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A confluence of ongoing projects swirled around me this week, challenging my multiprocessing ability: •  Brian Herbert delivered his final edit of the HELLHOLE manuscript to me, and I’m going over the 679 pages one last time (up to p 375, as of today).  This is the ninth draft, and all the pieces are fitting […]

I contributed a reprint article to a new writing advice book edited by Scott Nicholson, Write Good or Die.  The book also contains entries by Heather Graham, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, J.A. Konrath, and many others. Scott has made the book available for free download on most platforms (99¢ on Kindle). I have […]

Since 1995 I have been a judge for the Writers of the Future Contest, an avid supporter for much longer than that . . . and even a contestant in the early years (before I became disqualified by earning my chops as a professional writer).  Last year marked 25 years of the contest — a […]

I receive many queries about my writing technique, so here’s a full description.  This article first appeared in the BULLETIN of the Science Fiction Writers of America TALKING TO MYSELF Kevin J. Anderson If you see a person walking along engaged in a vigorous conversation with no one else around, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s […]