Some time ago when I was new to the publishing industry, I followed lots of already-established authors to collect advice that I hoped to use when I broke in. And in my ever-growing collection of notes, I had a list from Kevin Hearne of epic bookstores throughout the US where SF/F authors go for events. […]
A Month of Sci-fi Story Prompts
October is the best, isn’t it? This month marks the release of Putting the Science in Fiction, a unique nonfiction resource for writers developed from my Science in Sci-fi blog series. It ends with Halloween. And it’s the lead-in to my favorite annual writing event, National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. It’s my […]
Five Things About Michael Mammay
Today is July 31st, 2018, and marks the release of my friend Michael Mammay’s debut novel, Planetside. My thoughts on this book are well-known, and can be read in detail in the Goodreads review I posted yesterday. In short, if you like military sci-fi, you’ll enjoy it. Today, I thought I’d share some things about […]
What Happened In Vegas
I recently returned from the Las Vegas Writer’s Conference, where I had the pleasure of serving on the faculty alongside about a dozen editors, agents, and fellow authors. I don’t go to many events of this kind, but I really enjoyed it and thought I’d share some of the highlights. An Invitation to Vegas So […]
Book Tour for The World Awakening
On Tuesday, February 13th, Harper Voyager is set to publish The World Awakening, the final book in my Gateways to Alissia series! At last, all of those burning questions raised by The Rogue Retrieval and The Island Deception will be answered, and the fate of a pristine world decided. Numerous authors, friends, and colleagues have lent […]
