I was thrilled and honored to be able to co-conduct the Guest of Honor interview at Balticon 42, to interview my idol, Connie Willis. This is part 1 of 2 in the hour-long interview. Thanks to JC Hutchins for camera aid.
I have an agent now! I’m represented by Byrd Leavell of Waxman Literary Agency. I’m working on editing Heaven for him. And the short story “Mother Sponge.” Promo: The Zombie Chronicles by James Melzer Lots of fun interviews in the can! New press available: Long Tale Press Freedom for Mac more »
A little over 13 years ago I quit smoking. As it’s still something I find myself craving, and also something I don’t mind other people doing around me, I don’t think of myself as a non-smoker, more like an ex-smoker.
In the same vein, I realized that because my attempts to get into running have more »
Boy howdy – things have been a little crazy here since DragonCon, and I’m very sorry I haven’t been updating! News before we get to the podcast:
Playing For Keeps won the Parsec Award for Best Novel! What a shock and honor! Congrats to the other nominees and winners! I now have an more »
Good lord, where has the week gone? I’m not really sure.
Monday had my latest Suicide Girls column published. It’s about movies and nostalgia. Remember, the column is SFW, but the ads on the site my NOT be. more »
I Should Be Writing was taped live at DragonCon this year, to a packed room on a Saturday morning. It was low key and friendly and I answered a lot of questions.
Thanks to everyone who has helped keep this show going. It – and my writing career – has gone places I more »
I’ve gotten several questions on how people can get signed copies of Playing For Keeps if they missed me at DragonCon or aren’t close to any of my signings. I have two options:
Sally from Park Road Books in Charlotte, where I’m signing this Sunday (2pm), had this to say:
We’d be happy to more »
So, let’s say I was talking to an agent about the combination of HEAVEN and HELL as one novel. And let’s say said agent wanted to know what genre I’d put this in; what books I would compare it to. So, if that actually happened, I figured a good idea would more »
In a very fitting interview considering the benefits I’ve received from new media, Scott Sigler had a video discussion with the show Internet Superstars. As most of what I consume is audio, this video was fun to watch. I see Scott once a year at best, so it was cool to watch him interviewed. I more »
Last week Matt F’n Wallace asked me to take part in some experimental Twitter storytelling. I was just mad I hadn’t thought of it first. So Matt, JC Hutchins, and Anne and Rick Stringer got on Twitter on Saturday afternoon and began telling a story of Matt’s epic more »
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The Latest from I Should Be Writing- Scrivener review! February 3, 2012
- Fun website stuff February 1, 2012
- A different writing challenge January 31, 2012
- ISBW Special #46 – Stonecoast Writer’s Residency January 30, 2012
- Notice- No interviews for a while January 30, 2012
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