Over the years, Rebecca and I have taught thousands of students in various writing workshops, and many of the attendees have gone on to become successful bestselling authors themselves.  Many of you have listened to us lecture at DragonCon or other conventions, and we've given our seminar on "Things I Wish Some Pro Had Told Me When I Was Starting out" for many years at the Writers of the Future workshop. Together with three other international bestselling authors—Dave Wolverton, Brandon Sanderson, and Eric Flint—we are staging an intense no-nonsense, nuts & bolts series of writing seminars in the Los Angeles...
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I will be giving a talk, Q&A session, and book signing at the Clark County Library (1401 E. Flamingo Rd) in Las Vegas tomorrow night (Thurs, Nov 5).  I hope you can join me.  The first 25 people will receive free Terra Incognita tote bags.  I'll be signing Enemies & Allies, The Winds of Dune, Terra Incognita: The Edge of the World, and anything else you would like to bring.  Rebecca will also be there, if you want to bring any of our Young Jedi Knights, Crystal Doors, Grumpy Old Monsters, or Rebecca's solo books. We'll be having a busy...
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This has been a tough hiking season for me—mainly because I've done so much traveling and book-touring during the best summer months in the mountains.  Also, the weather turned cold and nasty very shortly after I finished the Winds of Dune tour and DragonCon the first weekend in September. However, on Oct 18, the weather brightened and much of the snow melted in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in southern Colorado.  I had hoped to summit a Fourteener (peak over 14,000 ft) this year, as I've done every year since moving to the state 13 years ago, and I took...
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Over the past few days, Colorado has been hit by a tremendous early-season snowstorm.  Schools and roads were closed for three days; we had over 18" of snow in our driveway, and our street wasn't plowed for three days.  (In the meantime, we ate most of the fresh food in the refrigerator and started in on all the canned goods.) Fortunately, Rebecca and I didn't have any travel plans or anyplace we needed to go; Jonathan & Jessica had some wedding planning to do, and Jessica couldn't get out for her first day at a new job (not a disaster,...
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