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November 30th 2008
How do you make your book the best it can be?
With the second draft of Medium Dead complete and winging its way towards beta readerdom, I’ve been thinking about the honing process. You’ve done the research, you’ve written the book, you’ve revised it … what more can you do to make sure it’s the best it can be?
Back in the eighties I worked in IT […]
November 24th 2008
Thank the Maker
Years ago, back when Clarion was still held at Michigan State University, I remember crashing a Clarion reunion party and meeting Tobias Buckell for the first time. Little did I know that years later I’d be sharing a hotel room with the man, or leaving fingernail prints in the plastic of his car, or–
Wait, that sounds […]
November 17th 2008
What I like about NanoWrimo
• Kills procrastinators stone dead.
• Seeing fellow writers blog about falling in love with Nano, and vowing to do it again next year.
• All the intense word wars which crop up across the blogosphere.
• The huge amount of traffic on the NanoWrimo forums as tens of thousands of people talk about writing fiction
• 17 days, […]
September 12th 2008
The Query Project
Our Joshua Palmatier is running a “query project” today with other members of the group. I’m not participating this time around (I did the “synopsis project” a few months back) because I never had to write a killer, selling query letter. Hit the link if you want to see query letters that successful sf […]
April 22nd 2008
Darkness Defined (SF vs. Fantasy Redux)
Despite (or maybe because of) all the really interesting answers people came up with last time I brought this subject up, I’m still thinking about why fantasy out-sells science fiction.
If you’re just joining this discussion, it started with a post by Eleanor Arnason over at the Wyrdsmith’s blog, in which she discusses a panel she […]
April 11th 2008
A Guide to Reviewing a Book: A Writer’s Perspective
My second novel Spider Star was released last month and the reviews have been rolling in, both from pro venues and more causal discussions on various forums I’ve noticed. I justify the obsessive googling as the result of trying to make sure I spot reviews for publicity, but it’s more realistically a combination of nerves […]
April 1st 2008
Novel Haiku
In honor of April Fool’s Day, novelist TA Pratt has promised to write book four in the Marla Mason series… entirely in Haiku. (See for yourself!)
I’m no poet, but I couldn’t resist the idea of writing a little haiku of my own. Here’s one for my first book:
JADE TIGER
Kung fu goddess seeks
Ancient jade statues […]
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 6th 2008
A Brief History of the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers
I’m the founder of the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop for Writers, which I run annually each summer in Laramie, Wyoming. This year the workshop will run from July 30 to August 5th, the week immediately prior to Denver Worldcon. Denver is only a two-hour drive from Laramie, and this will allow interested participants to attend […]
March 4th 2008
Spider Star Released, Free Chapters Available
My new novel Spider Star is officially released today. It’s gotten very good reviews so far from sf aficionados, and more mixed reviews from more general venues that still tout the strength of innovative ideas, a unique setting, and accurate science. The book has been favorably compared to Larry Niven at his best, Niven and […]
Author Information
Chris Dolley
Chris DolleyChris 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. Visit site.
Jim C. Hines
Jim C. Hines is the author of THE STEPSISTER SCHEME, the first book in a new series that blends the old fairy tales and Charlie's Angels. He also wrote the humorous goblin trilogy, from DAW Books. 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 RED HOOD'S REVENGE, the third book in his princess series. 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.
Mike Brotherton
Professional astronomer, science fiction novelist (Star Dragon, Spider Star). 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.
Mike Brotherton
Professional astronomer, science fiction novelist (Star Dragon, Spider Star). Visit site.
Jenn Reese
Jenn ReeseJenn Reese is the author of JADE TIGER (Juno Books, 2007), an action-adventure kung fu romance, with tigers. Her short stories have appeared online at Strange Horizons and Lone Star Stories, and in various print anthologies like Japanese Dreams, Sword & Sorceress, and Polyphony 4. When she's not writing, Jenn is practicing martial arts, playing World of Warcraft, or dreaming of rain. 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.
Mike Brotherton
Professional astronomer, science fiction novelist (Star Dragon, Spider Star). Visit site.
Mike Brotherton
Professional astronomer, science fiction novelist (Star Dragon, Spider Star). Visit site.
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