Depression is a funny word when you say it around people from my culture. Growing up, it was used as a joke: “Poor people go crazy. Rich people get depressed.” I can even remember it being used as an insult… “Hey, it’s ‘Depressed,’ paying a visit. Let’s all act nice around her.” I’ve suffered from …
I‘m almost sure I already did a show vs. tell post somewhere here before. Oh, well. That must’ve been years ago. My books are starting to get a reputation as something you have to pay close attention to in order to get the most out of them. I feel like I should address this. I …
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Character-driven versus plot-driven is an age-old debate, one that is particularly interesting to see when it rears its head in genre fiction, which by its very nature is the definition of plot-driven in the first place. There’s also a bit of confusion on what this actually means–I’ve had to learn to tell the difference myself …
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And I’m going to have to schedule the reveal sometime next month. It’s wonderful. I feel like crying. Not just because the artwork is so good–there’s lots of good cover artwork everywhere–but because I know how much went into this novel, the team effort, the passion for the craft of writing and storytelling and just …
Marketing The Agartes Epilogues in a genre that thrives on a lot of cool ideas and concepts has always been a challenge. Quenby Olson’s review of Sapphire’s Flight a couple of weeks ago summarizes this very well: At its heart, it’s about its characters, caught in the machinations of an epic fantasy world that simply will not leave …
