David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

A J Hartley

Act of Will

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

C E Murphy

Coyote Dreams

The Economics of Word Count

The question of appropriate word count for various genres has come up time and again in my recent talks and on my blog, so I thought I’d use it to start off my very first post here at Magical Words. First of all, if you’re J.K. Rowling or George R.R. Martin, you can get away with the kind of books that keep chiropractors in business, the big fat fantasies. If not, here are some things to think [...]

The Battle of the E-Books — Kim Harrison

Today we welcome out special guest, Kim Harrison. Kim has agreed to post here a few times a year, whenever she has something interesting  to offer about the business. Welcome Kim!

The battle of the e-books has spilled onto my desk.

I’m great at staying out of trouble most times.  You may have noticed that I’ve been very [...]

And We Have Wednesday’s Winner!

Like David and Misty, I am not posting this week, except to say, I hope you all had / are having a lovely holiday break. I hope you getting recharged and ready to write. I hope you will feel refreshed and creative and passionate about writing. I hope for success for each and every one [...]

THE IDEAL EDITOR

Last week I included in my blog my opinion about the importance of a good, professionally trained, experienced, NYC publishing house, acquisitions editor. There were a lot of comments and questions, including this one by Atsiko:

>>I’m curious, though, as to what qualifies an editor to be an expert. There are editors who are writers, and [...]

Limping Along on the Writer’s Crutch

First, thanks to AJ Hartley for covering for me last Wednesday. I went to Louisiana to research in the French Quarter and other parts of New Orleans, and to pick up and adopt two rescue dogs, that are already the love of my life! Pics on my website in the gallery under Faith and Friends [...]

A Holiday Buying Guide for Writers

‘Tis the season to cast about desperately for gifts for those we love, right?  Well, I thought that perhaps this would be a good time to suggest a few gifts for the writer on your holiday shopping list.  Or, if you’re the writer on other people’s shopping lists, then perhaps this would be a good [...]