We all have our childhood heroes. Sometimes it’s an actor or sports star. Sometimes it’s an author or a director or a musician. An astronaut, or historical figure. Sometimes, if we’re really lucky, we get to actually meet that person. One of my heroes, maybe the biggest, was Terry Brooks. It was a HUGE thrill […]
Worldbuilders 2011
I should have done this post a while ago, but I have been buried under a landslide of work that piled overhigh while I was off globe-trotting. As you may already know, it is Worldbuilders time again. This is the brainchild… nay, HEARTchild, of my friend and fellow author Pat Rothfuss, who helps Heifer International […]
Autotranslate Awesomeness and Fan Art
Mom, don’t read this. Ah, the interwebs. Today I witnessed a lovely clash between twitter and google translate. My french publisher (@BragelonneFR) twittered this: @PVBrett fout le bazar : http://bit.ly/eYQ586 | Encore un petit bijou en perspective ! Now I know a little French. VERY little. I get the gist of what this says, but […]
Stepsheet about the writing process
Instead of fully writing this blog, here is my stepsheet for it: I’ve been pondering the writing process today. I do this sometimes, trying to impose order on chaos, process on instinct. The final formula eludes me (because it is different for everyone and is not and will never be a process that can be […]
The Dark Side
As someone just commented on my last post, I am going to the Dark Side. It’s not enough that Cassie’s snores sound like Vader, but now I am converting quickly to Apple products after a lifetime as a PC. I may even get an iMac or something when my 5 year old HP desktop finally […]