Apr 02
I never set out to make most of my protagonists female, it just kind of turned out that way. When you look at the Revivors series, you could say the ‘main’ protagonist (Nico Wachalowski) and the ‘main’ antagonist (Samuel Fawkes) are both male but the story is told from four viewpoints and Nico shares the …
Mar 27
There are many voices I hear in my head when I’m writing – the voices of my characters, and my own inner voice that’s kind of driving the project, but there’s one little dark one that always lingers, and whispers even when the others are gone. The voice tells me I’m no good. It tells …
Mar 24
A lot of writers talk about how they write, and today I’m going to do the same. Note, this isn’t about style, or dialogue, or any technical aspect of writing, but rather how one goes about conceptualizing, starting, and finishing a full length novel which is a challenge unto itself even once you’ve got all …
Dec 31
I have a love-hate relationship with Google Alerts. For those not in the know, Google Alerts allow you to get an update anytime anything appears on the internet matching a given search criteria. I thought they would be useful for tipping me to any buzz about my novels. The reality is that about half the …
Oct 07
I have lived, eaten and slept inside The Burn Zone for a little over four months now, and today I submitted the final (and by ‘final’ I mean the final draft before 1st round edits, 2nd round edits, copyedits and page proofing) to my editor Jessica Wade. As always, I do this with a mixture …
Sep 13
** SPOILER ALERT ** Vika Popik is a secondary character in Element Zero, third book in the Revivor series. If you don’t wish to know things about her in advance TURN BACK NOW ** END SPOILER ALERT ** I got yet more love for Vika Popik the other day, and this has really got me …
Jul 15
Writing The Burn Zone is turning out to be an interesting learning experience for me. In the revivors series the city it took place in felt overpopulated, and while The Burn Zone takes place in a different ‘world’ I’m expanding on that trend for this book largely because I think the world will actually be …
Jul 14
Seriously, it’s really hard. When you work a full time job on top of writing, it’s hard to find the time and energy to pimp at peak efficiency, but if you want to ever get noticed by anyone ever, pimp you must. My most recent pimping attempt was to post sample chapters of my revivors …
Jun 21
I really enjoyed writing the Revivors series, but there is a special joy that comes with breaking ground on a completely new tale. The Burn Zone is that tale. This afternoon I verified with my editor at Roc that The Burn Zone is a go. The contract will (I believe) include one other book and …
May 31
I really just can’t say enough about my experience at Balticon. From start to finish it was a fun, educational experience and I am so glad that I went. Granted, having won the Compton Crook Award for State of Decay I was one of the Guests of Honor, and as such they took really great …
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