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I Didn’t Want To Go On Your Stupid Quest Anyway

Monday, April 30, 2012

Two weeks ago, I had a burst of inspiration for one of my novels, a fantasy quest with goblins, elves, werewolves, and a crabby dragon. So I rewrote the first chapter to include more hookers. It’s one of those love-it-or-hate-it books: the reader either finds it uproariously funny (Jay Lake did, because he has a [...]

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Drive-by posting

Thursday, November 10, 2011

I am so busy I barely have time to throw my dog’s ball until it is covered in poop and blood (oh, just wait, that’s the next post), but I wanted to take a moment to announce some good stuff. A friend recently reminded me that self-promotion isn’t a sin–it’s a service for people who [...]

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NaNoWriMo is coming up…

Saturday, October 30, 2010

I thought I’d share my silly NaNoWriMo preparations. Every year, I draw my characters, make a fake cover, and write a fake back-cover blurb that will hopefully morph into the query letter I use when I later send agents a cleaned-up version of the manuscript. Here’s the blurb: The same supernatural sight that induced Mick [...]

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