Daily Archives: May 22, 2013
Madison! I’m at A Room Of One’s Own TOMORROW, 4pm! Note the Time!
Posted on May 22, 2013 11 Comments
I’ll be doing a rare afternoon tour appearance tomorrow in Madison because at 6pm, A Room of One’s Own welcomes the Guests of Honor at Wiscon, the (completely fantastic) science fiction and fantasy convention. So if you’re coming at 4 o’clock to Room of One’s Own to see me, stick around afterward for the GoHs, […]
Amazon’s Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts
Posted on May 22, 2013 251 Comments
The Twitters are abuzz today about Amazon’s new “Kindle Worlds” program, in which people are allowed to write and then sell through Amazon their fan fiction for certain properties owned by Alloy Entertainment, including Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars, with more licenses expected soon. I’ve had a quick look at the program on Amazon’s […]
The Big Idea: Rhiannon Held
Posted on May 22, 2013 5 Comments
Readers often have default expectations when it comes to their reading — default expectations that we call “tropes.” But where do you go as a writer when the tropes don’t take you where your characters need to be? It’s a question that Rhiannon Held explores today as she writes about her new novel, Tarnished. RHIANNON […]
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