Thursday, July 31, 2008

Countdown to Dreaming Creek

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___ On the one hand I'm excited that the publication date of my novel is drawing near. On the other hand, I'm a bit sad to report th...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

"Red Road" by David Barr Kirtley

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As we were departing Lunacon, my friend John Joseph Adams recommended a book to me, but cautioned me that the book contained talking animals...
Monday, July 21, 2008

"No Viviremos Como Presos" by Brad Beaulieu

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While I was attending Viable Paradise, a one-week writing workshop held on Martha's Vineyard, Patrick Nielsen Hayden had the students wr...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

"Blood and Water" by Alethea Kontis

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Vampire Mermaid * "You're a writer? Okay, tell me a story." Yeah -- my eyes just rolled too. I've gotten th...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

Franken-Facts by Matt Rotundo

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Readers of this blog have already seen my "story behind the story" essay about "The Frankenstein Diaries." Edmund t...
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

"Cassie's Story" by David B. Coe

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Different authors tend to write to different lengths. Some specialize in short fiction; others feel more comfortable writing novels. Th...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Exhausted But Elated

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I've been writing my butt off for the last five days straight and now I'm finally done. You see, June 30th (tonight) was my deadline...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Expectations

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Keeping it in perspective - that's what kids are good for. I got my advance review copy (ARC) of the IGMS anthology the other day and I...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Mama’s Boy

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A little plug for a friend of mine to celebrate the recent release of her collection: A Mother’s Love can be Devastating Mama’s Boy and Oth...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Ender In Flight - new Orson Scott Card story on IGMS

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The Ender's Game story for issue eight of IGMS has been posted today. Titled " Ender's Flight ," it is available to anyon...
Monday, June 16, 2008

Peter Beagle's IGMS Story In Top 10 for 2007

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Just a quick tidbit: Peter Beagle's story, "We Never Talk About My Brother," from issue 5 has been named one of the Top 10 sto...
Thursday, June 05, 2008

Publisher's Weekly reviews IGMS antho

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I should be writing a review of ConCarolinas, which I attended last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed - and hopefully I will do so sooner rathe...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

ConCarolinas May 30 - June 1, 2008

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Hi Edmund, Carol, our Programming Director, should be emailing out individual schedules this week, I think. Until then, ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

"End Time" by Scott Emerson Bull

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As with most of my stories, there was no great dramatic event or lightbulb moment that triggered the idea for "End Time." It was ...
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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Beware of Angry Fred

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One of my best friends in the world, Alethea Kontis (see her "Day In The Life of an Ingram Buyer" guest blog from earlier this mon...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The View From (Under) the Baen Slush Pile

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My good friend and former Boot Camp Mate, Gray Rinehart, is also an assistant editor for Baen books. He and I were recently discussing some ...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

New Orson Scott Card Ender's Game Story Up

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The Ender's Game story for issue seven of IGMS has been posted today. Titled " Ender's Homecoming ," it is available to a...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Guest Blog - Alethea Kontis of Ingram Books

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This was originally posted on an excellent blog called Magical Words ( http://magicalwords.net/ ), run by a group of writers that includes f...
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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

"Limbo" by Stephanie Dray

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My dead great grandmother talks to me. She was an immigrant to this country and she feels perfectly entitled to lurk in the back of my min...
Monday, May 05, 2008

"Accounting For Dragons" by Eric James Stone

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In the summer of 2007, I attended the six-week-long Odyssey Writing Workshop. One of the events of the workshop was the "Odyssey Slam...