The journey to fulfilling your dreams is often sprinkled with tiny, important moments. Here’s me, signing my contract with Candlewick under the fierce gaze of my statue of Buffy. The picture doesn’t quite capture the happiness and excitement in my heart, but trust me. It’s there. From 2010 Photobook
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Aug 12, 2010
|Above World, Writing
I’ve written three novels so far, and am about to embark on my fourth. This will be the book after ABOVE WORLD, a continuation of the story that I hope will some day be a trilogy. I’ve never written a sequel before, and I find the new challenge exhilarating and a wee bit terrifying. Some [...]
Read More ...Last weekend I attended a working retreat run by my agency, Barry Goldblatt Literary. “Camp Barry” — which is actually run by Barry, Joe, and Beth — took place at Club Med Sandpiper in Florida and consisted of communal meals, awesome discussion groups, and late night pool parties. (I would mention the ubiquitous “chocolate bread,” [...]
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Jul 23, 2010
|Adventure, Voice Acting, Writing
Yesterday, for the first time, I had a voice acting audition in front of people I didn’t know. With acting — even just the voice-only type — there is zero room for self-doubt. You’ve got to go for it, put yourself out there. You’ve got to nod when you’re given direction and assure everyone that, [...]
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Jul 22, 2010
|Jade Tiger, Martial Arts, News
I haven’t done a lot of interviews about my first novel, JADE TIGER, so when the amazing Tiffany Trent (a kung fu* writer and fellow martial artist) asked me to answer a few questions about the book, I leaped at the chance. (“You want me to talk about writing and martial arts at the same [...]
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Jul 2, 2010
|Above World, Life Stuff, Writing
Where am I? Where will I be for the next few weeks and possibly months? Right here, in Novel Revision Central: From 2010 Photobook The typical layout contains: laptop & stand, printer, lamp, bluetooth keyboard and mouse, manuscript (in three separate piles), moleskine, Uniball Signo pens in three colors (my new favorite everyday pen), mug [...]
Read More ...Holy cow, that was a great workshop. Flagstaff is a wonderful city, one I could see myself living in some day. But really, it was the people who brought the magic. I’ve never been surrounded by such a universally smart, funny, talented, kind, and generous group of fellow writers. (Except at Blue Heaven, of course, [...]
Read More ...Next week I’ll be attending Starry Heaven, a week-long novel workshop in Flagstaff, with 10 other science fiction and fantasy writers. (In 2008, I brought the first draft of ABOVE WORLD to the original Blue Heaven workshop on Kelley’s Island, Ohio.) Starry Heaven has already been a huge success, and it hasn’t even started yet. [...]
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Jun 5, 2010
|Martial Arts, Writing
Ooh, an elusive writing/martial arts cross-over post! (Well, okay. Not that elusive. Just go with it anyway.) I believe in the worth of all genres. I don’t think they should be quantified — romance is not “better” than mainstream, science fiction is not “better” than romance. Live and let live, I say! There’s room for [...]
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Jun 4, 2010
|Writing
When I’m nearing the end of a book I love, I can’t help myself — I start reading faster and faster, gulping down words as quickly as possible, until I don’t even notice that I’m turning pages, until I don’t even realize that I’m reading words and not just absorbing Story directly into my brain. [...]
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