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January 5th 2009
Series and serials
Very soon now the third and final book in my Worldweavers trilogy, “Cybermage”, will be hitting the bookstores (look at www.worldweaversweb.com for more info…) At least one writer friend is currently in the same boat as I am - namely, coming out with a capstone, the completing book in a story arcing over several books, […]
December 10th 2008
Making Worlds That Make Sense
Earlier today I posted something at my own blog site about the political mess in Illinois. In that post I said that the state’s governor, Rod Blagojevich, was so corrupt, so delusional, so inept, and so blinded by hubris, that if I were to write him into a book, my editor would tell me to tone […]
December 9th 2008
To th gr at alphab t soup in th sky
This post was originally going to be titled “Writing Through the Dark” and address the way our novels can help us get through tough times in our “real lives” (why do I always feel the need to put that phrase in quotes? Because I have none?). But, like a typical episode of The Simpsons, it […]
December 3rd 2008
Finding the love again
As many of you know, since I’ve talked about it incessantly here and on my other blog, I just wrapped up edits for The Turning Tide. Pleased as I am about that, there’s no rest for the wicked, or writers for that matter. Bitter Night is due in January and I was over halfway done […]
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 26th 2008
Writing for love
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which means that the next day, according to the marketing slogans I grew up with, is…yes, it’ll be the “first day of the Christmas shopping season!” It’s enough to inspire me with a feeling of sinking dread and the desire to hide under the covers until December is safely over. I love […]
November 21st 2008
Time of the Season
I just wrapped up the rewrite on my next novel (BAD TO THE BONE, May 2009), the events of which take place from Halloween to New Year’s (bookended by big parties, of course). It got me to thinking about seasonal choices I’ve made in the past, and how in determining setting, the question of when […]
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, […]
November 17th 2008
Time Keeps Twisting
I am in the process of revising my next book in my Crosspointe Series, The Turning Tide. I’m in the middle of a tricky bit. Essentially the problem is time. When I read, I generally don’t like a lot of flashbacks, and so I don’t tend to include them. Also, I tend to write fairly […]
November 13th 2008
Killing Off a Character
I’ve just started work on a new project — new series, new world, new everything. I’m actually very excited about it. Yesterday I finished the first chapter of the first book. I mentioned this to my wife last night and then added in passing, “Yeah, the first chapter is done and I haven’t killed off […]
Author Information
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.
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.
Jeri Smith-Ready
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.
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.
Stephanie Burgis
Stephanie Burgis is an American writer who lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband, fellow writer Patrick Samphire, their son "Mr Darcy", and their crazy-sweet border collie mix, Maya. Her YA Regency fantasy trilogy, starting with Kat by Moonlight, will be published by Hyperion Books in 2010, 2011, and 2012. She has also published short stories in a variety of magazines, anthologies, and podcasts, including Strange Horizons, Aeon, and Escape Pod. You can find out more, or read/listen to her published stories online, at her website. Visit site.
Jeri Smith-Ready
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.
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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