First, there's a change in posting plans this week. I've been too busy to prep the point of view post I mentioned. It's really...

A very short excerpt, chosen by the randomizer in my sidebar. George has had a very very bad day, and it's partly Karla's fault. He...

I went to see HUGO this afternoon. It was wonderful, and for some of us, it was a stunning box of surprise treats. It's a magical, fan...

I posted a shorter version of Alice's Restaurant in an earlier post about "told" stories. But since it is a great Thanksgiving...

Just to let you know -- my Thanksgiving Sale has begun: I've put two of my novels on sale for 99 cents at Amazon until December 7. (And ...

What's a Crap Dance, you ask? A crap dance is when you first say: "Oh crap, this boring little bridge scene just got more interesti...

I've got some fun upcoming posts, but I don't have time to polish them up and post them this week. This week is going to be hectic,...

In all the posts I did this past week about editing and self-publishing, and those I did in the week before, I didn't write about one ve...

The " Do Indies Need Editors? " post prompted an interesting conversation on Twitter between me and Jason Black (aka p2p_editor),...

You know how I mentioned yesterday that established traditional publishing people seem to be just as locked into a shallow, "editing m...

(Note: I wrote three posts to set up context for this -- Editorial Standards, eHow and Pulp Fiction , Slush Pile Thoughts Part 1 - Teaching ...

It's going slow, but it's going well. I'm seeing places where clue exploration and red herrings can expand out. Really good c...

I have been having fun with Amazon's "random page" feature lately. So I decided to give you a random page from the Work-In-Pr...

Phew, this was an interesting week. Thursday's post about the slush pile went viral (slightly) and I had a lot of interaction with vari...

Dean Wesley Smith just added a little note on the end of the comments on one of his posts from last week (emphasis and paragraphing mine): ...