kind of convinced that I would die at 37. Yes, it was that specific. I have no idea why. Nobody I knew had died at that age, and in fact by that stage in my life I don’t [...]

Mindy Klasky July 1st 2010

The Law of Unintended Edits

Recently, I had reason to read through my first three novels, (THE GLASSWRIGHTS’ APPRENTICE, THE GLASSWRIGHTS’ PROGRESS, and THE GLASSWRIGHTS’ JOURNEYMAN), comparing my final word processing files to the text as it was ultimately published. The experience was … edifying. For the first two books, I found a handful of minor changes – one or [...]

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Aliette de Bodard

Aliette de Bodard is the author of the upcoming Aztec fantasy Servant of the Underworld, published by Angry Robot. Her short fiction garnered her a nomination for the Campbell Award. She lives in Paris, France. Visit site.

David B. Coe

David B. Coe is the author of eleven fantasy novels, including the books of the LonTobyn Chronicle, Winds of the Forelands, and Blood of the Southlands. He has also written the novelization for the Ridley Scott production of ROBIN HOOD, starring Russell Crowe, that is due out in May 2010. 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.

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.

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 with SpellCrash to follow in '10. 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.

Chris Dolley

Chris Dolley is an English author of SF mysteries and fun urban fantasies, a pioneer computer games designer, and the man who convinced the UK media that Cornwall had risen up and declared independence. His novel Resonance (2005, Baen) was the first book to be plucked from Baen’s electronic slush pile. He now lives in France with his wife, a dolmen, and a frightening collection of animals. His memoir French Fried (2010, BVC) has just been released. Visit site.

Alma Alexander

Alma Alexander is a Pacific Northwest novelist whose new YA trilogy, "Worldweavers", debuted with "Gift of the Unmage" in March 2007 ("Spellspam" follows in 2008, and "Cybermage" in 2009). Her other books include the internationally acclaimed "The Secrets of Jin Shei". Visit site.

Mindy Klasky

Mindy Klasky is the author of eleven novels, including WHEN GOOD WISHES GO BAD and HOW NOT TO MAKE A WISH in the As You Wish Series. She also wrote GIRL'S GUIDE TO WITCHCRAFT, SORCERY AND THE SINGLE GIRL, and MAGIC AND THE MODERN GIRL, about a librarian who finds out she's a witch. Mindy also wrote the award-winning, best-selling Glasswrights series and the stand-alone fantasy novel, SEASON OF SACRIFICE. Visit site.

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