Apotheosis Trilogy
One Third. . .
Officially got to 33% of Heretics today. So far I am on course to get this thing done by year end.
intellectual property
Some thoughts about fan fiction
More or less randomly I was reading a thread on the Agony Booth and got thinking about fan fiction and how it relates to writing more generally. I generally look at fan fiction as a benign thing, as long as the fan work doesn’t start infringing on the rights of Read more…
fantasy
Writing women
I just noticed, about 25% of the way into Heretics, that suddenly most of the story is being told from the POV of various female characters. Compare this to Prophets, where the first major female character doesn’t show up until nearly that late and she isn’t a POV character, at Read more…
video
How to Handle Bad Reviews
There are a lot of authors who could take a tip from this book trailer. (Thanks to the Smart Bitches)
internet
Michael Chabon is made of win!
(via swivet) Michael Chabon has laid out to the LA Times just how the attitude of the Literati toward genre fiction (“oh, your genre has cooties”) is kind of stupid. There are a lot of people on both the pretentious literature side (“It was written well so it can’t be Read more…
asshat
How to be an asshat, literary edition
To all the aspiring writers out there who want to make a bad impression and leave a permanently sour taste in the mouths of not only your readers but with anyone who’s ever heard of you, Victoria Laurie has some tips for you. (Original post is gone, but once released Read more…
science fiction
Forever Old Man’s Starship Troopers
I just had the opportunity to read Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, The Forever War by Joe Haldeman, and Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein all in fairly quick succession. I’d recommend the same to any aspiring SF writer, and not just because they’re all good books in their own Read more…
Apotheosis Trilogy
Writerly type stuff
Side-stepping the world of politics for a moment, I wanted to mention that I’m finally back to writing new material, after doing rewrites of three novels in a row. You’ll notice the counters slowly starting to move again as I work on Heretic, the second volume of the Apotheosis trilogy. Read more…
asshat
Islamic Overreaction freaks out Random House
From the “this surprises you why?” department: Random House was going to publish a book titled The Jewel of Medina by Sherry Jones, a historical novel that features one of Mohammad’s wives, and has decided “oops, bad idea.” Quoth Random House in the Washington Post Op-Ed, “after sending out advance Read more…
Apotheosis Trilogy
Good News and Bad News
The good news is that I got Valentine’s Night polished up, printed out, and sent off to Eleanor today. This is the second spec manuscript I’ve written in as many years, in addition to finishing off Prophets for DAW. Here’s hoping it does as well as Lilly’s Song. This means, Read more…