A couple of days ago, my review of Laurell K. Hamilton's latest novel, Crimson Death, appeared on Escape Pod. One of the things that I always complain about with Hamilton's books is that they're more [...]
I recently started writing a new book, and in preparation for it, I wrote an outline. Some writers do this; some don't. Some only do it for books; some do it for everything. It really [...]
My first exposure to Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake series was with the fourth novel, The Lunatic Cafe. I found it in a bookstore in Georgetown, while on a trip with a bunch of high [...]
In celebration (or something) of NaNoWriMo, I’ve written a series of columns full of writing advice and tips. This is one of them. Time for me to dust off my soapbox and start talking about [...]
In celebration (or something) of NaNoWriMo, I've written a series of columns full of writing advice and tips. This is one of them. Look, most of us nerds do want to be writers of some [...]
Most of us are aware, at least in the broadest sense of the word, of what a vampire has that a human doesn't: greater strength, greater speed, the inability to subsist on food (needing blood [...]
I like Buffy. I like fanfic. Go ahead and laugh; I don't care. I originally discovered Buffy fanfic back in the mid 2000s -- well before I had any familiarity with the show -- because [...]