David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

A J Hartley

The Mask of Atreus

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

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 [...]

My MO

One quick note, Y’all. On Tuesday the 16th of February, we’ll have a guest blogger, Kim Harrison. Hope you’ll join us that day for a special post!

In the life of a writer, little is more boring or more necessary than the first rewrites. When I was writing mystery/thrillers, the first rewrite was between pages 100 [...]

The Evolution of the Novel, Part two

Last week, in part one, I discussed the evolution of voice in the work of one of my protégées, Tiff. With her permission, I told her story and how she found a narrator’s voice and a character’s voice that was uniquely hers. But as her story worked its way out on paper (computer files, I [...]

Evolution of The Novel, Prt 1

In keeping with the  “How to Write a (Fantasy) Book” premise that some of us, some of the time, are blogging on, this year, on MagicalWords.Net, I thought I’d revisit the First Page. I’ve blogged about this before, but not like this… (Yeah, I have a *new idea.* Scary, huh.)

As some of you know, I [...]

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 [...]

Peat and Repeat

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Every book needs a good editor. And writing a book can be compared to building a house. I’ve posted on this before, but it bears repeating, maybe in a new way with a new emphasis.

Note: For those of you who may be new to the site, [...]