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Parts 1 here, Part 2 here..What you should NOT take into account when deciding whether or not to use a pseudonym The first letter of your own name: Several people have mentioned that it’s no good having a real surname … Continue reading
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.This was a question to me from a writer just starting out. And I am going to answer it in bits, because I am too busy to sit down and write a long post this week. So here’s Part One: … Continue reading
All of this has been said before, often. Yet if this Harlequin Horizons affair has showed anything, it is that myths are alive and well. Evidently, we can’t say this kind of thing often enough. In no particular order the … Continue reading
.Interesting discussions going on in the blogosphere.Publishers Weekly, which is not uninfluential in the business, have named a list of 2009’s best adult books. Not a woman writer in sight. Wow. Here are some excellent comments about that.Look here from … Continue reading
John Scalzi had a blog post on this subject two days back. Basically he was saying in answer: nothing much. Give up an hour’s TV (or internet surfing or gaming or similar), 5 days a week, and you can write … Continue reading
I have not exactly been keeping up with the blogging very well. I am not at my computer as much lately. I intend to start writing book 3 of The Watergivers trilogy (i.e. the Stormlord cycle) on July 1st and … Continue reading
If you couldn’t get to Denvention back in August, but want to read the excellent Guest of Honour speech, it is up on the internet and you can read it here. (The GoH was the wonderfully talented and lovely lady, … Continue reading
…sort of like those proverbial ships. One of the really, really great things about being a writer is the great people you meet who are also in the business. Next week I have one such person coming to stay – … Continue reading
Several times I have been intrigued by someone approaching me who wanted to be writer, but who – as became apparent during the course of the conversation – read very little, even in the genre they wanted to be published … Continue reading
Here in the KL, there is an independent bookstore called Silverfish. It has a great site and newsletter you can subscribe to. Here, the owner Raman – renowned for his blunt speaking – talks about a parent wanting to turn … Continue reading