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The shooting in Tucson and the commentary concerning the links between violent rhetoric and violent action has put me in a difficult situation. Since 1987 I have been the Chair of the Game Manufacturers Association’s Industry Watch committee. In short, whenever there is a claim that games—roleplaying, board or card—made someone commit suicide, murder, rape, […]

First chapters are an absolute bear for any novel, but especially so for works in the speculative fiction family of genres. Think about it. In that first 2500 words we have to do the following: Introduce the main character Give the reader a reason to become emotionally connected to the main character Introduce the world […]

(Because of the holidays and odd weather causing travel delays, I’m a bit behind in my work. That cuts into my blogging. Luckily, my brilliant and infinitely talented guest blogger (whose culpability in producing the recent “Snowmageddon” is suspected but unproven) has once again come to the rescue. Here is his latest dose of insights […]

The latest two issues of my writing newsletter, The Secrets, just went out to subscribers. These two issues combine to address a very serious issue for writers, especially as the digital age slams into publishing and blasts it apart. They are focused on organization and how the digital age will shift what we write and […]

The goal of the 10,000 copy sequel challenge is to sell copies of Talion: Revenant so I can afford to take the time to write Talion: Nemesis. To build up momentum for the effort, I’ve decided to serialize the novel to the web. In this way I can let readers who’ve not had a chance […]

I just got a copy of The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told.It’s a collection edited by Martin H. Greenberg and has an introduction by John Helfers. It has eighteen stories by a host of bestselling writers including (but not limited to) Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Anne Perry, P. N. Elrod, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, […]

The goal of the 10,000 copy sequel challenge is to sell copies of Talion: Revenant so I can afford to take the time to write Talion: Nemesis. As of the end of December we’re at 750 copies, or 7.5% to the goal; but with all the ebook readers folks snagged for the holidays, sales are […]