My publisher, Inspired Quill, has created an online course in online marketing.

https://sjslack.teachable.com/p/casual-to-committedIt ordinarily costs $147 but there are a limited number of slots for $47 if you use the code IQSCHOLAR ( Read more... )

I have a short story in this month's issue of Swords and Sorcery Magazine. I'm posting the link here because I thought maybe some of you might recognize it as based on my fanfic "The Spy," which was about Beliond rescuing a town. I de-Tolkienized it and then realized I had to give it some meaning that it lost in that process ( Read more... )

It is with great sadness that I tell you Nilmandra died today after a long battle against a degenerative disease. She was 52 ( Read more... )

I'm getting ready to send my November newsletter. This month, it includes excellent links to sites about revision for all you NaNo writers. Go to http://dawinsor.com and sign up in the side bar. Or message me your email address and I'll sign you up manually.

I'm getting ready to send my first newsletter early next week. I decided to summarize blog posts in it, so people could just wait to see if there was a topic they were interested in and click through. I'll also include any events I went to (this month, I-Con) and maybe interesting links if I find them ( Read more... )

I miss how lively LJ used to be. I miss a lot of things about the old LOTR fanfic days, actually, but the friends I made on LJ are what I miss most. However, my new publisher says I need a blog and it needs to be on Word Press. So, today I made my first post there. It's about how studying engineers and writing ya fantasy are totally alike. I can't ( Read more... )

Jena Baxter's Bookworms posted the first chapter of DEEP AS A TOMB yesterday. If you're so inclined, you can check it out and see what I've been writing.https://jbbookworms.blogspot.com/2017/07/peeking-at-chapter-one-deep-as-tomb-by.html

Goodreads has a Christmas giveaway running for DEEP AS A TOMB. I believe it expires New Year's Day. Enter for a chance at a free copy.

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I have a guest post up at Unleashing Readers today.

http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=11759

Here's the first couple of paragraphs:

When you write a story set in a made-up or secondary world, one of the small but significant problems you run into is giving characters a ( Read more... )

Deep as a Tomb's kindle version is on sale for 99 cents right now at Amazon ( Read more... )