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Blog postI know most of you are going to stare at this title and think: Yep, writers fail because they don’t earn enough money.
Um…nope. That’s not the problem at all.
Money causes writers to fail because writers bring the wrong expectations to their view of their financial spreadsheet.
First, let’s talk about money in general.
Some people are very bad at handling money. For example, they’re single and have a good paying day job, and yet they can’t make it from paycheck -
Blog postDan Retsler left Oregon for a reason. He never planned to return.
But something draws him to accept an interview for police chief in a small town near the Oregon Caves. After all, the caves call the mountains their home, not the coast, where Retsler still fights haunting memories of strange creatures.
He soon discovers that something lurks in the shadows of this mountain town, too. Something linked to deaths too strange to be normal.
Now, Retsler must investigate the t -
Blog postWell, May was super busy, with finals and a workshop that I was teaching and the Licensing Expo. I got behind writing up the recommended reading, and then I got sick in the first part of June, so I couldn’t finish this.
I did manage to read a startling amount, though, considering I was also reading manuscripts and I was gone much of the time. What got lost in my usual reading was the articles. I know I read a few, but I didn’t keep adequate track. And then, by the middle of the month, -
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Blog postIn writing about the Las Vegas Licensing Expo, held in May, I spent a lot of time discussing how writers should think about their intellectual property. In short, writers should consider their IP a living breathing entity that has a lifespan all its own; IP is not something to be easily discarded or sold for a quick buck.
Writers who do that will live to regret it.
In the previous post, I discussed how the most valuable intellectual properties are the ones with longevity, even -
Blog postJenn remembers August DuLac. Her high school sweetheart. Her ideal for the perfect man.
August broke her heart. And then life broke her spirit.
So, when Jenn attends her thirty-year high school reunion, she questions why she came. But when she runs into August, for the first time in thirty years, she realizes she might just need to question everything she thought she knew.
“Reunion,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is fr -
Blog postAfter a tumultuous two weeks, I’m returning to my blogs about the Las Vegas Licensing Expo, held in May of this year. Because I had an unexpectedly rocky start to June (chronic health fun), I wasn’t able to write the planned second blog about the longevity of licensed properties on the day that I planned.
Probably a good thing, when looked at with a cold jaundiced eye. Because a few things happened in between that we should all pay attention to. I’ll get to those two things next week. -
Blog postCharles Myloft Martin the Third arrives at the shadow golf pro-am with a plan. But her plan quickly forces her into a hazard.
First, the club refuses to let her play because of her gender. Then, she finds help in the unlikeliest place.
But that help comes with a handicap—one she failed to realize she had. One that will make her question her own place in the “real world.”
“Playing with Reality,” by New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, -
Blog postDo to unforeseen difficulties, I didn’t have a chance to write up the rest of the Expo. I’ll do so in the next week or so. Instead, the planned series continues.
I have never read Michael Chabon’s book, The Wonder Boys, but I love the movie. It has two of my favorite actors—Michael Douglas and Robert Downey Jr.—and a stellar supporting cast.
It’s also an excellent movie about writing, if you boil it down to its essence.
Michael Douglas is a professor of creative writin -
Blog postThey send the best and brightest to war, then observe them when the soldiers return. Only someone else observes, too—someone closer to the soldier, someone quite surprising…
“The Observer” by Hugo Award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, is free on this website for one week only. The story’s also available as an ebook through various online retailers here and is included in the collection Colliding Worlds, Vol. 5, which is available in ebook, trade paperba -
Blog postThe Las Vegas Licensing Expo happened in person for the first time since 2019. We attended, along with 12 writers from our classes, and a number of colleagues and friends. WMG Publishing had quite a presence, since Allyson Longuiera came as well. This was her first licensing expo, but it won’t be her last.
Nor will it be ours.
I’ll write a blog or two about things learned at the Expo that will benefit all of you. I’ll put those up next, because the “How Writers Fail” ser -
Blog postJ. Reed Brasher knows he has forgotten something important. A lot of somethings, actually. The memory of his entire life slips through his grasp save for bits and pieces. Age, they tell him. And at 90, maybe he should believe them. But he doesn’t. Because he remembers something. Something that tells him he should never have lost his memory in the first place.
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Blog postAfter a few months of quiet on the short story front, I’ve just published another one. Asimov’s SF Magazine has published “The First Step.” Unlike many of my stories of late, this one’s short. It involves time travel and cranky professors and…well, you’ll see. You can download Asimov’s on a variety of sites or pick […]
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Blog postOh, my, is there a lot of mess. And I'm still finding stray bits of code that don't belong. You'll probably see some too. Sorry about that. But things are changing, in a way that pleases me. I figure the website redesign will take all month. At least the RSS Feed works again, and you can subscribe to the site in a variety of ways. If you find something truly wacky, let me know. Otherwise, assume the code and assorted meaningless stuff you're seeing will soon fade away. Wish me luck!
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Blog postI’m having a bizarre week. I’m redesigning my website, so I don’t have time to update any of the other websites I’m responsible for, including the Women in Science Fiction project. I’m continuing to read for that, though, and am having a blast, although I’m deeply overwhelmed by the amount of material. Next week, I’m taking a Shakespeare class, partly for a project I’m working on and partly to get my mind on other things. So I’m reading three different Shakespeare plays in prep — Much Ado Abou
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Blog postOn the night Anna’s boyfriend tried to kill her, Anna’s badly injured cat Star disappeared. Now, half a continent away, Anna’s neighbor tells her about a white cat with unusual markings haunting the neighborhood. Do cats have ghosts? Or has Star herself somehow made her own incredible journey across the country to be with the only person she’s ever loved?
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Blog postRemember my website redesign? It looked lovely, but it was already falling apart. All of that is due to some coding the person who was supposed to maintain the site did, stuff I can't remove. He took my mobile-friendly design and made it unfriendly. And now parts are meeeeeeelting...and I can't fix them. So, I'm redesigning. Bear with me. It's going to be a bumpy ride. But I think it'll all come out okay in the end. (I hope.)
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Blog postI started the major reading for the women in science fiction project I’m editing for Baen Books this month. Most of what I’m reading is stuff I should have read in the past. I’m also rereading stories that I remember from twenty years ago. Some hold up. Others don’t. I’m stunned at what I’m finding and what’s been lost. I find it overwhelming at times. But it’s such a worthwhile project and so much fun. Some of the material here duplicates what’s on the site, because I’m enjoying what I’m read
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Blog postI love Taylor Swift, and I’m not afraid to admit it. It’s not just because her song “Shake It Off” accompanied me on my daily run during those tough days earlier this year when my world got infiltrated by haters. (Swift wrote the song with Max Martin and Shellback as a response to the criticism she constantly receives.) “Shake It Off” reminded me that I’m better off writing than I am worrying about people who aren’t worth my time.
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Blog postWhen tragedy took everything from Violet, she left home and never looked back. Until now. Her mother’s funeral. Violet hopes she can settle her mother’s affairs and quietly return to the life she built after that day. Until she sees him. Skeeter Johnson. The boy who shot her in the face. In a moment, her past returns to haunt her. A past she thought she left behind. A past, she comes to discover, full of her mother’s secrets.
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Blog postI am really excited to announce that the first book in my Interim Fates series is now available for preorder. I have always had a special place in my heart for the Interim Fates, teenage girls who got in over their heads when their father (Zeus) put them in charge of all magic. And, when […]
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