Okay, before this blog becomes nothing more than a vehicle for kvelling grandparents to show off baby pictures, I’d like to shift gears.
One of the most wonderful aspects of the whole process of getting my work published has been the many talented people who have lent their creative energy to bringing my creations to life. [...]

So I’ve had to adjust my work habits slightly now that the Infanta has arrived on her bed of linens and sequins and silk, but never fear, I am still working, albeit more slowly and sleepily.
Officially, I am taking a month off from writing while we care for the little bundle of joy. I am [...]

Yesterday I finished the Chapter From Hell.
There are some chapters that fly by, my fingers a blur as they race across the keys, still not keeping up with my mental dictation. They are crystal clear in my mind’s eye, and take about as long to write as they do to read.
Other chapters… do not. I [...]

As I mentioned a few posts ago, Harper Collins Australia gave away 10 copies of The Painted Man to a book review website called Booktagger. Booktagger allows users to list books they have read, and share their opinions.
In a promotion, the site offered the copies to the first ten Australian readers to register with the [...]

Googling again. I know, I know…
Anyway, I found something fun! My first review by someone I’ve never met and who has no vested business relationship with me.
Booktagger is this website that apparently lets one organize their personal book collection and log their thoughts about things in their collections for mass consumption. They were given some [...]

I spend a lot of time talking about writing, so for a change, let’s talk about NOT writing, something I excel at.
Last week was my best writing week in over six months. I cranked out over 10,000 words. This despite buying a car, visiting friends, building a crib for baby, and a number of other [...]

I’ve got voices in my head.
We all do, really. The speak to us silently as we try to understand the world around us. When I meet people, I always try to figure out what makes them tick. What their motivations are, what goals they’ve set, and what they are willing to do to reach them. [...]

I don’t really have anything to blog about, but I feel like posting anyway and I’m tired of working. So this will be kind of a free-flowing stream of thought.
I only wrote 1381 words today, but that small word count required a considerable amount of work, as I finally tunneled my way out of a [...]

A couple of months ago, I posted a question to the site of my good friend and copyeditor extraordinaire, Deanna Hoak. The question was about interrobangs, which is the practice of using a combination of exclamation point and question mark in order to denote a question that is shouted, or otherwise intensified. Some people hate [...]

I’ve been thinking about my “rap” about The Painted Man. This is something I need to practice quite a bit as my publication date nears, and I need to become something of a salesman in addition to an author.
I’ve never been good at sales. Or summaries. I’m a long story kind of guy, and [...]