Dear readers and friends,My blog is changing. I’ll be sharing more personal perspectives on the writing life rather than teaching...

Dear readers and friends,My blog is changing. I’ll be sharing more personal perspectives on the writing life rather than teaching...

Next Tuesday, the release of a terrific new SF anthology, Solaris Rising 2. It’s available for preorder I’m excited to be a part of this...

My January 31 post asked readers to vote on the best cover for my new fantasy. I said that my publisher had two great covers and couldn’t...

I’ve been thinking about pacing, and what a judgment call this aspect of fiction requires. Repetitive and unnecessary words, paragraphs,...

Cover of a recent favorite fantasy book, N.K. Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. When people ask me why I write science fiction and...