Read this story about a badly misbehaving publisher. Notice how there were warning signs, you know, like the fact that the antho doesn’t pay at all, not even a contributor copy. Also notice the completely crappy quality of covers (and editing) that’s typical for the press. Now for good measure google the owner of the … Continue reading
So I saw a conversation you had with Cat Valente on Twitter about Big Fish and if/how women and men react to books/movies differently. I’m also very interested in this conversation and I want to ramble about it, so I’m putting it here rather than just Tweet-ranting. Of course we all absolutely react to storytelling … Continue reading
This came across my Facebook feed and, of course, I immediately thought about my Deepdale Acres books because Jason refers to them as my “horse porn” books.
I’ve been working my way through BookLife by Jeff Vandermeer. It’s slow going because I’m marking up the pages, underlining important passages and adding in my own remarks. I have never written in a book like this before, but the experience is so immersive that it’s helping quite bit to work some of my own … Continue reading
This post has two purposes. First, as I was cleaning my room the other day I realized that I have three binders full of the original hand-written draft of Wolf Heart (back when I first wrote it it was called Moon Madness). My original plan was to sell it (provided it was good) then use … Continue reading
I know, I know, we’re all getting tired of it. But this entry is as much about preserving my thoughts (and some links) as anything else. First, after Maggie Stiefvater made waves by claiming that real reviews are little academic papers the co-Head-and-Chief of MonsterLibrarian (who is a real, academic librarian with a degree working … Continue reading
