Mod R presented me with a list of questions. Let us get to it. When will the preorder be availlable? We don’t know. Well, that was easy. The usual MO is to wait until the cover is done because people tend to preorder in higher numbers once the cover is up. Maybe having the cover
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Hugh and the Distressing Lack of Videos
It’s Reader Question Monday. We might have to do a Reader Question Wednesday as well, as we received many questions about Amazon and digital ownership. You mentioned in the introduction that you usually publish a scene but this time would publish a full chapter. It made me wonder if, when planning a book, you explicitly
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Maggie and Tor Questions
Look at the size of this question list. When is the release date for the first book? Tentative release is first quarter of 2026. Why so long? For a number of marketing and editorial reasons. Everyone wants this book to be the best it can be. Editing will take a little longer because this is
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Promo and Religion in SF/Fantasy
Tuesday our internet went out because Hurricane Beryl nuked Spectrum’s tower in Houston. That’s on the heels of our AC unit busting a leak in the evaporator coil. We have more than one AC unit, but yeah, half of the house is pretty warm. Gordon kept promising to sleep on the couch due to the
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All The Maggie Questions
Mod R has compiled a very long list of questions you had about Maggie and self-publishing, so here are some answers. What are your reasons for going the traditional publishing route as I understood you were done with it? Self publishing allowing you more freedom over your writing schedule? We need to get back in
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Holiday Serial
Is the new thing a holiday serial? Yes. How long? Not very long. Probably short story range. Every Friday? Every Friday. Can we get it in audio/when will it be published/why is it not Innkeeper… Here is tea and cookies. Please have some. I can’t have cookies because I have to watch my blood sugar
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Present Tenses and Unhappy Endings
I wonder about how more and more books are being written in the present tense. I have a hard time getting into something written that way. Past tense is where it’s at for me and I’m so glad you write that way. Maybe I’m just getting old, but what’s up with that? I’m not sure
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Comfort Reads
A post about BDH’s favorite scenes and a small giveaway.
On Book Clubs and Hot Takes
I start my Mondays with news, and today I found this interesting article from WSJ called No, I Don’t Want to Join Your Book Club by Betsy McKay. The article requires you to register unless you have a subscription. It’s a good read, but if you don’t want to go through the trouble of registering,
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Maggie Bear
Maggie is finished. It went to Mod R for editing, and the beta team has been assembled. We have the copyeditor lined up and the proofreader has a spot open in her schedule. Barring weird happenings, the novel should be ready to go on submission in January. It clocked at 127,000 words. It was a
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Monsters, Characters, and Voices
I got very little sleep last night. The saga of Sookie continues, so please excuse me if I sound less coherent than usual. Also the novel has crossed 100K and when I mentioned this fact to Mod R, instead of being supportive and saying things like, “It will end eventually,” she basically said, “All the
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On Serials, Covers, and Other Publishing Questions
Happy Monday! We’ve gone the whole weekend without a scorpion sighting, so I have high hopes. Mod R has been collecting your questions, so today we will tackle the first batch. Are you still thinking about releasing part of Maggie as a blog serial? Will you be able to traditionally publish if you do that?
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