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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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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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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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.
Still Brain Dead
I’ve tried to write the whole last week and no go. Partially, I don’t know what to work on. I keep trying things and none of them pan out. Iron Covenant II is really dark in parts and it’s too dark for right now. Roman is in the same boat. I don’t want to work
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Emerald Blaze Edits Are Done
OMG, it’s over with. It’s done, it was sent to our editor last night, and pheew. Done. Things I have done now that the horrible terrible edit is over. Drank Blue Tea Colored hair. It is now not an awful color. Resolved coworking crisis. Took pictures of pets. Today I might actually play the new
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A bit more of Roman
I am sitting here waiting for the edits of Emerald Blaze. The edits will determine if it’s a decent book or not, so I can’t concentrate on anything. I was going to post something clever or witty, but no dice. We finished the Roman scene, because we both hate to leave scenes unfinished, so here
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San Antonio Popcon
I am so tired, I had to make this post and my brain was like, “Wot are wurds?” My original post started with “This Saturday, Gordon and I will join much cooler people at San Antonio Popcon.” Except Popcon is NOT this Saturday. It’s next Saturday. Not only I thought it was this Saturday, I
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Pitches and Jerks
Right now time is in short supply, so yesterday I bought a rotisserie chicken at Sams. The plan was to strip it, throw the meat into a salad, and serve that for dinner. Guess which jerk pushed the chicken off the island while it was cooling? I come into the kitchen, the chicken is on
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Fictional Contract Help
Update: Adventurous lawyer was found. Thank you! ::waves:: Usually when we are writing fictional contracts, we use real life boilerplates. Unfortunately, we need a contract which gives one party the authority to shut down a building site if someone is murdered and the other parties involved refuse to cooperate with the private investigator. It’s very
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Holidays and Unclean Critters
What makes it a holiday novella? Is there like a type?” Kelly Believe it or not, there are some unofficial criteria for a holiday novella. You won’t find it spelled out anywhere, but if you say “holiday novella,” most commercial authors will immediately know what you mean. It’s a short work of between 20,000-39,000. At
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