IF ONLY I HAD THE TIME... During the Olympics, the world watches great athletes from all nations perform seemingly impossible feats with breathtaking skill. When those well-toned men and women receive their medals, we admire them for their almost superhuman abilities. As we sit on the couch munching potato chips, most of us don’t kid ourselves that we could be just as talented, just as fast, just as strong . . . if only we had the time. For some reason, though, many believe exactly that about writing books. I’ve had many people tell me, "Oh, writing is easy. Anybody...
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Lee Gibbons has just been nominated for the Ravenheart Fantasy Award for his cover painting for the first Terra Incognita novel, The Edge of the World. Lee did an excellent job of capturing the feel of the novel, the fantasy elements, exploring the unknown, the dangers and wonders to be found in the unmarked spaces on the maps. The paperback version uses the elements of the painting in a new design: Lee has also finished the cover for the second book in the series, The Map of All Things, an equally impressive work of art. I've also sent him the...
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We are offering a free membership to next month's Superstars Writing Seminar at the Pasadena Convention Center. Sign up to enter at http://www.superstarswritingseminars.com/freeticket/ Contest ends this Sunday, Feb 14, and the winner will be announced immediately afterward. Don't miss your chance to be part of this event. Also, note our February special: TWO memberships for the regular price of $1199. So find a friend and sign up together; great for writers' groups and workshops. The Superstars Writing Seminar will be held March 19-21, presented by five international bestselling authors, Kevin J. Anderson, Eric Flint, David Farland, Rebecca Moesta, and Brandon...
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I've finished going through the mountain of submissions I received for BLOOD LITE 2: OVERBITE. I was pleased to see such a great selection of humor and horror, with a lot of very near misses. I have filled up the book with 31 stories...a real feast with a wide range of subjects, a half dozen New York Times bestselling authors and a host of award winners—we've got winners of the Bram Stoker Award, the Nebula Award, the Hugo Award, the World Fantasy Award, even the Grammy Award. The anthology will come out from Pocket Books this Halloween, 2010. Here is the...
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