The Lizard Lair as portal to “What If…?”
I’ve decided to nail down the thematic focus of my Notes From the Lizard Lair blog. This post talks about the three things I’ll concentrate on from here on out.
Emerging from my cave
I hit a wall with my writing, which is why I haven’t posted here for a while. I’m torn between plot dilemmas which need to be resolved so I can conclude my book, and the need to do more freelance work to take care of mundane things like bills. The problem with book [...]
The role of role-playing in character creation
I find that I write best, both plotting and characterization-wise, when I can get inside the skin of the characters I am writing about. I don’t mean only “understand how they think”, which is such a common prescription for writing all kinds of fiction that it has lost any real meaning. Rather, I mean practicing [...]
Writing with a split personality
I suppose it was inevitable. I get so immersed in my writing – must, because I “go there” and become part of these people, ride along with them like a ghost in the night or a spy-cam with night-vision – that I Become One With The Characters. It is long since a given that I [...]
Transient chaos in blog-land
If you’ve noticed some disarray in my feed or this site, that’s because I’ve been moving everything from old site to new, tra la, and am about to redirect the url. Feed will be redirected in coming days so you won’t need to resubscribe.
And, oh, yes: welcome to my New and Vastly Improved webhome! Soon we’ll [...]
Inching ahead
I’m making some tiny forward progress on my blog geeking, although not, alas, on Splintegrate today. It turns out that I have discovered (much to my dismay) that I am hard-wired for exclusive monofocus on whatever project is to hand. Failing that, my attention is scattered all over the place. So, to get any traction with [...]
Splintegrate due end of January
My current work in progress, Splintegrate, is due to be delivered to my editor at Tor Books at the end of January. !!!! This is the first new book from me in a long time. It is not exactly a sequel to Mainline, but takes place in that setting about 2 years after the events [...]
Ignorant geek, I
I confess, I am going to be trapped in geek hell for a while with this blog transition. My web host provides Wordpress as a hosted service free of charge, and I want my blog to be imbedded inside my website. But making my website + blog actually function that way is a whole ‘nother [...]
Transitioning to social marketing
Salutions to anyone reading this. I’m a science fiction and fantasy novelist in a writing crunch, but am also taking some time here to look ahead to promoting my work more effectively in this next year. I need to start giving this thought right now, because I know it takes time to build up momentum and [...]
