Apologies to anyone who has been waiting on this post. I know it’s taken a long time for me to write it, but that’s because it’s a topic close to my heart, and I wanted to take time and put my thoughts in proper order to do it justice. I also knew it would be […]
Writing “Full Time”
Last week, I wrote a post entitled Words Written vs. Words Used, which was partly a craft discussion and partly a window into my insane obsession with numbers and statistics. I received a comment this morning that included a question I started to reply to, but as my answer grew lengthier, I decided to just […]
Words Written vs. Words Used
I set a writing quota for myself every day: One thousand words. It may sound like a lot, but really, it’s a very modest goal, about three and a half double-spaced pages. Some weeks I don’t even come close, and other weeks I greatly exceed it. I consider >10,000 words a “good” week, and <5,000 […]
A Boy Goes On a Journey
If you’ve been reading regularly, you may recall a few days ago that I linked to a review of The Painted Man from an Australian SF site called A Boy Goes On A Journey, which has articles, book reviews, forums and community building for new and budding writers, and a lot more. Check it out. […]
Ward Cards & Temp Tattoos
As part of their early promotion for The Painted Man, Voyager had sets of temporary tattoos made, using the wards I had designed for the website, which are also being used on all the international editions of the book, as well as in other places. These were sent out, along with the promotional Advance Read Copies (ARCs) […]