Archive for the ‘Elsewhere on the Web’ Category
- SFNovelists Interview Now Up • July 8, 2008
There's an interview with me that's been posted to the SFNovelists.com group. Simon Haynes, author of the Hal Spacejock series, has put the interview up on his Blogspot blog and his LiveJournal, God bless him. Since this is a group interview, it might still pop up on other SFNovelists member blogs too.
- On John Scalzi’s Blog: The Big Idea • July 3, 2008
I have a "Big Idea" piece up on John Scalzi's Whatever blog, talking about Adolf Hitler and the inspiration for my novels "Infoquake" and "MultiReal."
- On DeepGenre: Building Character(s) • May 30, 2008
On the group blog DeepGenre today, I tackle the question of building characters. Specifically, how do you build three-dimensional, believable characters in your stories? I compare building characters to the art of additive sculpture.
- On SF Signal: Scientific Accuracy in Stories • May 22, 2008
SF Signal's excellent Mind Meld column today asks a variety of science fiction authors whether we have an obligation to be scientifically accurate in our stories. My response is a qualified "no."
- On DeepGenre: How to Write a Novel (Part 2) • January 21, 2008
This morning on DeepGenre, I’ve posted part 2 of my article on How to Write a Novel. (In case you missed it, here’s part 1.) This time I tackle how to get from your finished first draft to the final product. Excerpts:
Step 10: Get your first readers’ feedback, and listen to it. This is [...]
- On DeepGenre: How to Write a Novel (Part 1) • January 15, 2008
This morning on DeepGenre, I’ve posted a step-by-step guide to writing a novel. Or, at least, it’s a step-by-step guide to how I write a novel. Because every novelist who also blogs has to write at least one of these posts in their lifetime. Really, it’s in the union regulations.
Excerpts:
Step 2: Noodle around and figure [...]
- On DeepGenre: What Works on an Author Website? • December 19, 2007
Today on DeepGenre, I’ve posted a little article asking for reader and book-buyer feedback on author websites, in particular SF author websites. Quick excerpt:
So my question today is this: what do you find useful on an author’s website? I think we can all agree that excerpts help, and at the very least, having a [...]
- Mini-Essay on the Internet and Publishing on SF Signal • December 18, 2007
I’ve got a mini-essay (three paragraphs) up today in the new “Mind Meld” feature of SF Signal. The question was about how the Internet has impacted publishing and the author’s ability to sell more books. Quick excerpt:
But even more important, the Internet has allowed me to keep in touch with readers during the (too long) [...]
