Write.  Write a lot of words.  Write them fast.  Write, write, write. The thought I’m carrying with me?  Something Elmore Leonard said:  I try to leave out the parts that people skip. Amen.  And see you guys later. … [Read more...]

Some of you may remember that it was a Long Hard Winter, filled with blizzards and ice, and cold toes shoved under toasty cat tummies.  Heck, I was stranded for a month at the top of a hill, forced to march a quarter mile every day to the mailbox, bundled up and shuffling … [Read more...]

Cool interview with Vince Gill, who is one of my favorite musicians.  One thing I’m always harping on is that the divide between artists is very small, perhaps non-existent.  Doesn’t matter if you’re a songwriter, a dancer, a painter, a … [Read more...]

Lynn Viehl blogged the other day about finding a “lost story” on a floppy disk that she discovered in an old desk drawer.  This happens to me all the time.  I have plenty of lost stories buried deep, deep, and deeper on my hard drive—I find them, … [Read more...]

Some good reviews are coming in for A WILD LIGHT: “One of the key mysteries of the Hunter Kiss novels has been the truth about Maxine Kiss’ genetic heritage.  Clues have been dropped, but in the third chapter of this amazing series, real answers are … [Read more...]

Graciousanne asked:  I always love reading about different writers processes in writing a first draft. I know you can’t say much about the third Hunter Kiss book but i was wondering how long it took you to write the first draft of it? Do you have any rituals during the … [Read more...]

(image borrowed from the great Stargate site, Gateworld - taken from the fantastic season finale of Stargate SGU) As I twittered a week or two ago, I fell so in love with Stargate Universe’s season finale, that a not-so-small part of me wanted to write fan-fic about the … [Read more...]

It’s not Father’s Day until tomorrow—here in the USA—but as my Dad is in China at the moment, and it’s now the morning of the 20th over there: Happy Father’s Day!  And Happy Birthday to him, as well! My Dad’s favorite line of … [Read more...]

I love art.  I love nothing more than discovering a new artist, especially one like Kate Alizadeh, who I believe is only nineteen years old—and so talented it hurts.  I’ll concede that art is subjective—everyone loves different things—but her … [Read more...]

Kelley Granzow is a real heroine when it comes to supporting the troops.  For years, she and her family, with limited support, have been shipping letters, packages, and books to our men and women overseas.  I received an email from her last night about a soldier who … [Read more...]