DavidBCoe
When last we saw our intrepid author, she was wading into the Slog, the great morass of storytelling, character development, and worldbuilding that stretched to the imaginative horizon, keeping her from her ambitions. Armed only with a keyboard, a thesaurus, and her wits, she strode forth, prepared to face down the horrors which, according to [...]
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     | I first met Blake Charlton in San Jose last fall, at the World Fantasy Convention. Blake is a sibling of a sort: His editor is also my editor. And so I looked upon him initially as a younger brother. An incredibly bright, talented, capable, charming, funny, good-looking younger brother. In other words I hated his [...] Here at MW, we often write (whine? gripe?) about the questions people ask us upon learning that we’re authors. The questions range from the pragmatic — “Really? Ever been published?” — to the crass — “Interesting. What do you get paid for that?” — to the sublimely ridiculous — “I’ve always wanted to write but [...] Most people think that writing is what we do at the PC or laptop or with pad and pen. That we live inside our heads and only when actively pounding away at the keyboard or scritching madly on the pad. The writers among us know that is simply not true. Our minds get caught up [...] Greetings from the road. By the time you read this, I’ll be in the Big Apple. But I that doesn’t mean that I can’t post here at MW — ah, the wonders of modern technology. You couldn’t do this with 19th century blogs, you know…. How do I balance work and time off? I’m on vacation [...] In case you haven’t gotten it yet, the life of a writer isn’t all bon-bons and big checks and champaign parties in New York City at the publisher’s. Between’s David’s worry about his fab urban fantasy that hasn’t yet sold, to Catie’s revelation during an impossible writing schedule, to, well, this [...] | This is a 2D-barcode containing the address of our Many companies provide barcode readers that you can install on your mobile, and all of the following are compatible with this format: | ||
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