Month: September 2023

At least some, anyway. If you’ve never been to a con, or heard authors and artists complaining about covers… At the major publishers, the writer is told what the cover of their novel is; it’s all decided by the corporate art director. Unless you’re a really big name, if you’re lucky, they’ve read the proposed… Continue reading Advantages of small presses

It’s a very good story, very well told. Trust me, if I could get 10 more years with my late wife, I’d do it. But… It’s another variant on the Christian cosmology/theology, and inconsistent. In one early bit, we’re told that the laws against gay relationships are just human ones. However, through the rest of… Continue reading Spoiler alert: worldbuilding in the Hugo-nominated I Know How It Ends

Recently, there’s been a kerfluffle of more than one writer arguing with someone over a bad review. I’ve always heard that any publicity is good publicity, but that’s not always the case… and not all bad reviews are equal. I recently found a bad review – 2 star – on goodreads of my novel 11,000… Continue reading Bad reviews, good and bad