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Photo by Dmitry Bayer on Unsplash I have a blog post up at my friend Rae's A New Look On Books reflecting* on the importance of mirrors to my writing, stories, and well, really, everybody. *see what I did there? I'm pretty quiet because I'm writing a new book. Not ready to say more than I have a title, characters, and it's secondary world fantasy with a sort of magic I don't think I've ever seen before. I'm also doing something a bit different in that I'm keeping track of daily wordcounts in my Filofax. Nothing in writing is more boring than word ...
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Test Test is this thing on? Ahem... TaDa!! New website! What do you think? Thanks to our longtime friend Tyler, it's all pretty now. In other news I started a new book and it has some weird mashups so I'm going back to secondary world fantasy for this one. I always feel a bit safer playing in worlds of my own making. No one can actually tell you "that isn't right" because how can they know? It came out of your own brain. That is, assuming physics don't apply, and I find a dash of magic takes care of that ...
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And a book is born. Pregnancy is not easy. In my family we like to say "Those nine months were the longest year of my life." I don't really have a quip for when you conceived a book in 2004 that took 14 years to hit bookshelves. First of all it really didn't feel that long. I was writing and publishing a lot of stories and books between then and now. But it's important because the seed of the story comes from Folsom Field, CU's football field, which was enlarging back then. It looked like a giant prison. So it ...
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Today, actually. TODAY!!I am so excited because Mile Hi Con is my home con and the first con I ever spoke at a decade or more ago (who's counting) AND it's the 50th anniversary so a bunch of friends will be there! Plus THE SILVER SCAR is out in a few days but will be for sale for the first time at the con bookstore this weekend. I'm so happy to have everyone meet Trinidad and Castile! So! Much!! Excite!!!Here's my schedule as I know it now. I also can be found hanging around various places, like the bar. Please ...
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This is your two week warning! I'm around DCC the whole time and a busy little writer as you can see! I also have three signings sprinkled in so come by the booth for a chat. When I'm not in a signing or panel, I will be wandering or may be at one of the Hyatt bars.Friday 6/15/18 To Plot or Not10:30Coast City Room - Mile High Ballroom DCCP6Few things get writers into friendly arguments: maybe Apple vs Android, or Trad vs Indie. But a big one is plotting verses "pantzing" our work. So this panel will hash it out ...
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