No, I have not been eaten by a grue. In fact, life here in Darkest Suburbia may finally be settling down somewhat (I can actually see most of my office floor now, which was not true for much of last...
Publishing
Counter-intuitive thought for the day: reading a bad book can be good for you. Yes, really. Let me explain: From a craft standpoint, sometimes one way to figure out how good prose works can be to look at clunky prose....
The short version first: a Kickstarter has just opened up that I’d like to see succeed. I’ve already signed on; now I hope some of you will, too. Let me tell you the story…. A couple of years ago now,...
The day has arrived! My newest Uncial Press ebook, Spirit of All the Russias, is live. The title page calls it a “novel byte”; in practical terms, it’s a short story published in ebook format. Which means (among other things)...
Bonus thankfulness this week: I have the contract in hand for a new Uncial Press e-fiction release set for this coming March. This is a short work entirely unconnected to my other Uncial Press titles: Spirit of All the Russias...
I’ve seen a good deal of reaction over the last couple of days to Amazon’s announcement of its “Kindle Worlds” program in which it aims to solicit and publish licensed (!) fanfiction set in a handful of franchise universes. Both...