Ursula Le Guin has profoundly influenced what it means to be a fantasy writer. What stuck with me from her speech at the Children’s Literature Breakfast BookExpo in 2004, while not directly related to fantasy world-building, defines its purpose. She...
[Second of 2 parts] When you start a new author blog, you’re hopeful and expectant. Who knows how many people you’ll reach, how much fun it will be, whether you’ll start a trend or a revolution, become rich and famous, or be offered a 6-figure book...
One thing that happens when you go to a writing conference is you end up spending a lot of time with writers. Many kinds of writers. And that can be very instructive. There were several hundred writers in attendance at the San Francisco Writers Conference, which ended...
