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When I was starting out, I submitted dozens and dozens of stories to various magazines and anthologies.  At one point, I had 30 different manuscripts in the mail to different markets.  I always wondered what went on in the slushpile when an editor would pick up the stack of envelopes from that day’s mail, and […]

All the visitors and family obligations during the holiday season threw my regular work schedule into turmoil.  Fortunately, before the first relatives arrived, I spent several days up at a cabin in Rocky Mountain National Park and made good headway on many works in progress. TERRA INCOGNITA #2: THE MAP OF ALL THINGS—I finished a […]

Working closely together, the five writers participating in the SuperStars Writing Seminar—Eric Flint, Dave Wolverton (aka David Farland), Brandon Sanderson, Rebecca Moesta, and myself—have developed the full curriculum of the talks and panels we will be giving during the three-day session. As I’ve described in previous posts, the seminar will be held at the Pasadena […]

Previously we announced our no-nonsense, nuts & bolts writing weekend for serious writers (both aspiring and already published), the Superstars Writing Seminars at the Pasadena (CA) Convention Center this March.  Five international bestselling writers—me, Rebecca Moesta, Eric Flint, Brandon Sanderson, and Dave Wolverton/David Farland—giving solid advice on how to be a successful professional author. As […]