A day and a half remain to play! Two entries have been made to the artistic portion of the contest, and they are magical, my friends. If you’d like to visit the artists’ pages, Shannon’s is here and Candi’s is here. Check out… Continue Reading
Have fun, kids. Draw me something cool. From The Broken Lands, Chapter One: CHARACTER, CHANCE, AND CHEATING Coney Island, August, 1877 The arrival of the four o’clock train at the terminus of the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad line announced… Continue Reading
About a week ago I got to see the final cover of my next book at last. Yes, The Broken Lands jacket art has been finalized, and all I can say is that it’s truly beautiful. Not that I expected… Continue Reading
The discussion begins with a phone call. Ah, the phone call. I could probably do this by Skype, but I always think I look awful in pictures and video, and while obviously nobody but me cares whether or not I… Continue Reading
Continuing with our discussion of kid beta-readers, we rejoin the Kid Editor Crew for Part the Second: How it Works. Here’s how it works. When I have a draft almost ready, I send out an email to the Kid Editors… Continue Reading
Every writer eventually gets asked at least once or twice what she thinks the most important things are for someone who wants to be a writer. There are any number of good answers to this question (persistence, self-motivation, delusions of… Continue Reading
Well, here we are. The Saturday before Thanksgiving. Usually for me this means the final phase of the Countdown To My Birthday (December 2, if you were curious, which you probably weren’t; but just in case, my favorite color is… Continue Reading
This is a fascinating state of affairs for me. I will tell you why. But first, let me say this. I love writing villains. I love dreaming them up, deciding on their quirks, their monstrosities, and the cuts of their… Continue Reading
If you are reading this and you are not DC Comics, you may or may not know that there is a kerfluffle going on right now on the intertubes about DC. If you’re not a comics reader, don’t worry. This… Continue Reading
This is a brief public service announcement from Milford Command Central. The Broken Lands (which it’s a companion to The Boneshaker) has had its birthday rearranged. Rather than being released in May of 2012, it will now be arriving sometime… Continue Reading