The #RWA17 Workshop on Creating Ensemble Casts
I’m at the RWA national conference in Orlando right now, where there’s always something more to think about, learn, or analyze about writing or roma...
Category: writing talk
Live at #RT17 – Mark Coker @Smashwords Ten Trends Shaping Authorship
I’m at RT Booklovers this week, which is one of the largest reader/writer conferences out there. RT started life as “Romantic Times” but it no...
The #RT17 BDSM panel wrapup and handouts
Thanks everyone who attended the panel at RT Booklovers in Atlanta on BDSM: What’s Next for BDSM Romance? If you need the handout, you can grab the PDF fr...
Art Within Context and Why "Universal" is Literary Code for "White/Mainstream"
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole yesterday when I dug into — don’t laugh — my archive of grad school poetry. Well, okay, laugh. I was so chi...
Writing Advice: Paranormal Romance with Heather Graham, Nalini Singh, and Rebecca Zanetti
I went to the massive Romance Writers of America national conference this past week and one of the best things about this conference is that so many of the top ...
In the wake of Orlando: fans of Daron and DGC please help
I’ve been exchanging messages with a lot of fans of Daron’s Guitar Chronicles this week. Two different gun incidents happened in Orlando the same we...
Help choose the cover of the next Daron's Guitar Chronicles ebook -CLOSED
Well, folks, I’ve been poking around at this cover long enough that I really can’t tell which one is the best. I’ve already put the book up fo...
NY Times Bestsellers tell self-pub secrets at #RT16
One of the panels I attended yesterday at RT Booklovers was a packed house on the subject of self-publishing ebook platforms. “Power of the Platforms” was moder...
#ICFA Panel: Remix Culture, SF/F and Books in Conversation
I moderated a panel at ICFA (which I had proposed) entitled: Remix Culture: SF, Fantasy, and Books in Conversation and I would like to write a coherent blog pos...
The #ICFA Interview with Holly Black
I’m at ICFA (Int’l Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts) which is a unique academic conference where they not only talk about sf/fantasy/horror l...