writing

National Novel Writing Month. Every year I think about doing it. I even joined the website. But I never have got around to participating – until now. This year I’m going to try it. I am. It’ll be interesting to see what happens. Y’see, I write slowly. Really, really slowly….

Houston, we have a problem.  Okay. So I’m watching Law & Order SVU, which is one of my favorite shows. I’ve watched all the episodes. ALL OF THEM.  And I’m enjoying the new actors this season. Got nothing against the show. This week’s episode – Twenty-Five Acts – was about the…

How do you put a value on a digital book? It doesn’t seem like this should be the conundrum it is. Paper books are priced to cover the amount it cost to produce them plus a markup for both the publisher’s and the bookseller’s profit. Ebooks should be priced the…

From Reddit I thought these tips were pretty ingenious. How about you? What are your suggestions for combating Writer’s Block?

Here are Ken Levine (Bioshock), Chris Avellone (Fallout: New Vegas), and David Gaider (Dragon Age) speaking about the importance of writing, plot, and game mechanics.

:Boys-Love Warning: Vulpes/Arcade by *doubleleaf on deviantART I commissioned this What Happens In Freeside-esque image from doubleleaf on dA. It hasn’t even been up 24 hours and it’s already gotten over 11,000 views! This is due to her skill as an artist, of course. But I have gotten emails from…

If you haven’t seen season 2 of the BBC’s Sherlock, don’t read this. Unless you like spoilers. *spoilers* *spoilers* *spoilers* Okay, this is my theory of how Sherlock survived the fall from the building in The Reichenbach Fall: He never jumped.We see John get out of the taxi, and Sherlock directs him to stand…

Every once in a while, you hear about an author who responded nastily to a negative review. This is generally regarded as a good time to get popcorn and lurk for the lulz, because those situations never end well for the author. Never. So my advice to authors is ignore…

Online registration for the RT BookLovers’ Convention in Chicago, April 11 – 15, 2012 is open! Are you going? There’s tons of panels and chats and parties for writers, readers, booksellers and librarians, YA fans, everyone! And of course, book-signings, like the one pictured here. The hotel is the Hyatt…