Professional Wednesday: One Hot-Mess of a Writing Post
Dispensing writing advice when one is struggling a bit with one’s own work can be somewhat strange. Just ask . . . well, me. I am more than 50,000 words into my current work-in-progress, the third book...
View ArticleCreative Friday: Celtic Urban Fantasy Teaser!!
This week, I finished the first draft of the third and final book in my new project, a contemporary Celtic urban fantasy called The Chalice Wars. I have a lot to do with this newest manuscript still —...
View ArticleProfessional Wednesday: Finishing a Book Actually Means More Work
As I mentioned last week, I have recently finished the third book in my new contemporary Celtic urban fantasy, The Chalice Wars. This book, The Chalice Wars: Sword, will be out sometime fairly early in...
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Professional Wednesday: Special Guest Joelle Presby
I first met Joelle Presby several years back at a convention, and I was struck straight off by a number of things. 1) She’s just plain nice. That’s certainly not unheard of in the publishing world, but...
View ArticleProfessional Wednesday: Another Celtic Urban Fantasy Teaser!
This is a busy week and I have a lot going on. No time to sit still and write a Professional Wednesday post. And why should I when what you REALLY want is another teaser from my upcoming Celtic urban...
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Professional Wednesday: What Matters In Your Work? Part I
On Monday, I began what will be a series of posts on the things that matter to us, and the ways in which we can make them central to our lives. Not surprisingly, I think about this a great deal with...
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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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Professional Wednesday: Beginnings, Middles, and Endings, Part I — Openings
This week, I launch a new series here in the Professional Wednesday feature — “Beginnings, Middles, and Endings.” Sometimes I focus on minute details of writing in these posts, arcane points of craft...
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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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Monday Musings: The Emotional Challenge of Writing
Whenever I work with writers who are at the outsets of their careers — whether I’m editing their work for freelance or for an anthology, or teaching them in a workshop, or just talking shop on a...
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