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Motivational quote 23 Aug 2013 | 04:52 pm
Today's motivational quote comes from Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Like Elmore Leonard and Donald Westlake and Robert B. Parker and oh so many others, I want to die with my boots on, facedown on my keyboa...
Stand and deliver 15 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
While working from home today, I got an email to attend an impromptu meeting with the head of our part of the business. Those "BE THERE AT 15:00 SHARP - ALL OF YOU" messages never bode well, so yeah. ...
Riptide site relaunch & big discounts! 5 Aug 2013 | 01:37 pm
The Riptide team has done an amazing job relaunching our website with new added shiny functionality. And they've bundled quite a few of my stories, with the bundles sold for a week only at 60% off. So...
Housekeeping 3 Aug 2013 | 03:20 pm
In the last two days, I've edited the next Market Garden book with Lori Witt, so that's off to proofers now. Rachel again did a stellar job on the line edits, kicking ass in pushing us just that littl...
The long breath (the two writing business models) [essays on writing] 1 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
There's an expression in German that's best translated as "the long breath" (der lange Atem). It means having stamina and patience and a great many other things that are useful on the "long distance r...
Scarce 30 Jul 2013 | 01:49 am
I've spent the last two weeks pretty much on the road - Krakow, then Berlin, falling prey to sunburn and then damn near museum/historical site burnout, and honestly not spending a lot of time online, ...
Evil never sleeps 18 Jul 2013 | 12:45 pm
So, we're having a heat wave in the UK. As most houses don't actually have A/C, this isn't a great time for me or my productivity - I'm too busy drinking, sweating, and seeking out places that HAVE A/...
The definition of "respect" - or I R IN UR GENREZ 4 Jul 2013 | 07:57 pm
I just did a very quick search for the term "respect". Here, it says: noun 1 [mass noun] a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements...
Operation Voinov Freedom 30 Jun 2013 | 09:02 pm
My regular readers will know I've written my little black heart out recently, ever since LA Witt and I launched "Operation Voinov Freedom" - or the attempt to get royalties to the place where I can qu...
Big news - and "hello!" to my Japanese readers 20 Jun 2013 | 01:18 pm
So that's the big news. Skybound has been released today in Japanese as part of a collection of stories in "Dear +" from Shinshokan. Print run is 10,000 copies, so, wow. Lots and lots of readers. So i...
