Blathering
Confidence
Playing sports taught me that if you don’t have confidence in your ability to do a thing, you won’t succeed at it. You have to believe you’ll catch the ball, bring the runner to the ground, or land your sword Read more
Writing
The Dreary Dominance of Everyman
When I started writing fiction, and thought of my potential audience, I knew who I wanted to appeal to: Everyone. Well, okay, that’s impossible, but I had this idea there was a sort of mass of “normal” people out there Read more
project
Main Character Genders
I was commenting to a fellow-writer that, in the slush piles I read, lately female main characters outnumber male main characters so much that the males stand out more and might have an unfair advantage because I find them refreshing Read more
Writing
How Much Science is Enough?
Blog post idea suggested by Karrin. I’ve gotten rejection letters that said “It’s a good story, but it just isn’t science fiction enough.” I think that might be where this question is coming from? How much is enough, then? Let Read more
Writing
Rejectomancy Stats Update
I recently re-read an old blog post I did on my rejection statistics for sold stories. I had sold 9 stories at that time (March of 2016) and averaged 10.1 rejections on sold stories, with 22 highest rejections and 4 Read more
Announcement
I’m out and about!
Shockingly, I have two bookstore appearances scheduled next week, back to back! On Thursday, August 22nd at 7pm I’ll be reading at Mac’s Back’s on Coventry to promote the release of Apex Books’ “Do Not Go Quietly: Tales of Victorious Read more
Vlog
How I do my Illustrations
Once again, I blog your requests! I was asked how I do my wee illustrations, which is a very flattering thing to be asked when you are Not Very Good at Art. (TM) So I decided the best way to Read more