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The Writers & Illustrators of the Future event week begins today in LA. Should be interesting to follow the events on the Writers of the Future blog. If you’re in the LA area, you still have time to RSVP for the awards ceremony and book signing this weekend, where you can hobnob with the likes [...]
The latest trend in fiction criticism (especially peer review groups and sites) appears to be diligently searching for any bit of exposition or descriptive text and vehemently condemning it as an “infodump.” For the record, Turkey City lexicon defines an infodump as a “large chunk of indigestible expository matter intended to explain the background situation.” [...]
We all need a swift kick in the posterior now and again. For me, this post did the trick today. Maggie Stiefvater’s “Giant Butt-Kicking How to Write a Novel” post serves more as motivation than a how-to, but it’s a good reminder nonetheless. I’ve been submitting chapters of my latest novel to the Online Writing [...]
Hats and helmets off to VP Instructors John Scalzi and Elizabeth Bear for double Hugo awards for Best Related Book and Best Novelette respectively. Yet another reason to look forward to October.
The list of instructors for Clarion West 2010 has just been posted, an interesting list that I ashamedly recognize more by name than by work. To apply or not to apply? That is a question for a few months down the road. For now I’ve plenty to focus on with Viable Paradise only two months [...]
This weekend I was pleasantly surprised to find that my PO Box ranneth over with goodies, all of a literary nature. Sometimes, in this the age of blogs and e-readers, it’s nice to get a bundle of actual stuff, that you can actually, like, tuck underneath your arm as you head home. There was the [...]
I want to give NaNoWriMo a serious go this year and crank out a whole novel rough draft in November. In order to do that, though, I feel like I need to start preparing an outline and doing supporting research so when 11/01 hits, I can hit the ground running. Perhaps this violates the spirit [...]
Caught Carrie Fisher’s one-woman show Wishful Drinking last night, apparently the final night before it heads to Broadway. Hilarity ensued throughout; it was especially amusing to hear George Lucas’ rationale for why no one could wear underwear in space (apparently one would wind up “strangled by your own bra.” Who knew?) Meanwhile, back in Trying [...]
For my fellow Bay Area peeps with nothing to do tomorrow night: Clarion West is hosting a self-described “special event” at the amazing and wonderful Borderlands Books in SF. The event will feature readings by CW alums Pat Murphy, Tim Pratt, Vylar Kaftan, Rachel Swirsky, and Amelia Beamer. Alas, I have plans from way before [...]
The OWW Crit Marathon ends tonight at midnight PST and, while it’s been fun and challenging, I have to say I’m glad it’s winding down. It looks like I’ll finish around 7th place within the pack of 30+ reviewers. None too shabby! And I discovered new talent (well, new to me), made a few new [...]
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