Horses Are Magical & Wonderful (Also Deeply Stupid & Fearful)
I had an epiphany while driving home from the barn today. It's not required that every post on my website be deeply insightful, or provide a tutorial on writing. I can take a leaf from my posts on Facebook and make this a good deal more casual. So here is a little...
Where to Find Me
Okay, confession time. I've been really, really bad about posting here. Partly because I've been super busy with the Wild Cards writer's room, but also because writing blog posts starts to feel a whole lot like work. I want to keep my website so people can see the...
Imperials Update
First an abject apology to the person who wrote me about the publication date on the fourth Imperials book -- The Currency of War. I'm an idiot and in moving it from the spam file (I have no idea why my mail program regards emails to me from this website as spam but...
Whoops
I am very aggravated this went out into the world without Andrew's, mine or George's approval but it happened so rather than curse I want to get ahead of the news. There was an unfortunately leak from the set of Wild Cards.You can read about it here on George's blog...
Skylark Speech
I know, I know, I have been a total stranger. Mostly it's because I've been working super long hours on the Wild Cards TV shows, and on the weekends I have to run errands, do laundry and most importantly go see and ride the horses (though the California rains have...
Three Films
In the past few weeks I have seen three movies. Fortunately I ended the streak with a lovely film. Last night I went off to see GREEN BOOK with friends, and despite the length — two hours and ten minutes — this movie never felt long or slow. There were no glitzy...
Crimes of Grindelwald
I really like the wizarding world that Rowling created and I enjoyed the first Fantastic Beast film, there was a humanity and kindness to it. Unfortunately this film is hot a mess. If you're not a true fan with a deep understanding of the family relationships, things...
Don’t Stop Believing
People. Last night was a good night. Even in races we didn't win Democrats significantly narrowed the margins. We got the House. We won governorships. We all knew the Senate was going to be a lift. Next time the Republicans will be on defense. And think about the...
Writing Pitfalls — First Person Cheating
I’ve been reading this series and really enjoying the books. Then last night I finished up the third book and my head exploded and not in a good way. These books are written in first person and I like first person when it’s done well and this was done very well....
Character Proliferation
Too many characters in a book can overburden the story and truthfully every time you add a character who is a point of view you are adding between one hundred and a hundred and fifty pages to your manuscript. In my Imperials Saga I've had four characters in two of the...
