Do you see the new badge in the upper left hand corner for the 2010 Pikes Peak Writers Conference?  Do me a huge favor and click through (you only have to do it once).  The PPW is counting unique IPs and will list the top referring websites on their own site as well as at the Conference itself.  Heck, if you really love me, you could click through from multiple computers!  Either way, it's one click that opens a new tab, and it helps me out, so thanks in advance!

Maps and Other Nonsense

This week's Super Guest Star is freelance writer and Twitterer Extraordinaire Rebecca Blain.  I first encountered her, unsurprisingly, when she retweeted one of my writing-related tweets.  I'm in the habit of following those who retweet me to see what kind of interesting things they have to say.  since then, I've had some enjoyable lengthy conversations about writing, agents, and publishing with her, and I asked her if she would write a piece for me.  This is what she sent.  I hope you enjoy it!

Things have changed

It's been a pretty busy week between getting squared away with my new agent and starting a new book.  I've been working on editing a friend's short story and watching other friends enter their stuff into ABNA '10.  Best of luck to all of you who chose that route; I hope you get screwed over neither by Amazon nor by the popularity contest.
Finally, spare a few good thoughts for a friend of mine who's having a lengthy, complicated surgical procedure today.

Sherri Cornelius is a dear friend of mine and a regular beta reader for me who's helped me with many of my projects.  I met her three NaNoWriMos ago, when I was writing the first draft of Troubleshooters.  Although she's no longer working with Eternal Press, she still has a lot to say about editing.

I'm ready for you

Since I'm already some three thousand words into Champion: A Just Cause Novel, I figured you might like a little taster of the third of the Mustang Sally books, so here is the beginning (in rough draft form, of course):

"Yes, do."

Frank Byrns bought my stories The Scent of Rose Petals (Nov. '09) and Graceful Blur (coming Mar. '10).  I asked him to talk about what he looks for as an Editor/Publisher.

"What exactly are you looking for?"

If I had a penny for every time I’ve heard that in my role as Editor / Publisher of A Thousand Faces, the Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction (PLUG!). . . .