I wrote a twitter joke about needing people to read my book so they could tell me if it’s good or not. I mean…I was kind of joking. You know the type of thing where you throw it out there and sort of mean it but ha ha, yeah, I’m joking. Mostly. I’ve got a...

Having recently opened up this space to guest posters, here’s our first one. K. Pimpinella is here to tell us why she loves The Edge Series by Andria Stone. And it’s interesting. When I came up with the idea for this guest series, I thought people would come on and talk about all the books...

It’s awards nomination season for science fiction and fantasy writers, and since I regularly tell other people to make sure that they post something that tells what they have eligible (since I nominate for both the Nebulas and the Hugos), I suppose I have to write my own. Quick aside: doesn’t it feel like we...

At the beginning of the year, I started writing a new book. Convenient timing, that. I thought I’d give an inside look at how that was going after two weeks. If you follow me, you may know that recently I finished up all of my contracted books and that those two books will be out...

So I made a poll on twitter and asked people to choose my next blog post. I gave them three choices. A post about science fiction books, a topic on which I am well-versed and somewhat of a minor expert. A post on writing craft, on which…well, I’m pretty good, if I do say so...

I’m opening my blog to guest posts from other writers. Why? Because I really appreciate it when other authors do it. Granted, I don’t have a huge platform. A couple hundred to a couple thousand people show up to read each post on my blog on average. But I feel like people do listen to...

You might have seen the phrase vet agents (and/or editors) before submitting materials. It gets thrown around a lot in the writing world, especially around pitch contests and such. The premise behind it being that anybody can call themselves an agent (or an editor.) So what do we mean when we say that? What is...

A couple people have asked me, so I decided to write a post and share my TBR (To Be Read) list for 2022. This is just a plan. Like any plan, it will fall apart to some extent during execution. But you have to start somewhere. I should note that there are a few 2022...

I thought I’d reflect on my year in writing for 2021, my first year as a full-time writer. I enjoy reading them from other writers, and I suppose I’m in sort of a reflective mood. Warning: 2021 hasn’t been all great for me, so this may turn a bit dark near the end. I considered...

I’ve seen a lot of things going around about various services targeted at querying or soon-to-be-querying writers. I thought I’d weigh in on what has value and what doesn’t. Note: I’m specifically talking about services for authors pursuing traditional publishing. NONE of this applies to those who are intending to self publish. That’s a different...