101 Critiques — 13-line critique update
Well, DeepGenre has hit a milestone in that we now have 101 critiques in the 13-line Critiques section. Or, more accurately, we have 95 submissions with criticism and 6 new submissions which do not...
View ArticleStupid Writer Tricks: 10 Writing Tricks to Avoid
Here are ten writing tricks and techniques you sometimes see in amateur manuscripts that I think it’s best to avoid. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, some of which I’ve noted below; there...
View ArticleMy 2006 Best Short Fiction Picks
What I do now that I am no longer writing fiction is to review it. For the last year, I’ve been the short fiction reviewer for the Internet Review of SF. I originally had Great Plans to do a 2006...
View ArticleWild Cards week: INSIDE STRAIGHT coming out, BUSTED FLUSH in the works
Well, it’s been an exciting and fun week for Wild Cards. I just turned in revisions on my story for the second volume of the new trilogy, Busted Flush, in which my character Cameo finally has a feature...
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Wild Cards: American Hero & other interactive web fiction
Tor’s new Wild Cards website has been spiffed up and updated, with information on the mass signing in Albuquerque today with most of the Inside Straight authors. Moreover, Tor has just launched the...
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Comicon International 2008 — Dr. Horrible, The Dark Knight, and me
Back from Comicon. Also back from Westercon. Thoughts…. First off…wow. Comicon was amazing. In over twenty years of attending, Comicon’s managed to outdo itself again, mostly by dint of those who came,...
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Giving it Away for Free
Witch Way to the Mall This was going to be a small announcement that I’ve got a story coming out in Esther Friesner’s Witch Way to the Mall this next June, and Baen is offering five of the stories...
View ArticleComicon 2010 round-up and wrap-up, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
I’m just back from the San Diego Comicon 2010. I had considered doing a daily blog post and update, but that way lay madness or at least sleep deprivation and less con, so I’ll just do it now. First...
View ArticleComicon 2010 round-up and wrap-up, Saturday, Sunday
Continuing the Comicon 2010 report from the previous post…. Saturday: I had some thoughts of seeing the Chuck panel, as I was there early enough, but early enough for the panel and early enough for the...
View ArticleInterview for Savage Mojo’s Dungeonlands Kickstarter
A brief update. I’ve been brought on to write the Ur legend for Savage Mojo’s Dungeonlands Kickstarter project: “Legend of the Lich Queen,” which kicks off their “Tomb of the Lich Queen” trilogy which...
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