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Kristine Kathryn Rusch has posted many excellent articles on the business of writing, contracts, managing a career, planning projects, and just about every subject a serious writer should heed.  You should already be reading her blog at kriswrites.com. Her most recent posting, on Responsibility, is one of the best, and relevant not only to writers […]

When I moved to Colorado thirteen years ago, I set up a writing office that looked out at the spectacular Rocky Mountains.  The scenery, the fresh air, the lower cost of living, all were undeniable advantages.  Then my brother-in-law gave me a book about the 54 peaks in Colorado over 14,000 feet high, along with […]

As I worked on the outline and draft for the third novel in the Terra Incognita trilogy, The Key to Creation, I sent the summary and suggested some ideas to the cover artist, Lee Gibbons.  Lee created amazing cover paintings for The Edge of the World and The Map of All Things, and also provided […]

Today, October 8, is Frank Herbert’s birthday.  He would have turned 90 years old. photo provided by Byron Merritt Though he is best known for the Dune Chronicles (and, in my opinion, the novel Dune is the greatest SF novel ever written), Frank Herbert left a legacy of many seminal novels, excellent works that bear […]