Professional Wednesday: My Best Mistakes, Part II — A Bad Contract Is Worse...
Last week, I kicked off the latest Professional Wednesday blog post series, “My Best Mistakes,” with a humorous story about my behavior at a convention early in my career. I hope you enjoyed it. This...
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Professional Wednesday: My Best Mistakes, part IV — Managing Expectations
For the past several weeks, I have been sharing “My Best Mistakes,” which have included inappropriate remarks at a convention, poor business decisions, and replies to reviews. This week’s “Best...
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Professional Wednesday: What Holds Me Back, part I — Life Issues
As we turn the calendar to March, I thought I would turn to a new series of posts in my Professional Wednesday feature. This month, as I struggle with a bit of work-related inertia, I have decided some...
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Monday Musings: Joni Mitchell and the Creative Journey
Recently, I have been reading a biography of Joni Mitchell (a holiday gift from my older daughter), a long-time favorite of mine and, in my opinion, the finest songwriter in the history of rock and...
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Monday Musings: This Blog, My Books, Your Support
This Blog: I want to say from the outset that I love maintaining this blog. I write my twice-weekly posts because I enjoy sharing my thoughts (on Mondays) and my writing tips (on Wednesdays). Writing...
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Professional Wednesday: Looking At Our Old Work With Compassion
I continue to read through and revise the books of my Winds of the Forelands epic fantasy series, a five-book project first published by Tor Books in 2002-2007. The series has been out of print for...
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Professional Wednesday: Marketing Strategy, a New Release, and an Excerpt!!
This Friday — the day after tomorrow!! — The Chalice War: Cauldron, the second book in my new Celtic-themed urban fantasy series, will be released by Bell Bridge Books. For those of you thinking,...
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Professional Wednesday: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings, part VI — Final...
This week I close out my Professional Wednesday feature on “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings” with some general observations about narrative structure. If you are just coming to this series of posts, I...
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A Word of Thanks, and a Bit of Bragging
My summer of releases continues tomorrow!! So far this year I have had releases in May (The Chalice War: Stone, the first book in my new Celtic urban fantasy), June (The Chalice War: Cauldron), and...
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Professional Wednesday: Writing Work-For-Hire Projects
Love what you write. I say it a lot. It is the single piece of advice I always offer when asked what tips I would give to young writers (young of age, young of career). And I believe the advice is...
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