I was a guest on the Baen Books podcast giving a writing tip for the week.

http://www.baen.com/podcast/podcast.asp

They cautiously looked for the river monster the entire next day, careful not to stray too close to the water's edge. Jane kept hold of the whistle and refused to let them use it ( Read more... )

The odd thing about writing fiction is that you're constantly trying to put meaning to a world that you made up, events you created, and yet because you're digging around in your subconscious you find universal truths without realizing it. Today I read about the horrible events in Steubenville, where a young girl was carried dead drunk party to ( Read more... )

Along with sample chapters to read ... and get hooked...MUHHAHAHAHA!

http://www.baenebooks.com/p-1846-eight-million-gods-earc.aspx

Imagine if you would, walking out onto a golf course where four businessmen are playing. You face them down and say, "You're not a golfer." They would say "We spent thousands of dollars on these clubs. We have membership at this country club so we can play. We've taken lessons for hundreds of dollars. We've spent countless hours putting and ( Read more... )

2: The OMG Baseball Bat ( Read more... )

This might offend some people but it's been bottled up for several months. It is a reaction to people that believe that sex education shouldn't be taught in schools and that promise rings are the only reasonable approach to dealing with teenagers and sex.

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A small gift

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Jillian decided that they'd go disguised as Girl Scouts selling cookies.

Louise wasn't sure they needed disguises. And she was fairly positive that they hadn't needed to actually join the Girl Scouts in order to obtain the uniforms. She suspected that Jillian secretly just wanted to join but wouldn't admit it.

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There are times when a story leaps into your brain and shouts joyously "Write me!" Unfortunately usually this comes while you're trying to get something else done and you grumble back "Go away, leave me alone."

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