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Ad Astra, part three
Panel the Third, and Panel the Fourth: “Non-European Fantasy Worlds” and “Good Research Makes for Better World-Building” I’m running my report on these two together, because they’re really quite closely linked. The first panel consisted of me, Steven Erikson, Derwin … Continue reading
Dispatches from the desk: Skeleton – Map – Outline?
On not getting lost in the wilderness of writing without an outline or Why this next book is going to have a skeleton to hang its story on, even though outlines stifle me or It’s not so stifling if I … Continue reading
Five Things You Shouldn’t Do …
My blog post on five things you shouldn’t do when writing epic fantasy is now up at Adventures in SciFi Publishing’s site.
First Reviews of The Black Box
The first couple of reviews (both in journals for teachers & librarians) of The Black Box have been very positive. Here are quotes: “…The scene in which the Spohrville Fencibles, in their authentic uniforms and singing songs from the War … Continue reading
Black Eye, or, The Perils of Laundry
Third blog entry, and yet another headline beginning with “black”. No, this is not an obsession; it’s pure coincidence. Really. I have, in what we shall call a laundry-related incident, given myself a black eye. I wasn’t even doing the … Continue reading
From the Wild Forest - Thoughts on a Writing Life 