So I’m currently reading Dead Beat by Jim Butcher (one of his Dresden Files books). I’m enjoying it, but something keeps jumping out at me — all the action. The book takes places over a couple of days. I’m about halfway through, and our favorite Chicago wizard has already been attacked/threatened/injured half a dozen times — at least. And we’re →

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So my editor, agent, and I have started talking about a formal title for the first Assassin book and the series as a whole. I’ve been pretty lucky with my titles so far in that all the titles I’ve suggested have been used. The only change was Karma (my original title for the first Bigtime book) to Karma Girl (the →

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So I finished my rough draft of my young adult fantasy, Quiver — it’s right at 50,000 words. And it’s pretty much all crap at this point (more like a long outline than anything else). I’ve got some good scenes, especially the big fight scene at the end. But the problem is that the beginning sucks and I have no idea →

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One year from today, Feb. 3, 2010, the first book in the Assassin urban fantasy series will be released. At least, that’s the plan right now. I know it’s a long wait, but I really think it will be worth it. Since there’s a year to go now, things will start gearing up soon (finally!). My editor, agent, and I →

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Is over at Romancing the Blog. I’m talking about some of my 2009 reading resolutions. Enjoy!

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