Apr 30, 2013
One of the unforeseen benefits of reading Nate Silver’s book, The Signal and the Noise, was that it encouraged me to take a look at the way I was consuming information. As somebody working in marketing, I live on data. We need to know what our target market wants, how they talk, where they go (so we can market to them there), when they click, why they click,...
Apr 29, 2013
If you’re a spec fic writer, you’ve probably heard of Blue Heaven, a novel writing workshop/retreat that’s been running for 10 years now. I’d never been to Blue Heaven, but was familiar with the format. What I appreciated at this particular point in my career is that, unlike Wellspring last year, this one wasn’t solely a workshop...
Have gotten more done on new book in three days than I have in four weeks, which I suppose is the sign of any good writing retreat. I’m somewhere in North Carolina, enjoying very Pacific-Northwest-like weather. I also have limited access to wi-fi (mostly self-monitored, but the wi-fi really is kinda spotty), hence the radio silence. Also, they have these...
Apr 5, 2013
I’ve been reading a lot of responses to the “deal” proposed by Night Shade Books and Skyhorse/Start Publishing, and as pretty much everything has been leaked every which fucking way (kicked off, no less, by a stupidly inaccurate and ill-timed Tweet by one of Night Shade’s own owners, which should surprise no one used to dealing with them). Myself and...
Feb 28, 2013
People ask me a lot about how I balance my day job and my fiction work and manage my time. The short answer is “very carefully.” But the longer answer is here, in this great interview with me hosted by David E. Bowman of The Ohlmann Group, a local ad agency here in Dayton where I worked for a time. I don’t generally like to mix details about...
Feb 22, 2013
As @DelReyUK broke the story, I’ll take that as permission for the GW UK cover reveal… It’s finally here! I’m happy to reveal the cover for the UK version of GOD’S WAR, which is coming out at the end of May/early June. I’ve also gotten word that there is a UK audio version of the book due as well from AudioGO (formerly BBC...
Feb 21, 2013
The trouble with getting out of the fiction writing routine is figuring out how to get into it again. I’ve talked before about my latest book depression, and though I’m happy to report I’ve come out of the weeds of my deadlines and am writing fiction again, it’s a funny stop-start process, this remembering how to write. That’s not to say, obviously,...
