I’d be interested in your views on the concept of authors giving up on series without completing them. At the end of the day an artist’s work is their own and if they don’t want to write further books in a particular series they don’t have to (unless they are under contract to a publisher
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Website Woes
The website redesign is proceeding on schedule. We will be converting from a multisite to a single site and letting the blog posts and landing pages shoulder the load that multisite previously carried. The amount of work that has to go into conversion is massive, because categories have to be reordered. Currently there are 1,672
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Work work work
I’ve got this amazingly tone deaf email this morning offering us writing advice on Ryder. Heh. Today is just one of those days. Yesterday Kid 2 moved to Austin in the middle of protests so it was a stressful day. Today the electrician looked at our flood issue and said he can’t do anything until
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Computer is here
The good news is that computer is finally here! The bad news is that it’s just now got here. I am sorry, we are looking at Monday for Ryder. I wanted to tell you about my Mom. She has been dead for over a decade now, but I still miss her. My grandparents had a
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Still No Computer
::walks back and forth:: The good news is that I have followed up on all of the business emails. The bad news is that the computer still hasn’t been delivered. Come on, Amazon. We have arranged an electric inspection. Thank you to everyone who commented on the previous post offering suggestions. We’ll screening the trench
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Ryder Toward the End of the Week
According to my husband, this is me and my plants in Texas. So we’ve hit a bit of a delay writing-wise. We’ve been remodeling the office, and stuff has piled up, and now on top of everything else, we need a new work computer because the old computer is no more. I spent Monday calling
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Emerald Blaze Netgalley
From Erika Tsang: “Wanted to warn you that the galley of EB will/should be dropping to NetGalley today.” I will just leave that here. For those of you who are members of the Facebook fan group, I will ask the moderators to make a spoiler thread. Update: yes, it is on wish status. That’s because
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Plagiarism and other fun things
I saw this today and thought of your reference to fan fiction recently. Would love your take – is it harder for young writers to get established in a popular genre if the tropes lend themselves to appearing like plagiarism? How does one determine copyright if the ‘original’ fiction was fan fiction to begin with?
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Need Design Book Recommendations
For some reasons California Closets sent me their magazine/catalogue and in it, they profiled 4 current popular design trends: Modern Farmhouse, Industrial Rustic, Traditional, and Transitional Modern. I really enjoyed reading it, so I went looking for a book that would have more styles, and hit a roadblock. It seems most design books are either
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News and Other Things
First things first, Jessie Mihalik’s new book is out. Interplanetary intrigue and romance combine in this electrifying finale to the Consortium Rebellion series. As the youngest member of her High House, Catarina von Hasenberg is used to being underestimated, but her youth and flighty, bubbly personality mask a clever mind and stubborn determination. Her enemies,
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Social Media and Academic Marketing
I was hoping you could help guide me on an academic question. As part of my summer project work with my professor, I am involved in developing a marketing plan for his new book on business management. Your blog has been a wonderful resource to get insights into the publishing world for fiction writers. It
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We Have to Leave the House
We have to go out today on an unavoidable errand, so we are a bit behind on our work. We are half-way through the next Ryder scene so it will posted either tonight or tomorrow morning, so please don’t obsess checking the website. Wish me luck.