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I’m not going to name any names, but as we move into the digital era, there is a spurious argument that gets brought up from time to time by authors who really ought to know better. It pretty much points out that a) most of us are not good dollars & cents kinds of folks […]

The latest issue of The Secrets newsletter is up and available for subscribers. In this issue I go through all the parameters of how to create a likable character—someone the readers warm to fairly quickly and consistently. It’s one of the toughest things to do in fiction, and writers always run the risk of becoming […]

Over the weekend we all got to watch the first of several fights over the pricing of ebooks. It occurred between Amazon, who is dedicated to keeping ebook prices as low as possible (having previously noted that delivering an ebook costs about 15 cents) and wants ebook bestsellers at $9.99 or less; and Macmillan. Macmillan, […]

Tomorrow, Saturday, January 30th, at 6 Eastern/3 Pacific, I’ll be reading the first three chapters from my new book At The Queen’s Command. This is your chance to get a preview of this new novel. The reading will be conducted via Second Life. Second Life is a graphics based chat software suite that includes VOIP. […]

Yes, I am an Apple enthusiast. I’ve worked on a Mac since 1987 and am typing this on my 9th Macintosh computer. (All but two of the older ones still run and are in use at various tasks around the house.) I have bought/obtained five iPods, all of which still work. I even owned both […]

I think the closest physical activity analog to editing is interval training. You cruise along for a while, then there’s a frenzy of activity. In editing, that activity is often like running up a very steep hill. It’s not really that big a hill, but the effort is exhausting and you have to keep going. […]

I’m not sure why, but I learn a lot of personal lessons when playing sports. I played coed indoor soccer for the Gunners today and started in the goal. I’d played the other team before, and they had some good players—some guys who shot hard. In fact, one of the first shots I actually got […]