There are authors that I’d love to meet. But I wouldn’t want to spend the night talking shop. The social anxiety would kill me.
All events have an impact, some large, some small. I know with a prompt like this, the inclination is to change some big, historical event. I’m going to save one life.
Publishing is broken and there’s not enough time to fix it before my novel comes out. Two words keep coming to mind: Plan Accordingly. I wish I knew how.
You know who isn’t a good candidate for traveling around the world? Me. I despise spicy food, seafood, and I’m not an adventurous eater. I am no Anthony Bourdain.
While I’ve usually had at least one furball in my life, repeatedly moving between continents has meant having to resist expanding my furry friend group, until recently.
I read an interview with a writer who was asked to give advice to new writers, and the advice was simply “Writers write.” That’s what makes a writer. If you’ve ever tried to write a novel, you’d know it’s hard.
TAU CETI is a big, complex story with a large cast of characters. This non-exhaustive list gives all of the important characters.
There are three quotes that are favourites; two well-attributed to Monty Python and Douglas Adams, and one misattributed to both Mark Twain & Ambrose Bierce.
From an early age, I dreamt I’d live on a sailboat, I dreamt I’d be an author, I dreamt I’d go to Africa. I dreamt I’d have adventures.
There’s a discussion evolving about the optimal length of a book series over at SFF Chronicles website. Do readers grow tired of a series after six books? If you write from passion will readers stay with you for however long you take?
