The First Thing You Must Learn to Write Killer Stories

This is the first “mystery.” It is the grand unifying theory that unlocks everything that follows. The key to this mystery can be discovered in the answer to this question: which of the two pictures below most accurately defines lipstick? Picture A Picture B Learn more in the writer’s section (okay, so the page is

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The 3-Book Deal

On Feb 1, 2008 my wonderful agent, Caitlin Blasdell of Liza Dawson Associates, informed me that the details are all finalized and I can shout it to the world. Tor books (an imprint of St. Martins) has given me a very nice deal (as categorized on Publisher’s Marketplace) for a 3-book, traditional epic fantasy series.

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